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# sys.pdw_diag_sessions (Transact-SQL)
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  Holds information regarding the various diagnostic sessions that have been created on the system.  
  
|Column Name|Data Type|Description|Range|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|  
|**name**|**nvarchar(255)**|Name of the diagnostics session.<br /><br /> Key for this view.||  
|**xml_data**|**nvarchar(4000)**|XML payload describing the session.||  
|**is_active**|**bit**|Flag indicating whether the flag is active.||  
|**host_address**|**nvarchar(255)**|Address of the machine hosting the session definition (Control node).||  
|**principal_id**|**int**|ID of the user that created the session at the database level.||  
|**database_id**|**int**|ID of the database that is the scope of the diagnostic session.|  
  
## See Also  
 [SQL Data Warehouse and Parallel Data Warehouse Catalog Views](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sql-data-warehouse-and-parallel-data-warehouse-catalog-views.md)