Contains a row for each statistic of a tabular object of the type U, V, or TF.
Every index will have a corresponding statistics row with the same name and ID (index_id = stats_id), but not every statistics row has a corresponding index.
Column name
Data type
Description
object_id
int
ID of the object to which these statistics belong.
name
sysname
Name of the statistics. Is unique within the object.
stats_id
ID of the statistics. Is unique within the object.
auto_created
bit
Statistics were auto-created by the query processor.
user_created
Statistics were explicitly created by the user.
no_recompute
Statistics were created with the NORECOMPUTE option.
has_filter
1 = Statistics have a filter and are computed only on rows that satisfy the filter definition.
0 = Statistics do not have a filter and are computed on all rows.
filter_definition
nvarchar(max)
Expression for the subset of rows included in filtered statistics.
NULL = Non-filtered statistics.
In SQL Server 2005 and later versions, the visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that a user either owns or on which the user has been granted some permission. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.