sys.database_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
This article contains information about the database audit specifications in a SQL Server audit on a server instance. For more information, see SQL Server Audit (Database Engine).
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | sysname | Name of the auditing specification. |
| database_specification_id | int | ID of the database specification. |
| create_date | datetime | Date the audit specification was created. |
| modify_date | datetime | Date the audit specification was last modified. |
| audit_guid | uniqueidentifier | GUID for the audit that contains this specification. Used during enumeration of member database audit specifications during database attach/startup. |
| is_state_enabled | bit | Audit specification state: 0 - DISABLED 1 - ENABLED |
Remarks
If a database is in ready-only mode, the SQL Server Audit feature can't add Database Audit Specifications.
Permissions
Principals with the ALTER ANY DATABASE AUDIT or VIEW DEFINITION permissions, the dbo role, and members of the db_owners fixed database role have access to this catalog view. In addition, the principal must not be denied VIEW DEFINITION permission.
The visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that a user either owns, or on which the user was granted some permission. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.
See also
- CREATE SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
- ALTER SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
- DROP SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)
- CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
- ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
- DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
- CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
- ALTER DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
- DROP DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)
- ALTER AUTHORIZATION (Transact-SQL)
- sys.fn_get_audit_file (Transact-SQL)
- sys.server_audits (Transact-SQL)
- sys.server_file_audits (Transact-SQL)
- sys.server_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)
- sys.server_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
- sys.database_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)
- sys.dm_server_audit_status (Transact-SQL)
- sys.dm_audit_actions (Transact-SQL)
- sys.dm_audit_class_type_map (Transact-SQL)
- Create a Server Audit and Server Audit Specification