sys.server_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)

Contains information about the server audit specifications in a SQL Server audit on a server instance. For more information on SQL Server Audit, see SQL Server Audit (Database Engine).

Column name	Data type	Description
name	Sysname	Name of the server specification.
server_specification_id	Int	ID of the server_specification.
create_date	Datetime	Date the audit server specification was created.
modified_date	Datetime	Date the audit server specification was last modified.
is_state_enabled	tinyint	Audit specification state: 0 – DISABLED 1 –ENABLED
audit_GUID	uniqueidentifier	GUID for the audit that contains this specification. Used during enumeration of member server audit specifications during server startup.

Permissions

Principals with the VIEW AUDIT STATE permission have access to this catalog view.

The visibility of the metadata in catalog views is limited to securables that a user either owns or on which the user has been granted some permission. For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.