--- title: "sys.server_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "04/05/2016" ms.prod: "sql-non-specified" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "" ms.technology: - "database-engine" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: "language-reference" f1_keywords: - "server_audit_specification_details" - "sys.server_audit_specification_details_TSQL" - "server_audit_specification_details_TSQL" - "sys.server_audit_specification_details" dev_langs: - "TSQL" helpviewer_keywords: - "sys.server_audit_specification_details catalog view" ms.assetid: 792724dc-402e-4b17-9f2c-029d910bf88e caps.latest.revision: 18 author: "BYHAM" ms.author: "rickbyh" manager: "jhubbard" --- # sys.server_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL) [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)] Contains information about the server audit specification details (actions) in a [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] audit on a server instance. For more information, see [SQL Server Audit (Database Engine)](../../relational-databases/security/auditing/sql-server-audit-database-engine.md). For a list of all audit_action_id's and their names, query [sys.dm_audit_actions (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-audit-actions-transact-sql.md). |Column name|Data type|Description| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |server_specification_id|**int**|ID of the audit server specification| |audit_action_id|**int**|ID of the audit action| |audit_action_name|**sysname**|Name of group or name of audit action| |class|**tinyint**|Reserved| |class_desc|**nvarchar(60)**|Reserved| |major_id|**int**|Reserved| |minor_id|**int**|Reserved| |audited_principal_id|**int**|Reserved| |audited_result|**nvarchar(60)**|Audited result:

- SUCCESS AND FAILURE

- SUCCESS

- FAILURE| |is_group|**bit**|Whether the audited object is a group:

0 - Not a group

1 - Group| ## Permissions Principals with the **ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT** or **VIEW ANY DEFINITION** permission have access to this catalog view. In addition, the principal must not be denied **VIEW ANY DEFINITION** permission. [!INCLUDE[ssCatViewPerm](../../includes/sscatviewperm-md.md)] For more information, see [Metadata Visibility Configuration](../../relational-databases/security/metadata-visibility-configuration.md). ## See Also [Security Catalog Views (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/security-catalog-views-transact-sql.md) [CREATE SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/create-server-audit-transact-sql.md) [ALTER SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-server-audit-transact-sql.md) [DROP SERVER AUDIT (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/drop-server-audit-transact-sql.md) [CREATE SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/create-server-audit-specification-transact-sql.md) [ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-server-audit-specification-transact-sql.md) [DROP SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/drop-server-audit-specification-transact-sql.md) [CREATE DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/create-database-audit-specification-transact-sql.md) [ALTER DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-database-audit-specification-transact-sql.md) [DROP DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/drop-database-audit-specification-transact-sql.md) [ALTER AUTHORIZATION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-authorization-transact-sql.md) [sys.fn_get_audit_file (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/sys-fn-get-audit-file-transact-sql.md) [sys.server_audits (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-server-audits-transact-sql.md) [sys.server_file_audits (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-server-file-audits-transact-sql.md) [sys.server_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-server-audit-specifications-transact-sql.md) [sys.database_audit_specifications (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-database-audit-specifications-transact-sql.md) [sys.database_audit_specification_details (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-database-audit-specification-details-transact-sql.md) [sys.dm_server_audit_status (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-server-audit-status-transact-sql.md) [sys.dm_audit_actions (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-audit-actions-transact-sql.md) [sys.dm_audit_class_type_map (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sys-dm-audit-class-type-map-transact-sql.md) [Create a Server Audit and Server Audit Specification](../../relational-databases/security/auditing/create-a-server-audit-and-server-audit-specification.md)