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 stop the session, 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 target SQL Server instance or instances. You must have sysadmin access and server version must be SQL Server version 2008 or higher. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Windows and SQL Authentication supported. Accepts credential objects (Get-Credential) .PARAMETER Session Only return a specific session. Options for this parameter are auto-populated from the server. .PARAMETER Raw If this switch is enabled, the Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.QueryableXEventData enumeration object is returned. .PARAMETER InputObject Accepts an XESession object returned by Get-DbaXESession. .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: ExtendedEvent, XE, XEvent Author: Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .LINK https://dbatools.io/Watch-DbaXESession .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Watch-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sql2017 -Session system_health Shows events for the system_health session as it happens. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Watch-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sql2017 -Session system_health | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Path C:\temp\system_health.csv Exports live events to CSV. Ctrl-C may not not cancel out of it - fastest way is to stop the session. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sql2017 -Session system_health | Start-DbaXESession | Watch-DbaXESession | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Path C:\temp\system_health.csv Exports live events to CSV. Ctrl-C may not not cancel out of this. The fastest way to do so is to stop the session. #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Default")] param ( [parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "instance", Mandatory)] [DbaInstanceParameter]$SqlInstance, [PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [string]$Session, [parameter(ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = "piped", Mandatory)] [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.Session]$InputObject, [switch]$Raw, [switch]$EnableException ) process { if (-not $SqlInstance) { } else { try { $server = Connect-SqlInstance -SqlInstance $SqlInstance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential -MinimumVersion 11 } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Error occurred while establishing connection to $instance" -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." $InputObject += $XEStore.sessions | Where-Object Name -eq $Session } foreach ($xesession in $InputObject) { $server = $xesession.Parent $sessionname = $xesession.Name Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Watching $sessionname on $($server.Name)." if (-not $xesession.IsRunning -and -not $xesession.IsRunning) { Stop-Function -Message "$($xesession.Name) is not running on $($server.Name)" -Continue } # Setup all columns for csv but do it in an order $columns = @("name", "timestamp") $newcolumns = @() $fields = ($xesession.Events.EventFields.Name | Select-Object -Unique) foreach ($column in $fields) { $newcolumns += $column.TrimStart("collect_") } $actions = ($xesession.Events.Actions.Name | Select-Object -Unique) foreach ($action in $actions) { $newcolumns += ($action -Split '\.')[-1] } $newcolumns = $newcolumns | Sort-Object $columns = ($columns += $newcolumns) | Select-Object -Unique try { $xevent = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.QueryableXEventData( ($server.ConnectionContext.ConnectionString), ($xesession.Name), [Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.EventStreamSourceOptions]::EventStream, [Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Linq.EventStreamCacheOptions]::DoNotCache ) if ($raw) { return $xevent } # Format output foreach ($event in $xevent) { $hash = [ordered]@{} foreach ($column in $columns) { $null = $hash.Add($column, $event.$column) # this basically adds name and timestamp then nulls } foreach ($action in $event.Actions) { $hash[$action.Name] = $action.Value } foreach ($field in $event.Fields) { $hash[$field.Name] = $field.Value } [PSCustomObject]($hash) } } catch { Start-Sleep 1 $status = Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance $server -Session $sessionname if ($status.Status -ne "Running") { Stop-Function -Message "$($xesession.Name) was stopped." } else { Stop-Function -Message "Failure" -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $sessionname } } finally { if ($xevent -is [IDisposable]) { $xevent.Dispose() } } } } } |