sys.database_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)

Contains information about the database audit specifications in a SQL Server audit on a server instance. For more information, see Understanding SQL Server Audit.

Column name

Data type

Description

Name

sysname

Name of the auditing specification.

database_specification_id

int

ID of the database specification.

create_date

datetime

Date the audit specification was created.

modified_date

datetime

Date the audit specification was last modified.

is_state_enabled

bit

Audit specification state:

0 – ENABLED

1 – DISABLED

audit_GUID

uniqueidentifer

GUID for the audit that contains this specification. Used during enumeration of member database audit specifications during database attach/startup.

Remarks

If a database is in ready-only mode, the SQL Server Audit feature cannot add Database Audit Specifications.

Permissions

Principals with the VIEW AUDIT STATEorALTER ANY AUDIT SPECIFICATION permissions, the dbo role, and members of the db_owners fixed database role have access to this catalog view.

In SQL Server 2005 and later versions, the visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that a user either owns or on which the user has been granted some permission.. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.

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