get-information-about-event-notifications.md

title	Get Information About Event Notifications
description	Get Information About Event Notifications
author	MashaMSFT
ms.author	mathoma
ms.date	03/06/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.topic	how-to
helpviewer_keywords	event notifications [SQL Server], metadata status information [SQL Server], event notifications metadata [SQL Server], event notifications

Get Information About Event Notifications

[!INCLUDE SQL Server] The following catalog views are available to query metadata about event notifications.

To get information about nonserver-level event notifications

• sys.event_notifications (Transact-SQL)

Note

To view metadata about any event notification in sys.event_notifications created at the database level, at the minimum you must have the following: CONTROL, ALTER, TAKE OWNERSHIP, or VIEW DEFINITION permission on the database, be the owner of the event notification, or have ALTER ANY DATABASE EVENT NOTIFICATION permission. For event notifications created on a specific queue, at the minimum you must have the following: CONTROL, ALTER, TAKE OWNERSHIP, or VIEW DEFINITION permission on the object, be the owner of the event notification, or have ALTER ANY DATABASE EVENT NOTIFICATION permission.

To get information about server-level event notifications

• sys.server_event_notifications (Transact-SQL)

Note

At the minimum, you must have the following: CONTROL or VIEW ANY DEFINITION permission on the server, be the logon or owner of the event notification, or have ALTER ANY EVENT NOTIFICATION permission to view metadata about any event notification in sys.server_event_notifications.

To get information about all events that can fire event notifications

• sys.event_notification_event_types (Transact-SQL)

Note

This catalog view does not return event groups.

See Also

Event Notifications