AlertCategory Class

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
    Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
      Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
        Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.AgentObjectBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.CategoryBase
            Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.AlertCategory

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

The AlertCategory type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method AlertCategory() Initializes a new instance of the AlertCategory class.
Public method AlertCategory(JobServer, String) Initializes a new instance of the AlertCategory class on the specified instance of the SQL Server Agent and with the specified name.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property ID Gets the ID value that uniquely identifies the alert category.
Public property Name Gets or sets the name of the object. (Inherited from NamedSmoObject.)
Public property Parent Gets the JobServer object that is the parent of the AlertCategory object.
Public property Properties Gets a collection of Property objects that represent the object properties. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public property State Gets the state of the referenced object. (Inherited from SmoObjectBase.)
Public property Urn Gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) address value that uniquely identifies the object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public property UserData Gets or sets user-defined data associated with the referenced object. (Inherited from SmoObjectBase.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Create Creates the job category, the operator category, or the alert category based on the JobCategory object, the OperatorCategory object, or the AlertCategory object respectively. (Inherited from CategoryBase.)
Public method Discover Discovers a list of type Object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public method Drop Removes an existing job category, operator category, or alert category. (Inherited from CategoryBase.)
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method FormatSqlVariant Formats an object as SqlVariant type. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Protected method GetContextDB Gets the context database that is associated with this object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Protected method GetDBName Gets the database name that is associated with the object. (Inherited from AgentObjectBase.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method GetPropValue Gets a property value of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Protected method GetPropValueOptional Gets a property value of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Protected method GetPropValueOptionalAllowNull Gets a property value of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Protected method GetServerObject Gets the server of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Initialize() Initializes the object and forces the properties be loaded. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public method Initialize(Boolean) Initializes the object and forces the properties be loaded. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Protected method IsObjectInitialized Verifies whether the object has been initialized. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Protected method IsObjectInSpace Verifies whether the object is isolated or connected to the instance of SQL Server. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public method Refresh Refreshes the object and retrieves properties when the object is next accessed. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public method Rename Renames the job category, the operator category, or the alert category. (Inherited from CategoryBase.)
Public method Script() Generates a Transact-SQL script that can be used to re-create the job category, the operator category, or the alert category. (Inherited from CategoryBase.)
Public method Script(ScriptingOptions) Generates a Transact-SQL script that can be used to re-create the job category, the operator category, or the alert category as specified by the scripting options. (Inherited from CategoryBase.)
Protected method SetParentImpl Sets the parent of the SqlSmoObject to the newParent parameter. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public method ToString Returns a String that represents the referenced object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public method Validate Validates the state of an object. (Inherited from SmoObjectBase.)

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Events

  Name Description
Public event PropertyChanged Represents the event that occurs when a property is changed. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Public event PropertyMetadataChanged Represents the event that occurs when property metadata changes. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

  Name Description
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.Discover Discovers any dependencies. Do not reference this member directly in your code. It supports the SQL Server infrastructure. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.GetDomainRoot Returns the root of the domain. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.GetParent Gets the parent of this object. Do not reference this member directly in your code. It supports the SQL Server infrastructure. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.GetPropertyType Gets the type of the specified property. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.GetPropertyValue Gets the value of the specified property. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.GetUrn Gets the Unified Resource Name (URN) of the object. Do not reference this member directly in your code. It supports the SQL Server infrastructure. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.Resolve Gets the instance that contains the information about the object from the Unified Resource Name (URN) of the object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.SetObjectState Sets the object state to the specified SfcObjectState value. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method IAlienObject.SetPropertyValue Sets the property value. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
Explicit interface implemetationPrivate method ISfcPropertyProvider.GetPropertySet Gets the interface reference to the set of properties of this object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)

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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.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent Namespace

Other Resources

Automated Administration Tasks (SQL Server Agent)

sp_add_category (Transact-SQL)