This sql_id is pretty much the heart of the solution and is always at the top of the tree in terms of cpu, elapsed time and executions. SQL> select * from ( 2 select sql_id from v$sql order by elapsed_time desc nulls last 3 ) 4 where rownum = 1; SQL_ID --------------------------------------- 5c53m84fjcz5p I have increased the top n to be 100 without any luck. Stojan. On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Hemant K Chitale <hemantkchitale@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > AWR csptures the Top N SQLs where N may be 30. This SQL probably doesn't > figure in the top 30 for each snapshot. You can modify AWR settings to > modify the N to a higher value. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l