background-job-error-event-class.md

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Background Job Error Event Class	Background Job Error Event Class	WilliamDAssafMSFT	wiassaf	03/14/2017	sql	supportability	reference	Background Job Error event class	=azuresqldb-current||>=sql-server-2016||>=sql-server-linux-2017||=azuresqldb-mi-current

Background Job Error Event Class

[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance] The Background Job Error event class occurs when a background job has terminated abnormally. This condition might require the attention of a system administrator.

Background Job Error Event Class Data Columns

Data column name	Data type	Description	Column ID	Filterable
DatabaseID	int	ID of the database specified by job. Determine the value for a database by using the DB_ID function.	3	Yes
DatabaseName	nvarchar	Name of the database in which the user statement is running.	35	Yes
Error	int	Error number of the last attempt (EventSubClass 1 only).	31	Yes
EventClass	int	Type of event = 193.	27	No
EventSequence	int	The sequence of a given event within the request.	51	No
EventSubClass	int	Type of event subclass. 1 = Background job giving up after failure. 2 = Background job dropped - queue is full. 3 = Background job returned an error.	21	Yes
IndexID	int	ID for the index on the object affected by the event. To determine the index ID for an object, use the indid column of the sysindexes system table.	24	Yes
IntegerData	int	Number of tries attempted by the job (EventSubClass 1 only).	25	Yes
IntegerData2	int	Job sequence number.	55	Yes
ObjectID	int	System-assigned ID of the object.	22	Yes
SessionLoginName	nvarchar	Login name of the user that originated the session. For example, if you connect to [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] using Login1 and execute a statement as Login2, SessionLoginName shows Login1 and LoginName shows Login2. This column displays both [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] and [!INCLUDEmsCoName] Windows logins.	64	Yes
Severity	int	Severity level of the error on the last attempt (EventSubClass 1 only).	20	Yes
StartTime	datetime	Time at which the job was created.	14	Yes
State	int	State of the error on the last attempt (EventSubClass 1 only).	30	Yes
TextData	ntext	Text description of the event subclass value.	1	Yes
Type	int	Type of job.	57	Yes

See Also

Extended Events
sp_trace_setevent (Transact-SQL)
Auto Stats Event Class