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# sys.dm_pdw_os_event_logs (Transact-SQL)
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  Holds information regarding the different Windows Event logs on the different nodes.  
  
|Column Name|Data Type|Description|Range|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|  
|pdw_node_id|**int**|Appliance node this log is from.<br /><br /> pdw_node_id and log_name form the key for this view.||  
|log_name|**nvarchar(255)**|Windows event log name.<br /><br /> pdw_node_id and log_name form the key for this view.||  
|log_source|**nvarchar(255)**|Windows event log source name.||  
|event_id|**int**|ID of the event. Not unique.||  
|event_type|**nvarchar(255)**|Type of the event, identifying severity.|'Information', 'Warning', 'Error'|  
|event_message|**nvarchar(4000)**|Details of the event.||  
|generate_time|**datetime**|Time the event was created.||  
|write_time|**datetime**|Time the event was actually written to the log.||  
  
 For information about the maximum rows retained by this view, see the Maximum System View Values section in the [Minimum and Maximum Values (SQL Server PDW)](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/5243f018-2713-45e3-9b61-39b2a57401b9) topic.  
  
## See Also  
 [SQL Data Warehouse and Parallel Data Warehouse Dynamic Management Views &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/sql-and-parallel-data-warehouse-dynamic-management-views.md)