SQL Agent Insights:Documentation:Job History Overview

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Accessing the Job History window can be done via Job Monitor, by right-clicking on a job and selecting View Job History.

A typical Job History window.

Key Sections

Tool/Action Bar

Expand/collapse filters pane

• Shows / hides the filter pane. When the filter pane is collapsed and there are no filters selected, the icon will appear as an empty filter. Conversely, should there be at least one filter selected, the icon, when collapsed, will be solid in color. When the filter pane is expanded, the icon shown is a left arrow.

Clear selected filter(s)

• Clears all filters on all columns with a single click.

Size all columns to fit

• Sizes all columns (with a single click) to the size of the maximum observed cell.

Purge job history

• Opens the purge job history dialog.

Duration vs. Execution Run Bar Chart

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