• I would start with looking at what indexes exist on tables

    [CRALTNUMBERS]

    [MATCHNAME]

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    [CRALTTITLES]

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    TableColumnOperationIndexActual RowsEst Rowsdiff

    [BOM]BOMIDIndex Spool (Eager Spool)311,69790,394,96090,083,263

    [CRALTNUMBERS]CREATIONIDIndex Spool (Eager Spool)147,98940,412,55840,264,569

    [MATCHNAME]CREATIONIDIndex Spool (Eager Spool)811,51639,993,03639,181,520

    [BOM]ITEMIDIndex Spool (Eager Spool)185,47019,798,58519,613,115

    [CRALTTITLES]CREATIONIDIndex Spool (Eager Spool)155,4971,639,8011,484,304

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