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# sys.dm_xe_session_events (Transact-SQL)
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  Returns information about session events. Events are discrete execution points. Predicates can be applied to events to stop them from firing if the event does not contain the required information.  
   
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|event_session_address|**varbinary(8)**|The memory address of the event session. Is not nullable.|  
|event_name|**nvarchar(256)**|The name of the event that an action is bound to. Is not nullable.|  
|event_package_guid|**uniqueidentifier**|The GUID for the package containing the event. Is not nullable.|  
|event_predicate|**nvarchar(3072)**|An XML representation of the predicate tree that is applied to the event. Is nullable.|  
  
## Permissions  
 Requires VIEW SERVER STATE permission on the server.  
  
### Relationship Cardinalities  
  
|From|To|Relationship|  
|----------|--------|------------------|  
|sys.dm_xe_session_events.event_session_address|sys.dm_xe_sessions.address|Many-to-one|  
|sys.dm_xe_session_events.event_package_guid,<br /><br /> sys.dm_xe_session_events.event_name|sys.dm_xe_objects.name,<br /><br /> sys.dm_xe_objects.package_guid|Many-to-one|  
  
## See Also  
 [Dynamic Management Views and Functions &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](~/relational-databases/system-dynamic-management-views/system-dynamic-management-views.md)