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OperatorCategory Class

The OperatorCategory class contains attributes that allow operators to be categorized.

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

Syntax

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

public sealed class OperatorCategory : CategoryBase

public ref class OperatorCategory sealed : public CategoryBase

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

public final class OperatorCategory extends CategoryBase

Remarks

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

With the OperatorCategory object, you can:

  • Create groupings for operators.

The category name must be unique.

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

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

To create or drop an operator 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.