sys-server-event-session-actions-transact-sql.md

title	sys.server_event_session_actions (Transact-SQL)
description	The sys.server_event_session_actions catalog view returns a row for each action on each event of an event session.
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	09/23/2025
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	system-objects
ms.topic	reference
f1_keywords	sys.server_event_session_actions server_event_session_actions_TSQL server_event_session_actions sys.server_event_session_actions_TSQL
helpviewer_keywords	sys.server_event_session_actions catalog view xe
dev_langs	TSQL
monikerRange	>=sql-server-2016 || >=sql-server-linux-2017 || =azuresqldb-mi-current

sys.server_event_session_actions (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE sqlserver-asdbmi]

Returns a row for each action on each event of an event session.

Column name	Data type	Description
event_session_id	int	The ID of the event session. Is not nullable.
event_id	int	The ID of the event. This ID is unique within the event session object. Is not nullable.
name	sysname	The name of the action. Is nullable.
package	sysname	The name of the event package that contains the event. Is nullable.
module	sysname	The name of the module that contains the event. Is nullable.

Permissions

[!INCLUDE sssql19-md] and previous versions require VIEW SERVER STATE permission on the server.

[!INCLUDE sssql22-md] and later versions require VIEW SERVER PERFORMANCE STATE permission on the server.

Remarks

This view has the following relationship cardinalities.

From	To	Relationship
sys.server_event_session_actions.event_session_id	sys.server_event_sessions.event_session_id	Many to one
sys.server_event_session_actions.event_id sys.server_event_session_actions.event_session_id	sys.server_event_session_events.event_session_id sys.server_event_session_events.event_id	Many to one

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