Decoding Query Plan XSD (RelOp)- what is the difference between OutputList and DefinedValues

under http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/showplan/showplanxml.xsd
we have
<xsd:complexType name="RelOpType">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:elementname="OutputList" type="shp:ColumnReferenceListType"
/>
<xsd:complexType name="RelOpBaseType">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:elementname="DefinedValues" type="shp:DefinedValuesListType"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
which is defined as
<xsd:complexType name="DefinedValuesListType">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="DefinedValue" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:choice>
<xsd:element name="ValueVector">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element
name="ColumnReference" type="shp:ColumnReferenceType"
minOccurs="2" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element
name="ColumnReference" type="shp:ColumnReferenceType"
/>
</xsd:choice>
<xsd:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
<xsd:element
name="ColumnReference" type="shp:ColumnReferenceType"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
<xsd:element
name="ScalarOperator" type="shp:ScalarType"
/>
- 
</xsd:choice>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
I can't seem to find a difference between the data in OutputList and DefinedValues. what am I missing? What is DefinedValues supposed to be? TIA.
Mordechai Danielov

Consider this batch (which happened to be in my SSMS window from another forum question):
DECLARE @TempData as TABLE (
Name nvarchar(1111) NOT NULL,
Month char(6) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
CountName int NOT NULL
SELECT Name, convert(datetime, Month + '01')
FROM @TempData
Look at the execution plan as XML and you find:
<RelOp ... PhysicalOp="Compute Scalar">
<OutputList>
<ColumnReference Column="Name" />
<ColumnReference Column="Expr1003" />
</OutputList>
<ComputeScalar>
<DefinedValues>
<DefinedValue>
<ColumnReference Column="Expr1003" />
<ScalarOperator ScalarString="CONVERT(datetime,[Month]+'01',0)">
<Convert DataType="datetime" Style="0" Implicit="false">
<ScalarOperator>
<Arithmetic Operation="ADD">
<ScalarOperator>
<Identifier>
<ColumnReference Column="Month" />
</Identifier>
</ScalarOperator>
<ScalarOperator>
<Const ConstValue="'01'" />
</ScalarOperator>
</Arithmetic>
</ScalarOperator>
</Convert>
</ScalarOperator>
</DefinedValue>
</DefinedValues>
OutputList is the values passed out from the operator to the next guy to the left. DefinedValues are values that are defined in the operator. As you see only one value is defined in the CompuateScalar operator, Expr1003.
For the other operator in the plan, we have:
<OutputList>
<ColumnReference Column="Name" />
<ColumnReference Column="Month" />
</OutputList>
<IndexScan Ordered="false" ForcedIndex="false" NoExpandHint="false">
<DefinedValues>
<DefinedValue>
<ColumnReference Column="Name" />
</DefinedValue>
<DefinedValue>
<ColumnReference Column="Month" />
</DefinedValue>
Here DefinedValues and OutputList are the same. But note that Name is only a defined value in this operator; it is not a defined value in the ComputeScalar operator.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [email protected]

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Example: let's say we want to see some key measures about purchases. We want to know how many items and the sales amount that are purchased by what kind of customer across which stores. The FACT table will contain a column for Qty-purchased and Purchase Amount. The DIMENSION tables will include the ITEM_DESC (contains the item_id & Description), the CUSTOMER_TYPE, the STORE (Store_id & store name), and TIME (contains calendar information such as the date, the month_end_date, quarter_end_date, day_of_week, etc).
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