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10/04/2012

sp_help_schedule (Transact-SQL)

Lists information about schedules.

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Syntax

sp_help_schedule 
     [ @schedule_id = ] id,
     [ @schedule_name= ] 'schedule_name' 
     [ , [ @attached_schedules_only = ] attached_schedules_only ]
     [ , [ @include_description = ] include_description ]

Arguments

[ @schedule_id = ] id
The identifier of the schedule to list. schedule_name is int, with no default. Either schedule_id or schedule_name may be specified.
[ @schedule_name = ] 'schedule_name'
The name of the schedule to list. schedule_name is sysname, with no default. Either schedule_id or schedule_name may be specified.
[ @attached_schedules_only = ] attached_schedules_only ]
Specifies whether to show only schedules that a job is attached to. attached_schedules_only is bit, with a default of 0. When attached_schedules_only is 0, all schedules are shown. When attached_schedules_only is 1, the result set contains only schedules that are attached to a job.
[ @include_description = ] include_description
Specifies whether to include descriptions in the result set. include_description is bit, with a default of 0. When include_description is 0, the schedule_description column of the result set contains a placeholder. When include_description is 1, the description of the schedule is included in the result set.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

This procedure returns the following result set:

Column name	Data type	Description
schedule_id	int	Schedule identifier number.
schedule_uid	uniqueidentifier	Identifier for the schedule.
schedule_name	sysname	Name of the schedule.
enabled	int	Whether the schedule enabled (1) or not enabled (0).
freq_type	int	Value indicating when the job is to be executed. 1 = Once 4 = Daily 8 = Weekly 16 = Monthly 32 = Monthly, relative to the freq_interval 64 = Run when SQLServerAgent service starts.
freq_interval	int	Days when the job is executed. The value depends on the value of freq_type. For more information, see sp_add_schedule (Transact-SQL).
freq_subday_type	int	Units for freq_subday_interval. For more information, see sp_add_schedule (Transact-SQL).
freq_subday_interval	int	Number of freq_subday_type periods to occur between each execution of the job. For more information, see sp_add_schedule (Transact-SQL).
freq_relative_interval	int	Scheduled job's occurrence of the freq_interval in each month. For more information, see sp_add_schedule (Transact-SQL).
freq_recurrence_factor	int	Number of months between the scheduled execution of the job.
active_start_date	int	Date the schedule is activated.
active_end_date	int	End date of the schedule.
active_start_time	int	Time of the day the schedule starts.
active_end_time	int	Time of the day schedule ends.
date_created	datetime	Date the schedule is created.
schedule_description	nvarchar(4000)	An English description of the schedule (if requested).
job_count	int	Returns how many jobs reference this schedule.

Remarks

When no parameters are provided, sp_help_schedule lists information for all schedules in the instance.

Permissions

By default, members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute this stored procedure. Other users must be granted one of the following SQL Server Agent fixed database roles in the msdb database:

SQLAgentUserRole
SQLAgentReaderRole
SQLAgentOperatorRole

For details about the permissions of these roles, see SQL Server Agent Fixed Database Roles.

Members of SQLAgentUserRole can only view the schedules that they own.

Examples

A. Listing information for all schedules in the instance

The following example lists information for all schedules in the instance.

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_help_schedule ;
GO

B. Listing information for a specific schedule

The following example lists information for the schedule named NightlyJobs.

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_help_schedule
    @schedule_name = N'NightlyJobs' ;
GO

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