Amazon Redshift will no longer support the creation of new Python UDFs starting Patch 198. Existing Python UDFs will continue to function until June 30, 2026. For more information, see the [ blog post ](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/amazon-redshift-python-user-defined-functions-will-reach-end-of-support-after-june-30-2026/). 

# Identifying queries that are top candidates for tuning
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The following query identifies the top 50 most time-consuming statements that have been run in the last 7 days. You can use the results to identify queries that are taking unusually long. You can also identify queries that are run frequently (those that appear more than once in the result set). These queries are frequently good candidates for tuning to improve system performance.

This query also provides a count of the alert events associated with each query identified. These alerts provide details that you can use to improve the query’s performance. For more information, see [Reviewing query alerts](c-reviewing-query-alerts.md).

```
select trim(database) as db, count(query) as n_qry, 
max(substring (qrytext,1,80)) as qrytext, 
min(run_minutes) as "min" , 
max(run_minutes) as "max", 
avg(run_minutes) as "avg", sum(run_minutes) as total,  
max(query) as max_query_id, 
max(starttime)::date as last_run, 
sum(alerts) as alerts, aborted
from (select userid, label, stl_query.query, 
trim(database) as database, 
trim(querytxt) as qrytext, 
md5(trim(querytxt)) as qry_md5, 
starttime, endtime, 
(datediff(seconds, starttime,endtime)::numeric(12,2))/60 as run_minutes,     
alrt.num_events as alerts, aborted 
from stl_query 
left outer join 
(select query, 1 as num_events from stl_alert_event_log group by query ) as alrt 
on alrt.query = stl_query.query
where userid <> 1 and starttime >=  dateadd(day, -7, current_date)) 
group by database, label, qry_md5, aborted
order by total desc limit 50;
```