How many of you have a habit of reviewing Error Log(s) of the SQL Server(s) which you support on a daily basis(At least on regular basis, if not daily)? If you are not doing that, go ahead and start making it as a practice from “Right now”. You can thank me later for this suggestion 😀
If you’re already doing that,then you are awesome…! But, let me ask this. How many times you get annoyed reviewing your error log(s), especially if you are looking for a specific error. Well, you can apply filter or you can simply query your error log from T-SQL. But what if you are only looking for all the severe Errors, total error count, Errors by frequency all at one place? Yes, you can write your own query and use SSRS for generating a fancy report. But Wait……What if I say SSMS already has this cool report inbuilt for us?
In this blog post I will show you a better way to decipher your current Error Log for Errors by using that hidden report.
It’s called “Number Of Errors” Report and you can get to this report by right clicking on “Management” Node -> Reports -> Standard Reports->Number of Errors in your SSMS as shown below.
How it looks? See below…
As you can see, at a glance I know I’ve got 6 Severe Errors(Sev 18 or above) and 5 Moderate errors in my current error log. See below screenshots for how neat the info is once I expand those nodes.
Severe Errors:
You can see I’ve got the same 824 Error repeated 6 times. ( Well, I tried attaching the same corrupted ldf file 6 times for this demo)
Moderate Errors:
All errors by Frequency:
Is in’t nice? Personally, I liked this report…and thought of sharing what I’ve discovered with you folks 😀
Please ignore if you are already aware of this nifty report, if not…well, you know it now!
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