When SQL Server Management Studio is already open, the easiest way to open SQL Profiler is to click on the Tools dropdown menu. Then select "SQL Server Profiler" from the menu.

The tool has been around for a long time to trace SQL queries on a Database Engine but since 2005 we have been able to trace MDX queries on an Analysis Server too.

Profiler allows you to track events, such as SQL statements, that happen in real time. This new preview release uses the newer and more lightweight XEvent-based profiler. This extension makes it ...

When SQL Server Management Studio is already open, the easiest way to open SQL Profiler is to click on the Tools dropdown menu. Then select "SQL Server Profiler" from the menu.