Monitoring the progress of an SQL query in SQL SERVER

Question

I saw a similar question which asked how to monitor the progress of a backup/restore operation: Is there a SQL script that I can use to determine the progress of a SQL Server backup or restore process?

I would like to know if there's a similar query/way to see how much time the query has left until it will end. For example, one query usually has an elapsed time of 5 minutes. I would like to know how much time is left until it will end DURING the query's execution.

Answer 1

What you want are Live Query Statistics.

You can activate it in the most recent version of SSMS with a button next to the one that gives you the normal query plan:

This then gives you a live query plan:

At the bottom you see the total progress: