Where are the SQL Jobs are Stored in SQL Server

Introduction

In this article, We will discuss where the SQL Jobs are stored in SQL Server. Most of us know the purpose of SQL Job, A job is a specified series of actions that SQL Server Agent performs. Use jobs to define an administrative task that can be run one or more times and monitored for success or failure. A job can run on one local server or on multiple remote servers. How many of us know where these SQL Jobs are Stored?.

dbo.sysjobs Table

All SQL Jobs are stored in dbo.sysjobs table under MSDB. Stores the information for each scheduled job to be executed by SQL Server Agent.

SELECT 
	* 
FROM 
dbo.sysjobs

Fig.1 sysjobs Results

The columns in this table indicates,

Column name	Data type	Description
job_id	uniqueidentifier	Unique ID of the job.
originating_server_id	int	ID of the server from which the job came.
name	sysname	Name of the job.
enabled	tinyint	Indicates whether the job is enabled to be executed.
description	nvarchar(512)	Description for the job.
start_step_id	int	ID of the step in the job where execution should begin.
category_id	int	ID of the job category.
owner_sid	varbinary(85)	Security identifier number (SID) of the job owner.
notify_level_eventlog	int	Bitmask indicating under what circumstances a notification event should be logged to the Microsoft Windows application log: 0 = Never 1 = When the job succeeds 2 = When the job fails 3 = Whenever the job completes (regardless of the job outcome)
notify_level_email	int	Bitmask indicating under what circumstances a notification e-mail should be sent when a job completes: 0 = Never 1 = When the job succeeds 2 = When the job fails 3 = Whenever the job completes (regardless of the job outcome)
notify_level_netsend	int	Bitmask indicating under what circumstances a network message should be sent when a job completes: 0 = Never 1 = When the job succeeds 2 = When the job fails 3 = Whenever the job completes (regardless of the job outcome)
notify_level_page	int	Bitmask indicating under what circumstances a page should be sent when a job completes: 0 = Never 1 = When the job succeeds 2 = When the job fails 3 = Whenever the job completes (regardless of the job outcome)
notify_email_operator_id	int	E-mail name of the operator to notify.
notify_netsend_operator_id	int	ID of the computer or user used when sending network messages.
notify_page_operator_id	int	ID of the computer or user used when sending a page.
delete_level	int	Bitmask indicating under what circumstances the job should be deleted when a job completes: 0 = Never 1 = When the job succeeds 2 = When the job fails 3 = Whenever the job completes (regardless of the job outcome)
date_created	datetime	Date the job was created.
date_modified	datetime	Date the job was last modified.
version_number	int	Version of the job.

Table.1 Result columns of dbo.sysjobs

Conclusion

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