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title: "Use SQL Server Profiler to Monitor Analysis Services | Microsoft Docs"
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# Use SQL Server Profiler to Monitor Analysis Services
  [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] tracks engine process events, such as the start of a batch or a transaction, and it captures data about those events, thus enabling you to monitor server and database activity (for example, user queries or login activity). You can capture [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] data to a [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] table or a file for later analysis, and you can also replay the events captured on the same or another [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] instance to see exactly what happened. You can replay events in real time or on a step-by-step basis. It is also very useful to run the trace events along with the Performance counters on the same machine. The profiler can correlate these two based on time and display them together along a single timeline. Trace events will give you more details while Performance counters give you an aggregate view. For information about how to create and run traces, see [Create Profiler Traces for Replay (Analysis Services)](create-profiler-traces-for-replay-analysis-services.md).  
  
 The following table describes the topics in this section.  
  
## In This Section  
  
|Topic|Description|  
|-----------|-----------------|  
|[Introduction to Monitoring Analysis Services with SQL Server Profiler](introduction-to-monitoring-analysis-services-with-sql-server-profiler.md)|Describes how to use [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] to monitor an [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] instance.|  
|[Create Profiler Traces for Replay (Analysis Services)](create-profiler-traces-for-replay-analysis-services.md)|Describes the requirements for creating a trace for replay by using [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)].|  
|[Analysis Services Trace Events](https://docs.microsoft.com/bi-reference/trace-events/analysis-services-trace-events)|Describes [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] event classes. These event classes map to actions generated by [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] and are used for trace replays.|  
  
## See Also  
 [Monitor an Analysis Services Instance](monitor-an-analysis-services-instance.md)