How to: Filter End-time Events (SQL Server Profiler)

This topic describes how to filter trace events based on the event ending time by using SQL Server Profiler.

To filter events based on the event end time

  1. On the File menu, click New Trace, and then connect to an instance of SQL Server.

    The Trace Propertiesdialog box appears.

    Note

    If Start tracing immediately after making connectionis selected, the Trace Propertiesdialog box fails to appear and the trace begins instead. To turn off this setting, on the Toolsmenu, click Options, and clear the Start tracing immediately after making connection check box.

  2. In the Trace Properties dialog box, make sure the General tab is selected, and enter a name in the TraceName text box.

  3. From the Use the templatelist, select a trace template.

  4. Optionally, specify a destination file or table in which to save the trace results.

  5. On the Events Selectiontab, click the EndTime data column to launch the Edit Filter dialog box. You can also right-click the column heading, and select Edit Column Filter.

  6. Expand Greater than or Less than, and enter a datetimevalue in the field that appears beneath the comparison operator.