Cannot see SQL Agent Job history for more two days

Question

I have a job which runs every night around 02:00 AM.

But I cannot see the job history for more than two days.Can you kindly help me on this.

The limit size is very high and we hardly have one job which runs each day.

Still the issue. Please advice.

Answer 1

SQL Server Agent stores the history of job execution in system tables in msdb database.

The following query gives us the details of last/latest execution of the SQL Server Agent Job and also the next time when the job is going to run (if it is scheduled). This information can also be found in the Job History/Job Activity Monitor windows in SSMS.

SELECT 
        [sJOB].[job_id] AS [JobID]
        , [sJOB].[name] AS [JobName]
        , CASE 
            WHEN [sJOBH].[run_date] IS NULL OR [sJOBH].[run_time] IS NULL THEN NULL
            ELSE CAST(
                    CAST([sJOBH].[run_date] AS CHAR(8))
                    + ' ' 
                    + STUFF(
                        STUFF(RIGHT('000000' + CAST([sJOBH].[run_time] AS VARCHAR(6)),  6)
                            , 3, 0, ':')
                        , 6, 0, ':')
                    AS DATETIME)
          END AS [LastRunDateTime]
        , CASE [sJOBH].[run_status]
            WHEN 0 THEN 'Failed'
            WHEN 1 THEN 'Succeeded'
            WHEN 2 THEN 'Retry'
            WHEN 3 THEN 'Canceled'
            WHEN 4 THEN 'Running' -- In Progress
          END AS [LastRunStatus]
        , STUFF(
                STUFF(RIGHT('000000' + CAST([sJOBH].[run_duration] AS VARCHAR(6)),  6)
                    , 3, 0, ':')
                , 6, 0, ':') 
            AS [LastRunDuration (HH:MM:SS)]
        , [sJOBH].[message] AS [LastRunStatusMessage]
        , CASE [sJOBSCH].[NextRunDate]
            WHEN 0 THEN NULL
            ELSE CAST(
                    CAST([sJOBSCH].[NextRunDate] AS CHAR(8))
                    + ' ' 
                    + STUFF(
                        STUFF(RIGHT('000000' + CAST([sJOBSCH].[NextRunTime] AS VARCHAR(6)),  6)
                            , 3, 0, ':')
                        , 6, 0, ':')
                    AS DATETIME)
          END AS [NextRunDateTime]
    FROM 
        [msdb].[dbo].[sysjobs] AS [sJOB]
        LEFT JOIN (
                    SELECT
                        [job_id]
                        , MIN([next_run_date]) AS [NextRunDate]
                        , MIN([next_run_time]) AS [NextRunTime]
                    FROM [msdb].[dbo].[sysjobschedules]
                    GROUP BY [job_id]
                ) AS [sJOBSCH]
            ON [sJOB].[job_id] = [sJOBSCH].[job_id]
        LEFT JOIN (
                    SELECT 
                        [job_id]
                        , [run_date]
                        , [run_time]
                        , [run_status]
                        , [run_duration]
                        , [message]
                        , ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
                                                PARTITION BY [job_id] 
                                                ORDER BY [run_date] DESC, [run_time] DESC
                          ) AS RowNumber
                    FROM [msdb].[dbo].[sysjobhistory]
                    WHERE [step_id] = 0
                ) AS [sJOBH]
            ON [sJOB].[job_id] = [sJOBH].[job_id]
            AND [sJOBH].[RowNumber] = 1
    ORDER BY [JobName];

I am also attaching the output of after execution of this script.

For your ref Here and Here