SQL Server Agent Tables (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
The topics in this section describe the system tables that store information used by SQL Server Agent. All tables are in the dbo schema in the msdb database.
In This Section
dbo.sysalerts
Contains one row for each alert.
dbo.syscategories
Contains the categories used by SQL Server Management Studio to organize jobs, alerts, and operators.
dbo.sysdownloadlist
Holds the queue of download instructions for all target servers.
dbo.sysjobactivity
Contains information about current SQL Server Agent job activity and status.
dbo.sysjobhistory
Contains information about the execution of scheduled jobs by SQL Server Agent.
dbo.sysjobs
Stores the information for each scheduled job to be executed by SQL Server Agent.
dbo.sysjobschedules
Contains schedule information for jobs to be executed by SQL Server Agent
dbo.sysjobservers
Stores the association or relationship of a particular job with one or more target servers.
dbo.sysjobsteps
Contains the information for each step in a job to be executed by SQL Server Agent.
dbo.sysjobstepslogs
Contains information about job step logs.
dbo.sysnotifications
Contains one row for each notification.
dbo.sysoperators
Contains one row for each SQL Server Agent operator.
dbo.sysproxies
Contains information about SQL Server Agent proxy accounts.
dbo.sysproxylogin
Records which SQL Server logins are associated with each SQL Server Agent proxy account.
dbo.sysproxysubsystem
Records which SQL Server Agent subsystem is used by each proxy account.
dbo.sysschedules
Contains information about SQL Server Agent job schedules.
dbo.syssessions
Contains the SQL Server Agent start date for each SQL Server Agent session. A session is created each time the SQL Server Agent service starts.
dbo.syssubsystems
Contains information about all available SQL Server Agent proxy subsystems.
dbo.systargetservergroupmembers
Records which target servers are currently enlisted in this multiserver group.
dbo.systargetservergroups
Records which target server groups are currently enlisted in this multiserver environment.
dbo.systargetservers
Records which target servers are currently enlisted in this multiserver operation domain.
dbo.systaskids
Contains a mapping of tasks created in earlier versions of SQL Server to Management Studio jobs in the current version.