SQL Server Profiler

E56985

database monitoring tool graphical user interface application

SQL Server Profiler is a graphical tool for monitoring, tracing, and analyzing SQL Server database engine events in real time to help with performance tuning and troubleshooting.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
SQL Server Profiler canonical	3
SQL Server Extended Events Profiler	1
SQL Trace	1
SQL:BatchCompleted events	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T452385 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SQL Server Profiler
Context triple: [SQL Server, hasComponent, SQL Server Profiler]

A. SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio is a graphical administration and development environment used to configure, manage, and query Microsoft SQL Server databases.
B. SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
C. Database Tuning Advisor
Database Tuning Advisor is a SQL Server tool that analyzes workloads and recommends optimal indexes, indexed views, and partitioning strategies to improve database performance.
D. SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services is a server-based platform from Microsoft for designing, managing, and delivering paginated and interactive reports from relational and multidimensional data sources.
E. .NET Data Provider for SQL Server
.NET Data Provider for SQL Server is a specialized ADO.NET component that enables high-performance, managed access to Microsoft SQL Server databases from .NET applications.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SQL Server Profiler
Target entity description: SQL Server Profiler is a graphical tool for monitoring, tracing, and analyzing SQL Server database engine events in real time to help with performance tuning and troubleshooting.

A. SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio is a graphical administration and development environment used to configure, manage, and query Microsoft SQL Server databases.
B. SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
C. Database Tuning Advisor
Database Tuning Advisor is a SQL Server tool that analyzes workloads and recommends optimal indexes, indexed views, and partitioning strategies to improve database performance.
D. SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Reporting Services is a server-based platform from Microsoft for designing, managing, and delivering paginated and interactive reports from relational and multidimensional data sources.
E. .NET Data Provider for SQL Server
.NET Data Provider for SQL Server is a specialized ADO.NET component that enables high-performance, managed access to Microsoft SQL Server databases from .NET applications.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	database monitoring tool ⓘ graphical user interface application ⓘ
accessedVia	SQL Server Management Studio ⓘ
canCapture	Deadlock graph events ⓘ Performance statistics events ⓘ RPC:Completed events ⓘ SQL Server Profiler self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SQL:BatchCompleted events Showplan XML events ⓘ
deprecatedInVersion	SQL Server ⓘ surface form: SQL Server 2012
developedBy	Microsoft ⓘ
documentationURL	https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/tools/sql-server-profiler/sql-server-profiler ⓘ
hasFeature	column selection for events ⓘ event grouping and sorting ⓘ event selection and filtering ⓘ exporting trace results ⓘ filtering by database, user, application, or host ⓘ graphical trace definition interface ⓘ integration with SQL Server Database Engine Tuning Advisor ⓘ pause and resume tracing ⓘ saving traces to files ⓘ saving traces to tables ⓘ server‑side trace script generation ⓘ template‑based trace creation ⓘ trace replay ⓘ
introducedInVersion	SQL Server ⓘ surface form: SQL Server 2000
partOf	SQL Server ⓘ surface form: Microsoft SQL Server
primaryFunction	analyze SQL Server performance ⓘ monitor SQL Server events in real time ⓘ trace SQL Server activity ⓘ
recommendedReplacement	Extended Events ⓘ SQL Server Profiler self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SQL Server Extended Events Profiler SQL Server Management Studio ⓘ surface form: SQL Server Management Studio Live Query Statistics
requiresPermission	ALTER TRACE ⓘ sysadmin fixed server role membership ⓘ
runsOn	Windows ⓘ
status	deprecated feature ⓘ
supportsPlatform	SQL Server Analysis Services ⓘ surface form: Analysis Services SQL Server ⓘ surface form: Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine
usedFor	auditing database activity ⓘ capturing T‑SQL statements ⓘ capturing errors and warnings ⓘ capturing login and logout events ⓘ capturing query workloads ⓘ capturing stored procedure calls ⓘ identifying deadlocks ⓘ identifying long‑running queries ⓘ performance tuning ⓘ replaying captured workloads ⓘ troubleshooting SQL Server issues ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SQL Server → hasComponent → SQL Server Profiler ⓘ

SQL Server Profiler → recommendedReplacement → SQL Server Profiler self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SQL Server Extended Events Profiler

SQL Server Profiler → canCapture → SQL Server Profiler self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SQL:BatchCompleted events

Extended Events → replaces → SQL Server Profiler ⓘ

Extended Events → preferredOver → SQL Server Profiler ⓘ

this entity surface form: SQL Trace