start-a-trace-automatically-after-connecting-to-a-server-sql-server-profiler.md

title	Start a Trace Automatically after Connecting to a Server (SQL Server Profiler) | Microsoft Docs
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Start a Trace Automatically after Connecting to a Server (SQL Server Profiler)

This topic describes how to start traces automatically after connecting to an instance of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] by using [!INCLUDEssSqlProfiler].

To start a trace automatically after connecting to a server with SQL Server Profiler

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. Select the Start tracing immediately after making a connection check box.

Note

If Start tracing immediately after making connectionis selected, the Trace Propertiesdialog box fails to appear and the trace begins instead. To edit trace properties, you must first turn this setting off.

See Also

SQL Server Profiler