How to identify table rows and size in a database in SQL Server

Problem Statement:

At times, we may need to understand the size of the tables in a database for various reasons. I often query these details to understand the growth of the data and clean up data for lower environments.

Code:
Here is a simple script to understand the rows, size of the table in a database.
You can further make changes to filter for any tables/group the results based on the indexes/partition etc.


SELECT  sc.name + '.' + t.NAME AS TableName,  
        SUM(p.[Rows]) NumerOfRecords,
        -- p.partition_number, i.index_id,i.name,
        ( SUM(a.total_pages) * 8 ) / 1024 AS TotalReservedSpaceMB, 
        ( SUM(a.used_pages) * 8 ) / 1024 AS UsedDataSpaceMB,  
        ( SUM(a.data_pages) * 8 ) / 1024 AS FreeUnusedSpaceMB  
FROM    sys.tables t  
        INNER JOIN sys.schemas sc ON sc.schema_id = t.schema_id  
        INNER JOIN sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id  
        INNER JOIN sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID  
                                            AND i.index_id = p.index_id  
        INNER JOIN sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id  
WHERE   t.type_desc = 'USER_TABLE'  
        -- Replace with valid table name if you want to filter for a table
        --AND t.NAME='YourTableName' 
GROUP BY sc.name + '.' + t.NAME,  
        i.[object_id]
        --,i.index_id, i.name, p.[Rows], p.partition_number
ORDER BY ( SUM(a.total_pages) * 8 ) / 1024 DESC  

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