Please help with the following query. This query is taking 200 minutes to complete. Please help with suggestions for optimizing this query. I am including the sql query and the plan. Thank you for your help Rao = = = = Query = = = SELECT t1."Group Name", t1."Class Name", t1."Alertgroup", t1."Original Severity", t1."Total Raw Events", t1."Total Actionable Alerts", t1."Total Acknowledged", DECODE(t2."Generic (7mins)", NULL, 0, t2."Generic (7mins)") AS "Generic (7mins)" FROM (SELECT reporter.reporter_groups.NAME AS "Group Name", reporter.reporter_classes.NAME AS "Class Name", reporter.reporter_status.alertgroup AS "Alertgroup", reporter.rep_severity_types.NAME AS "Original Severity", SUM(reporter.reporter_status.tally) AS "Total Raw Events", COUNT(reporter.reporter_status.tally) AS "Total Actionable Alerts", SUM(reporter.reporter_status.acknowledged) AS "Total Acknowledged" FROM reporter.reporter_groups, reporter.reporter_classes, reporter.reporter_status, reporter.rep_severity_types WHERE (reporter.reporter_status.CLASS = reporter.reporter_classes.CLASS (+)) AND (reporter.reporter_status.originalseverity = reporter.rep_severity_types.severity (+)) AND (reporter.reporter_status.ownergid = reporter.reporter_groups.ownergid (+)) AND (reporter.reporter_groups.ownergid IN (464, 239, 542, 100, 468, 8) AND reporter.reporter_status.originalseverity IN (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) AND reporter.reporter_status.TYPE = 1 AND (reporter.reporter_status.firstoccurrence BETWEEN TRUNC(SYSDATE - 7) AND TRUNC(SYSDATE))) GROUP BY reporter.reporter_groups.NAME, reporter.reporter_classes.NAME, reporter.reporter_status.alertgroup, reporter.rep_severity_types.NAME) t1, (SELECT reporter.reporter_groups.NAME AS "Group Name", reporter.reporter_classes.NAME AS "Class Name", reporter.reporter_status.alertgroup AS "Alertgroup", reporter.rep_severity_types.NAME AS "Original Severity", COUNT(reporter.reporter_status.tally) AS "Generic (7mins)" FROM reporter.reporter_groups, reporter.reporter_classes, reporter.reporter_status, reporter.rep_severity_types WHERE (reporter.reporter_status.CLASS = reporter.reporter_classes.CLASS (+)) AND (reporter.reporter_status.originalseverity = reporter.rep_severity_types.severity (+)) AND (reporter.reporter_status.ownergid = reporter.reporter_groups.ownergid (+)) AND (reporter.reporter_groups.ownergid IN (464, 239, 542, 100, 468, 8) AND reporter.reporter_status.originalseverity IN (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) AND reporter.reporter_status.TYPE = 1 AND (reporter.reporter_status.firstoccurrence BETWEEN TRUNC(SYSDATE - 7) AND TRUNC(SYSDATE)) AND reporter.reporter_status.expireid = 65533 AND reporter.reporter_status.acknowledged = 0 AND reporter.reporter_status.severity = 0 AND reporter.reporter_status.deletedat IS NOT NULL AND (reporter.reporter_status.deletedat - reporter.reporter_status.firstoccurrence) < 420 / 86400) GROUP BY reporter.reporter_groups.NAME, reporter.reporter_classes.NAME, reporter.reporter_status.alertgroup, reporter.rep_severity_types.NAME) t2 WHERE t1."Group Name" = t2."Group Name" (+) AND t1."Class Name" = t2."Class Name" (+) AND t1."Alertgroup" = t2."Alertgroup" (+) AND t1."Original Severity" = t2."Original Severity" (+) ORDER BY t1."Group Name" ASC, t1."Total Actionable Alerts" DESC = = = = The plan = = = = = SELECT STATEMENT CHOOSE Cost : 1,967,940 Bytes : 33,323,136 Cardinality : 216,384 27 SORT ORDER BY Cost : 1,967,940 Bytes : 33,323,136 Cardinality : 216,384 26 MERGE JOIN OUTER Cost : 1,962,978 Bytes : 33,323,136 Cardinality : 216,384 11 VIEW REPORTER. Cost : 983,227 Bytes : 19,474,560 Cardinality : 216,384 10 SORT GROUP BY Cost : 983,227 Bytes : 18,392,640 Cardinality : 216,384 9 FILTER TRUNC(SYSDATE@!-7)<=TRUNC(SYSDATE@!) 8 FILTER "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=8 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=100 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=239 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=464 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=468 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=542 7 HASH JOIN OUTER "REPORTER_STATUS"."OWNERGID"="REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"(+) 5 HASH JOIN OUTER "REPORTER_STATUS"."CLASS"="REPORTER_CLASSES"."CLASS"(+) Cost : 980,102 Bytes : 14,064,960 Cardinality : 216,384 3 HASH JOIN OUTER "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"="REP_SEVERITY_TYPES"."SEVERITY"(+) Cost : 979,902 Bytes : 10,386,432 Cardinality : 216,384 1 TABLE ACCESS FULL REPORTER.REPORTER_STATUS ("REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=1 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=2 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=3 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=4 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=5)AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."TYPE"=1 AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."FIRSTOCCURRENCE">=TRUNC(SYSDATE@!-7) AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."FIRSTOCCURRENCE"<=TRUNC(SYSDATE@!) Cost : 979,741 Bytes : 7,789,824 Cardinality : 216,384 2 TABLE ACCESS FULL REPORTER.REP_SEVERITY_TYPES Cost : 2 Bytes : 72 Cardinality : 6 4 TABLE ACCESS FULL REPORTER.REPORTER_CLASSES Cost : 2 Bytes : 20,230 Cardinality : 1,190 6 TABLE ACCESS FULL REPORTER.REPORTER_GROUPS Cost : 2 Bytes : 3,100 Cardinality : 155 25 SORT JOIN "T1"."Group Name"="T2"."Group Name"(+) "T1"."Original Severity"="T2"."Original Severity"(+) AND "T1"."Alertgroup"="T2"."Alertgroup"(+) AND "T1"."Class Name"="T2"."Class Name"(+) AND "T1"."Group Name"="T2"."Group Name"(+) Cost : 979,751 Bytes : 64 Cardinality : 1 24 VIEW REPORTER. Cost : 979,749 Bytes : 64 Cardinality : 1 23 SORT GROUP BY Cost : 979,749 Bytes : 98 Cardinality : 1 22 FILTER TRUNC(SYSDATE@!-7)<=TRUNC(SYSDATE@!) 21 NESTED LOOPS OUTER Cost : 979,746 Bytes : 98 Cardinality : 1 18 FILTER "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=8 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=100 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=239 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=464 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=468 OR "REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"=542 17 HASH JOIN OUTER "REPORTER_STATUS"."OWNERGID"="REPORTER_GROUPS"."OWNERGID"(+) 15 NESTED LOOPS OUTER Cost : 979,742 Bytes : 61 Cardinality : 1 12 TABLE ACCESS FULL REPORTER.REPORTER_STATUS ("REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=1 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=2 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=3 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=4 OR "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"=5) AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."TYPE"=1 AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."FIRSTOCCURRENCE">=TRUNC(SYSDATE@!-7) AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."FIRSTOCCURRENCE"<=TRUNC(SYSDATE@!) AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."EXPIREID"=65533 AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."ACKNOWLEDGED"=0 AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."SEVERITY"=0 AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."DELETEDAT" IS NOT NULL AND "REPORTER_STATUS"."DELETEDAT"-"REPORTER_STATUS"."FIRSTOCCURRENCE" Cost : 979,741 Bytes : 49 Cardinality : 1 14 TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID \ REPORTER.REP_SEVERITY_TYPES Cost : 1 Bytes : 12 Cardinality : 1 13 INDEX UNIQUE SCAN REPORTER.RST_INDEX_PK "REPORTER_STATUS"."ORIGINALSEVERITY"="REP_SEVERITY_TYPES"."SEVERITY"(+) Cardinality : 1 16 TABLE ACCESS FULL REPORTER.REPORTER_GROUPS Cost : 2 Bytes : 3,100 Cardinality : 155 20 TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID REPORTER.REPORTER_CLASSES Cost : 1 Bytes : 17 Cardinality : 1 19 INDEX UNIQUE SCAN REPORTER.RC_INDEX_PK "REPORTER_STATUS"."CLASS"="REPORTER_CLASSES"."CLASS"(+) Cardinality : 1 Please do not transmit orders or instructions regarding a UBS account by e-mail. The information provided in this e-mail or any attachments is not an official transaction confirmation or account statement. 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