Who modified my Database?

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Who modified my Database?

marcus.scholz

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February 16, 2021 at 2:17 am

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Hi, we have an issue where entire cubes are sometimes deleted from our SSAS database. I am assuming a human has done this, but I cant find any way of determining who did it or when it has happened. Does anyone know where (if at all) Database schema modifications would be logged? Thanks!

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004324 More actions · Answer 1

Yes... they're in the "Default Trace" but, on a busy system, they not there for very long. You'd have to build a regularly scheduled sampler for that or some custom DDL triggers. You could also buy a 3rd party monitoring system.

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________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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Michael L John One Orange Chip Points: 27055 More actions · Answer 2

SSAS changes are not captured in the default trace.

You can set up a separate trace for SSAS.

This explains it. https://sqladm.blogspot.com/2014/01/audit-log-for-analysis-services.html

Michael L John
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