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JobCategory Class

The JobCategory class contains attributes that allow alerts to be categorized.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class JobCategory
    Inherits CategoryBase
public sealed class JobCategory : CategoryBase
public ref class JobCategory sealed : public CategoryBase
public final class JobCategory extends CategoryBase
public final class JobCategory extends CategoryBase

Remarks

SQL Server Agent categories provide optional attributes that are used to distinguish groups of jobs.

With the JobCategory object, you can:

  • Create groupings for jobs.

The category name must be unique.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

To get JobCategory object properties, users must be a member of SQLAgentUserRole database role on the MSDB database or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To set JobCategory object properties, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To create or drop a job category, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
         Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.AgentObjectBase
           Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.CategoryBase
            Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent.JobCategory

Example

How to: Construct an Object in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

JobCategory Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent Namespace

Other Resources

Scheduling Automatic Administrative Tasks in SQL Server Agent
Automating Administrative Tasks (SQL Server Agent)
sp_add_category (Transact-SQL)