[kapilvt]

because it shows the estimated cost (plan) of the queries independent of the magically subtracted network roundtrip time. it also serves to show if the redshift even supports it.it.

[rarestblog]

Ahhh, you meant on the RedShift side. I did not think of it. It would have definitely been better. Good point!

It seems that it actually supports it http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_EXPLAIN.html