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# Background Job Error Event Class
  The **Background Job Error** event class occurs when a background job has terminated abnormally. This condition might require the attention of a system administrator.  
  
## Background Job Error Event Class Data Columns  
  
|Data column name|Data type|Description|Column ID|Filterable|  
|----------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|  
|**DatabaseID**|**int**|ID of the database specified by job. Determine the value for a database by using the DB_ID function.|3|Yes|  
|**DatabaseName**|**nvarchar**|Name of the database in which the user statement is running.|35|Yes|  
|**Error**|**int**|Error number of the last attempt (**EventSubClass** 1 only).|31|Yes|  
|**EventClass**|**int**|Type of event = 193.|27|No|  
|**EventSequence**|**int**|The sequence of a given event within the request.|51|No|  
|**EventSubClass**|**int**|Type of event subclass.<br /><br /> 1 = Background job giving up after failure.<br /><br /> 2 = Background job dropped - queue is full.<br /><br /> 3 = Background job returned an error.|21|Yes|  
|**IndexID**|**int**|ID for the index on the object affected by the event. To determine the index ID for an object, use the **indid** column of the **sysindexes** system table.|24|Yes|  
|**IntegerData**|**int**|Number of tries attempted by the job (**EventSubClass** 1 only).|25|Yes|  
|**IntegerData2**|**int**|Job sequence number.|55|Yes|  
|**ObjectID**|**int**|System-assigned ID of the object.|22|Yes|  
|**SessionLoginName**|**nvarchar**|Login name of the user that originated the session. For example, if you connect to [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] using Login1 and execute a statement as Login2, **SessionLoginName** shows Login1 and **LoginName** shows Login2. This column displays both [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] and [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] Windows logins.|64|Yes|  
|**Severity**|**int**|Severity level of the error on the last attempt (**EventSubClass** 1 only).|20|Yes|  
|**StartTime**|**datetime**|Time at which the job was created.|14|Yes|  
|**State**|**int**|State of the error on the last attempt (**EventSubClass** 1 only).|30|Yes|  
|**TextData**|**ntext**|Text description of the event subclass value.|1|Yes|  
|**Type**|**int**|Type of job.|57|Yes|  
  
## See Also  
 [Extended Events](../extended-events/extended-events.md)   
 [sp_trace_setevent &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-trace-setevent-transact-sql)   
 [Auto Stats Event Class](auto-stats-event-class.md)