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# Create an Extended Events Session
  You can create an Extended Events session by using the Query Editor, or you can create a session in Object Explorer. In Object Explorer, Extended Events provides two user interfaces you can use to create, modify, and view event session data - a wizard that guides you through the event session creation process, and a New Session UI that provides more advanced configuration options. You can create Extended Events sessions to diagnose SQL Server tracing, which enables you to resolve issues such as the following:  
  
-   Find your most expensive queries  
  
-   Find root causes of latch contention  
  
-   Find a query that is blocking other queries  
  
-   Troubleshoot excessive CPU usage caused by query recompilation  
  
-   Troubleshoot deadlocks  
  
## In This Section  
 [Create an Extended Events Session Using Query Editor](../../2014/database-engine/create-an-extended-events-session-using-query-editor.md)  
  
 [Create an Extended Events Session Using the Wizard (Object Explorer)](../ssms/object/object-explorer.md)  
  
 [Create an Extended Events Session Using the New Session Dialog](../../2014/database-engine/create-an-extended-events-session-using-the-new-session-dialog.md)