functions/Watch-DbaXESession.ps1
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function Watch-DbaXESession { <# .SYNOPSIS Watch live XEvent Data as it happens .DESCRIPTION Watch live XEvent Data as it happens - this command runs until you kill the PowerShell session or Ctrl-C. Thanks to Dave Mason (@BeginTry) for some straightforward code samples https://itsalljustelectrons.blogspot.be/2017/01/SQL-Server-Extended-Event-Handling-Via-Powershell.html .PARAMETER SqlInstance The SQL Instances that you're connecting to. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Credential object used to connect to the SQL Server as a different user .PARAMETER Session Only return a specific session. This parameter is auto-populated. .PARAMETER Raw Returns the Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.QueryableXEventData enumeration object .PARAMETER SessionObject Internal parameter .PARAMETER EnableException By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message. This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting. Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch. .NOTES Tags: Xevent Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (C) Chrissy LeMaire, clemaire@gmail.com License: GNU GPL v3 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 .LINK https://dbatools.io/Watch-DbaXESession .EXAMPLE Watch-DbaXESession -SqlInstance ServerA\sql987 -Session system_health Shows events for the system_health session as it happens .EXAMPLE Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sql2016 -Session system_health | Watch-DbaXESession | Select -ExpandProperty Fields Also shows events for the system_health session as it happens and expands the Fields property. Looks a bit like this Name Type Value ---- ---- ----- id System.UInt32 0 timestamp System.UInt64 0 process_utilization System.UInt32 0 system_idle System.UInt32 99 user_mode_time System.UInt64 8906250 kernel_mode_time System.UInt64 468750 page_faults System.UInt32 60 working_set_delta System.Int64 0 memory_utilization System.UInt32 99 #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Default")] param ( [parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "instance", Mandatory)] [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")] [DbaInstanceParameter]$SqlInstance, [PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [string]$Session, [parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "piped", Mandatory)] [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.Session]$SessionObject, [switch]$Raw, [switch][Alias('Silent')]$EnableException ) process { if (-not $SqlInstance) { $server = $SessionObject.Parent } else { try { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Connecting to $SqlInstance" $server = Connect-SqlInstance -SqlInstance $SqlInstance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential -MinimumVersion 11 } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Failure" -Category ConnectionError -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $SqlInstance -Continue } $SqlConn = $server.ConnectionContext.SqlConnectionObject $SqlStoreConnection = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc.SqlStoreConnection $SqlConn $XEStore = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.XEStore $SqlStoreConnection Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Getting XEvents Sessions on $SqlInstance." $SessionObject = $XEStore.sessions | Where-Object Name -eq $Session | Select-Object -First 1 } if ($SessionObject) { try { $xevent = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.QueryableXEventData( ($server.ConnectionContext.ConnectionString), ($SessionObject.Name), [Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.EventStreamSourceOptions]::EventStream, [Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.EventStreamCacheOptions]::DoNotCache ) if ($raw) { foreach ($row in $xevent) { $row } } else { # make it pretty foreach ($row in $xevent) { Select-DefaultView -InputObject $row -Property Name, Timestamp, Fields, Actions } } } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Failure" -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $session } finally { if ($xevent -is [IDisposable]) { $xevent.Dispose() } } } else { Stop-Function -Message "Session not found" -Target $session } } } |