duckdb-explain-visualizer: A VueJS component to show a graphical vizualization of a DuckDB execution plan.

Usage

To use the explain vizualizer you can choose one of the following options:

Service (recommended)

db.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/explain

This service is provided by the Database Systems Research Group @ University of Tübingen and can help you to share your plans with colleagues or customers.

All-in-one local (no installation, no network)

The DuckDB Explain Visualizer can be run locally without any external internet resource.

Simply download index.html, open it in your favorite internet browser.

Integrated in a web application

Without building tools

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@3.2.45/dist/vue.global.prod.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/duckdb-explain-visualizer/dist/duckdb-explain-visualizer.umd.js"></script>
<link
  href="https://unpkg.com/bootstrap@5.3.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
  rel="stylesheet"
/>
<link
  rel="stylesheet"
  href="https://unpkg.com/duckdb-explain-visualizer/dist/style.css"
/>




  <duckdb-explain-visualizer :plan-source="plan" plan-query="" />




<script>
  const { createApp } = Vue

  const plan =
    '{ "name": "GENERATE_SERIES ", "children": [], "extra_info": { "Function": "GENERATE_SERIES", "Estimated Cardinality": "9" } }'

  const app = createApp({
    data() {
      return {
        plan: plan,
      }
    },
  })
  app.component("duckdb-explain-visualizer", duckdb - explain - visualizer.Plan)
  app.mount("#app")
</script>

See it live.

With build tools

The DuckDB Explain Visualizer can be integrated as a component in a web application.

Install it:

npm install duckdb-explain-visualizer

Declare the duckdb-explain-visualizer component and use it:

import { Plan } from "duckdb-explain-visualizer"
import "duckdb-explain-visualizer/dist/style.css"

export default {
  name: "DuckDB Explain Visualizer example",
  components: {
    "duckdb-explain-visualizer": Plan,
  },
  data() {
    return {
      plan: plan,
      query: query,
    }
  },
}

Then add the duckdb-explain-visualizer component to your template:

  <duckdb-explain-visualizer
    :plan-source="plan"
    :plan-query="query"
  ></duckdb-explain-visualizer>

The DuckDB Explain Visualizer requires Bootstrap (CSS) to work so don't forget to add the following in you header (or load them with your favorite bundler).

<link
  href="https://unpkg.com/bootstrap@5.3.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
  rel="stylesheet"
/>

See it live.

Disclaimer

This project is a hard fork of the excellent Postgres Explain Visualizer 2 (PEV2). Kudos go to Dalibo. We have adapted the project to work with DuckDB. The initial heavy lifting was done by Matthis Noël (https://github.com/Matthis02).