sys.dm_fts_active_catalogs (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Returns information on the full-text catalogs that have some population activity in progress on the server.
Note
The following columns will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server: is_paused, previous_status, previous_status_description, row_count_in_thousands, status, status_description, and worker_count. Avoid using these columns in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use any of them.
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| database_id | int | ID of the database that contains the active full-text catalog. |
| catalog_id | int | ID of the active full-text catalog. |
| memory_address | varbinary(8) | Address of memory buffers allocated for the population activity related to this full-text catalog. |
| name | nvarchar(128) | Name of the active full-text catalog. |
| is_paused | bit | Indicates whether the population of the active full-text catalog has been paused. |
| status | int | Current state of the full-text catalog. One of the following: 0 = Initializing 1 = Ready 2 = Paused 3 = Temporary error 4 = Remount needed 5 = Shutdown 6 = Quiesced for backup 7 = Backup is done through catalog 8 = Catalog is corrupt |
| status_description | nvarchar(120) | Description of current state of the active full-text catalog. |
| previous_status | int | Previous state of the full-text catalog. One of the following: 0 = Initializing 1 = Ready 2 = Paused 3 = Temporary error 4 = Remount needed 5 = Shutdown 6 = Quiesced for backup 7 = Backup is done through catalog 8 = Catalog is corrupt |
| previous_status_description | nvarchar(120) | Description of previous state of the active full-text catalog. |
| worker_count | int | Number of threads currently working on this full-text catalog. |
| active_fts_index_count | int | Number of full-text indexes that are being populated. |
| auto_population_count | int | Number of tables with an auto population in progress for this full-text catalog. |
| manual_population_count | int | Number of tables with manual population in progress for this full-text catalog. |
| full_incremental_population_count | int | Number of tables with a full or incremental population in progress for this full-text catalog. |
| row_count_in_thousands | int | Estimated number of rows (in thousands) in all full-text indexes in this full-text catalog. |
| is_importing | bit | Indicates whether the full-text catalog is being imported: 1 = The catalog is being imported. 2 = The catalog is not being imported. |
Remarks
The is_importing column was introduced in SQL Server 2008 (10.0.x).
Permissions
On SQL Server and SQL Managed Instance, requires VIEW SERVER STATE permission.
On SQL Database Basic, S0, and S1 service objectives, and for databases in elastic pools, the server admin account, the Microsoft Entra admin account, or membership in the ##MS_ServerStateReader## server role is required. On all other SQL Database service objectives, either the VIEW DATABASE STATE permission on the database, or membership in the ##MS_ServerStateReader## server role is required.
Permissions for SQL Server 2022 and later
Requires VIEW SERVER PERFORMANCE STATE permission on the server.
Physical joins
Relationship cardinalities
| From | To | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
dm_fts_active_catalogs.database_id |
dm_fts_index_population.database_id |
One-to-one |
dm_fts_active_catalogs.catalog_id |
dm_fts_index_population.catalog_id |
One-to-one |
Examples
The following example returns information about the active full-text catalogs on the current database.
SELECT catalog.name, catalog.is_importing, catalog.auto_population_count,
OBJECT_NAME(population.table_id) AS table_name,
population.population_type_description, population.is_clustered_index_scan,
population.status_description, population.completion_type_description,
population.queued_population_type_description, population.start_time,
population.range_count
FROM sys.dm_fts_active_catalogs catalog
CROSS JOIN sys.dm_fts_index_population population
WHERE catalog.database_id = population.database_id
AND catalog.catalog_id = population.catalog_id
AND catalog.database_id = (SELECT dbid FROM sys.sysdatabases WHERE name = DB_NAME());
GO
Next steps
Full-Text Search and Semantic Search Dynamic Management Views and Functions (Transact-SQL)