total worker time queries

Get top total worker time queries for entire instance

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-- Source: "SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries" by Glenn Berry (altered) – https://glennsqlperformance.com/resources/
-- Copyright (C) Glenn Berry. All rights reserved.
-- You may alter this code for your own *non-commercial* purposes. You may republish altered code as long as you include this copyright and give due credit.
-- THIS CODE AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

SELECT TOP(50) DB_NAME(t.[dbid]) AS [Database Name], 
REPLACE(REPLACE(LEFT(t.[text], 255), CHAR(10),''), CHAR(13),'') AS [Short Query Text],  
qs.total_worker_time AS [Total Worker Time], qs.min_worker_time AS [Min Worker Time],
qs.total_worker_time/qs.execution_count AS [Avg Worker Time], 
qs.max_worker_time AS [Max Worker Time], 
qs.min_elapsed_time AS [Min Elapsed Time], 
qs.total_elapsed_time/qs.execution_count AS [Avg Elapsed Time], 
qs.max_elapsed_time AS [Max Elapsed Time],
qs.min_logical_reads AS [Min Logical Reads],
qs.total_logical_reads/qs.execution_count AS [Avg Logical Reads],
qs.max_logical_reads AS [Max Logical Reads], 
qs.execution_count AS [Execution Count],
CASE WHEN CONVERT(nvarchar(max), qp.query_plan) COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN2 LIKE N'%<MissingIndexes>%' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS [Has Missing Index],
qs.creation_time AS [Creation Time]
--,t.[text] AS [Query Text], qp.query_plan AS [Query Plan] -- uncomment out these columns if not copying results to Excel
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs WITH (NOLOCK)
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(plan_handle) AS t 
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(plan_handle) AS qp 
ORDER BY qs.total_worker_time DESC OPTION (RECOMPILE);
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-- Helps you find the most expensive queries from a CPU perspective across the entire instance
-- Can also help track down parameter sniffing issues