data-collector-views-transact-sql.md

title	Data Collector Views (Transact-SQL)
description	Data Collector Views (Transact-SQL)
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	03/06/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	system-objects
ms.topic	reference
helpviewer_keywords	data collector view data collector [SQL Server], views
dev_langs	TSQL

Data Collector Views (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDEsqlserver]

The data collector offers the following views for displaying information about the data collector configuration, such as collector type properties, collection sets, and collection set items, as well as execution statistics that are obtained when a collection set runs. These views, which are in the msdb database, also provide an abstraction layer for the underlying tables. This abstraction enhances security by preventing direct access to the tables, while permitting changes to the tables without affecting any associated applications.

:::row::: :::column::: syscollector_collection_items (Transact-SQL)

    [syscollector_collector_types (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/syscollector-collector-types-transact-sql.md)
    
    [syscollector_execution_log (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/syscollector-execution-log-transact-sql.md)
    
    [syscollector_execution_stats (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/syscollector-execution-stats-transact-sql.md)
:::column-end:::
:::column:::
    [syscollector_collection_sets (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/syscollector-collection-sets-transact-sql.md)
    
    [syscollector_config_store (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/syscollector-config-store-transact-sql.md)
    
    [syscollector_execution_log_full (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/syscollector-execution-log-full-transact-sql.md)
:::column-end:::

:::row-end:::

See Also

Data Collection
Data Collector Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)