DISCOVER_CONNECTIONS Rowset

Provides resource usage and activity information about the currently opened connections on the server.

Applies to: tabular models, multidimensional models

Rowset Columns

The DISCOVER_CONNECTIONS rowset contains the following columns.

Column name

Type indicator

Restrictions

Description

CONNECTION_ID

DBTYPE_I4

Yes

A unique number that identifies the connection.

CONNECTION_USER_NAME

DBTYPE_WSTR

Yes 

The connection user name.

CONNECTION_IMPERSONATED_USER_NAME

DBTYPE_WSTR

Yes

Reserved for future use. Analysis Services always returns NULL for the value of CONNECTION_IMPERSONATED_USER_NAME.

CONNECTION_HOST_NAME

DBTYPE_WSTR

Yes 

The name of the machine that initiated the connection.

CONNECTION_HOST_APPLICATION

DBTYPE_WSTR

 

The name of the application that initiated the connection.

CONNECTION_START_TIME

DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP

 

The server UTC date and time when the connection was initiated.

CONNECTION_ELAPSED_TIME_MS

DBTYPE_I8

Yes 

Elapsed time, in milliseconds, since the start of the connection.

CONNECTION_LAST_COMMAND_START_TIME

DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP

 

The server UTC date and time when the last command initiated its execution.

CONNECTION_LAST_COMMAND_END_TIME

DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP

 

The server UTC date and time when the last command finished its execution.

CONNECTION_LAST_COMMAND_ELAPSED_TIME_MS

DBTYPE_I8

Yes 

The elapsed time, in milliseconds, since the end of the last command executed.

CONNECTION_IDLE_TIME_MS

DBTYPE_I8

Yes 

The idle time, in milliseconds, since the start of the connection.

CONNECTION_BYTES_SENT

DBTYPE_I8

 

The accumulated number of bytes sent by the connection since the start of the connection.

CONNECTION_DATA_BYTES_SENT

DBTYPE_I8

 

The accumulated number of data bytes sent by the connection since the start of the connection.

Data travels compressed within the connection; this value represents the expanded data sent.

CONNECTION_BYTES_RECEIVED

DBTYPE_I8

 

The accumulated number of bytes received by the connection since the start of the connection.

CONNECTION_DATA_BYTES_RECEIVED

DBTYPE_I8

 

The accumulated number of data bytes received by the connection since the start of the connection.

Data travels compressed within the connection; this value represents the expanded data received.

This schema rowset is not sorted.

Using ADOMD.NET to return the rowset

When using ADOMD.NET and the schema rowset to retrieve metadata, you can use either the GUID or string to reference a schema rowset object in the GetSchemaDataSet method. For more information, see Working with Schema Rowsets in ADOMD.NET.

The following table provides the GUID and string values that identify this rowset.

Argument

Value

GUID

a07ccd25-8148-11d0-87bb-00c04fc33942

ADOMDNAME

Connections

See Also

Reference

XML for Analysis Schema Rowsets