Viewing a job history log in MS SQL Server Management Studio

You can view the job history, including the current errors, for a specific job in MS > SQL Server Management Studio > Object Manager.

  1. In Object Explorer, select and connect to a SQL Server Database Engine instance.
  2. Expand the instance and select SQL Server Agent.
  3. Expand SQL Server Agent and select Jobs.
  4. Right-click a job and select View History.
  5. In the Log File Viewer screen, click refresh to update the displayed job history.