MSSQL on Windows: SQL Server Agent Job Duration Alert Rule

Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.AlertRule.AgentJob.Duration (Rule)

This rule throws an alert if the execution time of any of your SQL Agent jobs has exceeded the specified threshold (in minutes). Note that this rule is disabled by default. Use overrides to enable it when necessary.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule checks whether the execution time of any of your SQL Agent jobs has exceeded the specified threshold (in minutes). This rule is disabled by default. Use overrides to enable it when necessary.

Note that SQL Server Agent Windows Service is not supported by any edition of SQL Server Express.

Overridable Parameters

Name	Description	Default Value
Enabled	Enables or disables the workflow.	No
Interval (seconds)	The recurring interval of time in seconds in which to run the workflow.	600
Priority	Defines alert priority.	1
Severity	Defines alert severity.	1
Synchronization Time	The synchronization time specified by using a 24-hour format. Can be omitted.
Threshold (minutes)	Threshold that defines the amount of time (in minutes) that is acceptable for the SQL Agent job to be running. Every time this threshold is exceeded, an alert is thrown.	60
Timeout (seconds)	Specifies the time the workflow is allowed to run before being closed and marked as failed.	300
Timeout for query execution (seconds)	The workflow will fail and register an event, if the query execution takes longer than the specified period.	60
Timeout for database connection (seconds)	The workflow will fail and register an event, if it cannot access the database during the specified period.	15

Element properties:

Target

Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.AgentJob

Category

Alert

Enabled

False

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Remotable

True

Alert Message

MSSQL on Windows: Agent Job duration exceeded the threshold

The execution time of the SQL Server Agent job "{2}" on SQL Server instance "{1}", computer "{0}" has exceeded the specified threshold.

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DataSource.AgentJobDurationCondition	Default
GenerateAlert	WriteAction	System.Health.GenerateAlert	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.AlertRule.AgentJob.Duration" Target="SqlDiscW!Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.AgentJob" Enabled="false">

  <Category>Alert</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DataSource.AgentJobDurationCondition">

      <MachineName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/MachineName$</MachineName>

      <NetbiosComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/NetbiosComputerName$</NetbiosComputerName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/InstanceName$</InstanceName>

      <JobName>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.AgentJob"]/Name$</JobName>

      <Threshold>60</Threshold>

      <ConnectionString>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>

      <InstanceVersion>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Version$</InstanceVersion>

      <InstanceEdition>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Edition$</InstanceEdition>

      <MonitoringType>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlDiscW!Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DBEngine"]/MonitoringType$</MonitoringType>

      <SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>60</SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>

      <SqlTimeoutSeconds>15</SqlTimeoutSeconds>

      <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

      <IntervalSeconds>600</IntervalSeconds>

      <SyncTime/>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>1</Severity>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.AlertRule.AgentJob.Duration.AlertMessage"]$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/MachineName$</AlertParameter1>

        <AlertParameter2>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/InstanceName$</AlertParameter2>

        <AlertParameter3>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.AgentJob"]/Name$</AlertParameter3>

        <AlertParameter4>$Data/Property[@Name='Duration']$</AlertParameter4>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue/>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>