SQL Server Profiler Templates and Permissions

SQL Server Profiler shows how SQL Server resolves queries internally. This allows administrators to see exactly what Transact-SQL statements or Multi-Dimensional Expressions are submitted to the server and how the server accesses the database or cube to return result sets.

Using SQL Server Profiler, you can do the following:

  • Create a trace that is based on a reusable template

  • Watch the trace results as the trace runs

  • Store the trace results in a table

  • Start, stop, pause, and modify the trace results as necessary

  • Replay the trace results

Use SQL Server Profiler to monitor only the events in which you are interested. If traces are becoming too large, you can filter them based on the information you want, so that only a subset of the event data is collected. Monitoring too many events adds overhead to the server and the monitoring process, and can cause the trace file or trace table to grow very large, especially when the monitoring process takes place over a long period of time.

Note

In SQL Server 2005 and later, trace column values greater than 1 GB return an error and are truncated in the trace output.

In This Section

Topic

Description

SQL Server Profiler Templates

Contains information about the predefined trace templates that ship with SQL Server Profiler.

Permissions Required to Run SQL Server Profiler

Contains information about the permissions that are required to run SQL Server Profiler.

Save Traces and Trace Templates

Contains information about saving trace output and about saving trace definitions into a template.

Modify Trace Templates

Contains information about modifying trace templates by using SQL Server Profiler or by using Transact-SQL.

Start a Trace

Contains information about what happens when you start, pause, or stop a trace.

Correlate a Trace with Windows Performance Log Data

Contains information about correlating Windows performance log data with a trace by using SQL Server Profiler.

View and Analyze Traces with SQL Server Profiler

Contains information about using traces to troubleshoot data, displaying object names in a trace, and finding events in a trace.

Analyze Deadlocks with SQL Server Profiler

Contains information about using SQL Server Profiler to identify the cause of a deadlock.

Analyze Queries with SHOWPLAN Results in SQL Server Profiler

Contains information about using SQL Server Profiler to collect and display Showplan and Showplan Statistics results.

Filter Traces with SQL Server Profiler

Contains information about setting filters on data columns to filter trace output by using SQL Server Profiler.

Replay Traces

Contains information that explains what replaying a trace means and what is required to replay a trace.

See Also

Tasks

Start SQL Server Profiler

Concepts

SQL Server Profiler