Add help message for IO Timings in parallel nodes

src/components/DiagramRow.vue

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   ViewOptionsKey,
 } from "@/symbols"
 import type { IPlan, Node, ViewOptions } from "@/interfaces"
+import { HelpService } from "@/services/help-service"
 import { EstimateDirection, BufferLocation, NodeProp, Metric } from "../enums"
 import LevelDivider from "@/components/LevelDivider.vue"
 import useNode from "@/node"
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ if (!selectNode) {
 }
 const highlightedNodeId = inject(HighlightedNodeIdKey)
 
+const helpService = new HelpService()
+const getHelpMessage = helpService.getHelpMessage
+
 const viewOptions = inject(ViewOptionsKey) as ViewOptions
 const {
   buffersByLocationTooltip,
@@ -74,6 +78,13 @@ function getTooltipContent(node: Node): string {
       break
     case Metric.io:
       content += ioTooltip.value
+
+      if (
+        node[NodeProp.WORKERS_PLANNED] ||
+        node[NodeProp.WORKERS_PLANNED_BY_GATHER]
+      ) {
+        content += `<br><small>${getHelpMessage("io timings parallel")}</small>`
+      }
       break
   }
   if (node[NodeProp.CTE_NAME]) {

src/components/PlanNodeDetail.vue

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const activeTab = ref<string>("general")
 
 const helpService = new HelpService()
 const getNodeTypeDescription = helpService.getNodeTypeDescription
+const getHelpMessage = helpService.getHelpMessage
 
 const {
   costClass,
@@ -336,6 +337,17 @@ watch(activeTab, () => {
             <b>Read:&nbsp;</b>
             {{ formattedProp("EXCLUSIVE_IO_READ_TIME") }}
             <small>~{{ formattedProp("AVERAGE_IO_READ_TIME") }}</small>
+            <FontAwesomeIcon
+              :icon="faInfoCircle"
+              class="cursor-help d-inline-block text-secondary"
+              v-tippy="{
+                content: getHelpMessage('io timings parallel'),
+              }"
+              v-if="
+                node[NodeProp.WORKERS_PLANNED] ||
+                node[NodeProp.WORKERS_PLANNED_BY_GATHER]
+              "
+            ></FontAwesomeIcon>
           </span>
           <br />
           <span v-if="node[NodeProp.EXCLUSIVE_IO_WRITE_TIME]" class="ms-2">

src/components/PlanStats.vue

@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ function averageIO(node: Node) {
   }
   return r.join(", ")
 }
+
+function hasParallelChildren(node: Node) {
+  return node.Plans.some(function iter(a) {
+    if (a[NodeProp.WORKERS_PLANNED] || a[NodeProp.WORKERS_PLANNED_BY_GATHER]) {
+      return true
+    }
+    return Array.isArray(a.Plans) && a.Plans.some(iter)
+  })
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -260,6 +269,14 @@ function averageIO(node: Node) {
       "
     >
       IO: <span v-html="averageIO(rootNode)"></span>
+      <FontAwesomeIcon
+        :icon="faInfoCircle"
+        class="cursor-help d-inline-block text-secondary"
+        v-tippy="{
+          content: getHelpMessage('io timings parallel'),
+        }"
+        v-if="hasParallelChildren(rootNode)"
+      ></FontAwesomeIcon>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>

src/services/help-service.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Consider modifying max_parallel_workers or max_parallel_workers_per_gather.`,
   "WORKERS DETAILED INFO MISSING": `Consider using EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, VERBOSE)`,
   "FUZZY NEEDS VERBOSE": `Information may not be accurate. Use EXPLAIN VERBOSE mode.`,
   "HINT TRACK_IO_TIMING": `HINT: activate <em><b>track_io_timing</b></em> to have details on time spent outside the PG cache.`,
+  "IO TIMINGS PARALLEL": "Distributed among parallel workers",
 }
 
 interface EaseInOutQuadOptions {