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Declare @objectID int = Object_ID('Sales.SalesOrderHeader');
 
With indexCTE(partition_scheme_name
            , partition_function_name
            , data_space_id)
As (
    Select sps.name
        , spf.name
        , sps.data_space_id
    From sys.partition_schemes As sps
    Join sys.partition_functions As spf
        On sps.function_id = spf.function_id
)
 
Select st.name As 'table_name'
    , IsNull(ix.name, '') As 'index_name'
    , ix.object_id
    , ix.index_id
	, Cast(
        Case When ix.index_id = 1 
                Then 'clustered' 
            When ix.index_id =0
                Then 'heap'
            Else 'nonclustered' End
		+ Case When ix.ignore_dup_key <> 0 
            Then ', ignore duplicate keys' 
                Else '' End
		+ Case When ix.is_unique <> 0 
            Then ', unique' 
                Else '' End
		+ Case When ix.is_primary_key <> 0 
            Then ', primary key' Else '' End As varchar(210)
        ) As 'index_description'
    , IsNull(Replace( Replace( Replace(
        (   
            Select c.name As 'columnName'
            From sys.index_columns As sic
            Join sys.columns As c 
                On c.column_id = sic.column_id 
                And c.object_id = sic.object_id
            Where sic.object_id = ix.object_id
                And sic.index_id = ix.index_id
                And is_included_column = 0
            Order By sic.index_column_id
            For XML Raw)
            , '"/><row columnName="', ', ')
            , '<row columnName="', '')
            , '"/>', ''), '')
        As 'indexed_columns'
    , IsNull(Replace( Replace( Replace(
        (   
            Select c.name As 'columnName'
            From sys.index_columns As sic
            Join sys.columns As c 
                On c.column_id = sic.column_id 
                And c.object_id = sic.object_id
            Where sic.object_id = ix.object_id
                And sic.index_id = ix.index_id
                And is_included_column = 1
            Order By sic.index_column_id
            For XML Raw)
            , '"/><row columnName="', ', ')
            , '<row columnName="', '')
            , '"/>', ''), '')
        As 'included_columns'
    , ix.filter_definition
    , IsNull(cte.partition_scheme_name, '') As 'partition_scheme_name'
    , Count(partition_number) As 'partition_count'
    , Sum(rows) As 'row_count'
From sys.indexes As ix
Join sys.partitions As sp
    On ix.object_id = sp.object_id
    And ix.index_id = sp.index_id
Join sys.tables As st
    On ix.object_id = st.object_id
Left Join indexCTE As cte
    On ix.data_space_id = cte.data_space_id
Where ix.object_id = IsNull(@objectID, ix.object_id)
Group By st.name
    , IsNull(ix.name, '')
    , ix.object_id
    , ix.index_id
	, Cast(
        Case When ix.index_id = 1 
                Then 'clustered' 
            When ix.index_id =0
                Then 'heap'
            Else 'nonclustered' End
		+ Case When ix.ignore_dup_key <> 0 
            Then ', ignore duplicate keys' 
                Else '' End
		+ Case When ix.is_unique <> 0 
            Then ', unique' 
                Else '' End
		+ Case When ix.is_primary_key <> 0 
            Then ', primary key' Else '' End As varchar(210)
        )
    , ix.filter_definition
    , IsNull(cte.partition_scheme_name, '')
    , IsNull(cte.partition_function_name, '')
Order By table_name
    , index_id;

Create NonClustered Index IX_Sales_SalesOrderHeader_filtered_2005
    On Sales.SalesOrderHeader(AccountNumber)
    Include (CustomerID, SalesPersonID)
    Where OrderDate >= '2005-01-01'
        And OrderDate < '2006-01-01';

table_name           index_name                               object_id   index_id    index_description                   indexed_columns      included_columns               filter_definition                                            partition_scheme_name partition_count row_count
-------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------------------- -------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- --------------- --------------------
SalesOrderHeader     PK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderID         1010102639  1           clustered, unique, primary key      SalesOrderID                                        NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     AK_SalesOrderHeader_rowguid              1010102639  2           nonclustered, unique                rowguid                                             NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     AK_SalesOrderHeader_SalesOrderNumber     1010102639  3           nonclustered, unique                SalesOrderNumber                                    NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     IX_SalesOrderHeader_CustomerID           1010102639  5           nonclustered                        CustomerID                                          NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     IX_SalesOrderHeader_SalesPersonID        1010102639  6           nonclustered                        SalesPersonID                                       NULL                                                                               1               31465
SalesOrderHeader     IX_Sales_SalesOrderHeader_filtered_2005  1010102639  13          nonclustered                        AccountNumber        CustomerID, SalesPersonID      ([OrderDate]>='2005-01-01' AND [OrderDate]<'2006-01-01')                           1               1379