{"id":734,"date":"2020-01-02T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T12:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sequallity.co.uk\/?p=734"},"modified":"2020-05-01T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:11:15","slug":"sql-azure-activity-monitor-using-t-sql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequallity.co.uk\/sql-server-consultancy\/sql-azure-activity-monitor-using-t-sql\/","title":{"rendered":"How to implement SQL Azure Activity Monitor using T-SQL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SQL Azure Database Activity Monitor (Using T-SQL)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This script reveals how how to implement a SQL Azure Activity Monitor utilising T-SQL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with everything in life, this is a good news, bad news story.  The bad news is SSMS does not have Activity Monitor for SQL Azure Database and sometimes with my SQL Azure Developer hat on,  I am only allowed access to the SQL Azure Database and not the Azure portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is most of the counters are there already buried deep within the bowels of DMVs, Dynamic Management Views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, in next to no time I knocked together a script to emulate the Activity Monitor, I thought this would be a great start to build on this and expand it with parts on deadlocking and other such important snapshot information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sequallity.co.uk\/sql-script-information-warranty\/\">warranty<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>-- 2nd January 2020\n-- Sequallity Limited\n-- SQL Azure Activity Monitor\n \nSET NOCOUNT ON;\n \nDECLARE @start BIGINT;\nDECLARE @end BIGINT;\n \nSELECT @start = cntr_value\nFROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters WITH (NOLOCK)\nWHERE Trim(counter_name) = 'Batch Requests\/sec';\n \nWAITFOR DELAY '00:00:14.998';\n \nSELECT @end = cntr_value\nFROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters WITH (NOLOCK)\nWHERE Trim(counter_name) = 'Batch Requests\/sec';\n \nWITH cte_activity\nAS (\n\tSELECT TOP 20 avg_cpu_percent AS CPU\n\t\t,avg_data_io_percent AS DiskIO\n\tFROM sys.dm_db_resource_stats WITH (NOLOCK)\n\tORDER BY end_time DESC\n\t)\n\t,cte_blocking\nAS (\n\tSELECT COALESCE(Count(blocking_session_id), 0) AS Blocking\n\tFROM sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks WITH (NOLOCK)\n\t)\nSELECT Cast(@@servername AS VARCHAR) AS 'AzureActivityMonitorServer'\n\t,Cast(Avg(cpu) AS NUMERIC(5, 2)) AS CPUPct\n\t,Cast(Avg(diskio) AS NUMERIC(5, 2)) AS DiskIOPct\n\t,Max(cte_blocking.blocking) AS BlockingCnt\n\t,(@end - @start) * 4 AS 'BatchRequestsSecCnt'\nFROM cte_activity\nCROSS APPLY cte_blocking;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SQL Azure Database Activity Monitor (Using T-SQL) This script reveals how how to implement a SQL Azure Activity Monitor utilising T-SQL. 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