SQL Server Monitoring - Triggers

This blog is part of the blog series named SQL Server Monitoring.

Purpose

To show the configured triggers.

Report

The report has a table showing each configured trigger.

Sources

This feature queries the DMV sys.triggers which returns information for database and table triggers.

Model

The model for the report uses the fact [Triggers] and the dimension [Database].

Service setup

The feature uses the service ‘fhsmSPTriggers’ which can be configured using the stored procedure fhsmSPControl.

Parameter

The feature accept the parameter @Databases and the syntax is the same that is used in the SQL Server Index and Statistics Management solution made by Ola Hallengren.

The default parameter for the feature is “@Databases = ‘USER_DATABASES, msdb'”

Value	Description
SYSTEM_DATABASES	All system databases (master, msdb, model, and tempdb)
USER_DATABASES	All user databases
ALL_DATABASES	All databases
Db1	The database Db1
Db1, Db2	The databases Db1 and Db2
USER_DATABASES, -Db1	All user databases, except Db1
%Db%	All databases that have “Db” in the name
%Db%, -Db1	All databases that have “Db” in the name, except Db1
ALL_DATABASES, -%Db%	All databases that do not have “Db” in the name

EXEC fhsmSPControl
	@Type = 'Parameter',
	@Command = 'list',
	@Task = 'fhsmSPTriggers',
	@Name = 'Triggers',
	@Wildcard = 0;

EXEC fhsmSPControl
	@Type = 'Parameter',
	@Command = 'set',
	@Task = 'fhsmSPTriggers',
	@Name = 'Triggers',
	@Parameter = '@Databases = ''USER_DATABASES, msdb''';

Schedule

The default schedule for the feature is once every day between 22:00 and 23:00.

EXEC fhsmSPControl
	@Type = 'Schedule',
	@Command = 'list',
	@Task = 'fhsmSPTriggers',
	@Name = 'Triggers',
	@Wildcard = 0;

EXEC fhsmSPControl
	@Type = 'Schedule',
	@Command = 'set',
	@Task = 'fhsmSPTriggers',
	@Name = 'Triggers',
	@ScheduleType = 0,
	@Enabled = 1,
	@ExecutionDelaySec = 43200,
	@FromTime = '22:00:00',
	@ToTime = '23:00:00',
	@Monday = 1,
	@Tuesday = 1,
	@Wednesday = 1,
	@Thursday = 1,
	@Friday = 1,
	@Saturday = 1,
	@Sunday = 1;

Retention

The default retention for the table dbo.fhsmTriggers is 30 days.

EXEC fhsmSPControl
	@Type = 'Retention',
	@Command = 'list',
	@TableName = 'fhsmTriggers',
	@Wildcard = 0;

EXEC fhsmSPControl
	@Type = 'Retention',
	@Command = 'set',
	@TableName = 'fhsmTriggers',
	@Enabled = 1,
	@Sequence = 1,
	@Days = 30;

SQL Server Monitoring – Triggers