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We are using a third party company's software that talks to a SQL Server database and retrieves and inserts all the information.

When a user uses this software sometimes it freezes at a particular step. I need to troubleshoot it and find out why it happens.

Basically I want to use this UI software and at the same time see what query runs at each step I am performing.

For that I am using SQL Profiler to see what query causes this bottleneck. But how would I trace steps only for that particular software and only for a particular user? I don't want to see all other information.

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I am able to filter NTUserName, which I am assuming is just UserName, correct?

But how can I find out what is the ApplicationName?

If I ran this query I see 13 different applications, including Microsoft Office, Report Server etc. None of them sounds like the name of the software we use. (MGA Systems. Insurance Management System)

select distinct 
    program_name
from sys.dm_exec_sessions
where is_user_process = 1;
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    The ApplicationName will be the value specified in the connection string, or if none is specified, a default value that varies depending on the client API. For example, SqlClient will use the generic ".Net SqlClient Data Provider'" value when Application Name is not specified.
    – Dan Guzman
    Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 19:58
  • If the application is not playing nice and providing a specific name, then get the hostname of the workstation it is connecting from and filter on that.
    – datagod
    Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 20:11
  • Thank you guys, hostname helped a lot. And yes, the application name is ".Net SqlClient Data Provider'". Thanks again
    – Serdia
    Commented Dec 31, 2016 at 1:44
  • @DanGuzman You should post the information as an answer.
    – Sean Gallardy
    Commented Jan 1, 2017 at 16:59

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The ApplicationName will be the value specified in the connection string, or if none is specified, a default value that varies depending on the client API. For example, SqlClient will use the generic ".Net SqlClient Data Provider'" value when Application Name is not specified.

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