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Where is the job information stored in SQL Server?
Irrespective of the approach used, this information is stored in a set of SQL Server System Tables present in the msdb database. The following query gives us the Job Level Setup and Configuration information which is also found in the SQL Server Agent Job Properties window in SSMS.
How to get a list of SQL Server Agent jobs?
Often the quickest way to get a list of SQL Server Agent jobs is to simply expand the SQL Server Agent node in the SSMS Object Explorer. But that’s not the only way. And depending on your environment, it might not even be an option.
What does the jobdescription mean in SQL Server?
[JobDescription]: Description of the job. [IsEnabled]: Indicator representing whether the job is enabled or disabled. [JobCreatedOn]: Date and time when the job was created. [JobLastModifiedOn]: Date and time when the job was last modified. [OriginatingServerName]: Server from which the job executed.
How are jobs listed in msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps?
The msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps table includes last_run_date and last_run_time fields. The sysjobsteps table has a separate row for each step within each job. If a job has just one step, then there is just one row for the job.
What does a joblastmodifiedon mean in SQL Server?
[JobLastModifiedOn]: Date and time when the job was last modified. [OriginatingServerName]: Server from which the job executed. [JobStartStepNo]: Step number from which the job is set to start. SQL Server allows us to have multiple steps within a job and the job can be set to start from whichever step the user wants it to start from.
What is the subject of MSDN email query?
@recipients is the list of email addresses to send the email to. If you have more than one, separate them with a semi-colon. @subject is the email subject. @query is the query you wish to run. MSDN says it “can contain any valid Transact-SQL statements”, but I haven’t tested the limits of this statement yet.
How to query SQL Server Agent job history?
Often times we are tasked with having to programmatically come with a list of durations per SQL Server Agent Job to trend the run times and order the results by date. Unfortunately Microsoft has not made that very easy in the way the data is stored in the system tables in the MSDB database.
How to see job status in data lake?
To open a job, you can double-click a job in the Job Browser, or open it from the Data Lake menu by clicking Job View. You should see a dialog populated with the job URL. Refresh the Job View to see the more recent information of running jobs. Job Status outlines the job phases: