MSdistribution_agents (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
The MSdistribution_agents table contains one row for each Distribution Agent running at the local Distributor. This table is stored in the distribution database.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | int | The ID of the Distribution Agent. |
| name | nvarchar(100) | The name of the Distribution Agent. |
| publisher_database_id | int | The ID of the Publisher database. |
| publisher_id | smallint | The ID of the Publisher. |
| publisher_db | sysname | The name of the Publisher database. |
| publication | sysname | The name of the publication. |
| subscriber_id | smallint | The ID of the Subscriber, used by well-known agents only. For anonymous agents, this column is reserved. |
| subscriber_db | sysname | The Name of the subscription database. |
| subscription_type | int | The type of subscription: 0 = Push. 1 = Pull. 2 = Anonymous. |
| local_job | bit | Indicates whether there is a SQL Server Agent job on the local Distributor. |
| job_id | binary(16) | The job identification number. |
| subscription_guid | binary(16) | The ID of the subscriptions of this agent. |
| profile_id | int | The configuration ID from the MSagent_profiles (Transact-SQL) table. |
| anonymous_subid | uniqueidentifier | The ID of an anonymous agent. |
| subscriber_name | sysname | The name of the Subscriber, used by anonymous agents only. |
| virtual_agent_id | int | Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
| anonymous_agent_id | int | Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
| creation_date | datetime | The datetime when the Distribution or Merge Agent was created. |
| queue_id | sysname | The identifier to locate the queue for queued updating subscriptions. For non-queued subscriptions, the value is NULL. For Microsoft Message Queuing-based publications, the value is a GUID that uniquely identifies the queue to be used for the subscription. For SQL Server-based queue publications, the column contains the value SQL. Note: Using Microsoft Message Queuing has been deprecated and is no longer supported. |
| queue_status | int | Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
| offload_enabled | bit | Indicates whether the agent can be activated remotely. 0 specifies that the agent cannot be activated remotely. 1 specifies that the agent will be activated remotely, and on the remote computer specified in the offload_server property. |
| offload_server | sysname | The network name of server to be used for remote agent activation. |
| dts_package_name | sysname | The name of the DTS package. For example, for a package named DTSPub_Package, specify @dts_package_name = N'DTSPub_Package'. |
| dts_package_password | nvarchar(524) | The password on the package. |
| dts_package_location | int | The package location. The location of the package can be distributor or subscriber. |
| sid | varbinary(85) | The security identification number (SID) for the Distribution Agent or Merge Agent during its first execution. |
| queue_server | sysname | Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed. |
| subscriber_security_mode | smallint | The security mode used by the agent when connecting to the Subscriber, which can be one of the following: 0 = Microsoft SQL Server Authentication 1 = Microsoft Windows Authentication. |
| subscriber_login | sysname | The login used when connecting to the Subscriber. |
| subscriber_password | nvarchar(524) | Is the encrypted value of the password that is used when connecting to the Subscriber. |
| reset_partial_snapshot_progress | bit | Is if a partially downloaded snapshot will be discarded so that the entire snapshot process can start again. |
| job_step_uid | uniqueidentifier | The unique ID of the SQL Server Agent job step in which the agent is started. |
| subscriptionstreams | tinyint | Sets the number of connections allowed per Distribution Agent to apply batches of changes in parallel to a Subscriber. A range of values from 1 to 64 is supported. |
| memory_optimized | bit | 1 indicates that the subscriber can be used for memory optimized tables. |
| job_login | sysname | |
| job_password | nvarchar(524) |