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AlertCategory Class

The AlertCategory class contains attributes that allow alerts to be categorized.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class AlertCategory _
    Inherits CategoryBase
'Usage
Dim instance As AlertCategory

public sealed class AlertCategory : CategoryBase

public ref class AlertCategory sealed : public CategoryBase

[<SealedAttribute>]
type AlertCategory =  
    class
        inherit CategoryBase
    end

public final class AlertCategory extends CategoryBase

Remarks

SQL Server Agent categories provide optional attributes that are used to distinguish groups of alerts.

With the AlertCategory object, you can:

  • Create groupings for alerts.

The category name must be unique.

To get AlertCategory object properties, users must be a member of SQLAgentUserRole database role on the MSDB database or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To set AlertCategory object properties, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To create or drop an alert category, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Examples

Calling Methods

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.