Job step duration of currently running job

Question

Greetings!
I have the below query against [dbo].[sysjobsteps] to calculate step duration which is almost perfect for my needs except that it is only showing steps for the
completed job and not steps for a job in progress.
I need to track steps in progress, and as a step completes, report back the duration it took to complete. Any idea how to achieve this? Thanks in advance for any advice you may offer!
;with activeJobStepDuration as (
SELECT
job_id
,step_id
,step_name
,last_run_outcome
,last_run_date
,last_run_duration
,last_run_time
,CONVERT(DATETIME, RTRIM(last_run_date)) + ((last_run_time / 10000 * 3600) + ((last_run_time % 10000) / 100 * 60) + (last_run_time % 10000) % 100 /*run_time_elapsed_seconds*/)
/ (23.999999 * 3600 /* seconds in a day*/) AS LastStart_DateTime
,CONVERT(DATETIME, RTRIM(last_run_date)) + ((last_run_time / 10000 * 3600) + ((last_run_time % 10000) / 100 * 60) + (last_run_time % 10000) % 100) / (86399.9964 /* Start Date Time */) + ((last_run_duration / 10000 * 3600) + ((last_run_duration % 10000) / 100 * 60)
+ (last_run_duration % 10000) % 100 /*run_duration_elapsed_seconds*/) / (86399.9964 /* seconds in a day*/) AS LastEnd_DateTime
FROM [dbo].[sysjobsteps] AS sjs WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE job_id = 'F86B0B2E-D2C2-46B3-B48A-618DA136ED4F' )
SELECT a.*
,datediff(minute,a.LastStart_DateTime,a.LastEnd_DateTime) as 'Step Duration (Mins)'
FROM activeJobStepDuration a

Answer 1

Okay that is much closer, using the blog you posted I found this query below. However, I want to track the duration of each step while the job is running! Any ideas?  
SELECT
ja.job_id,
j.name AS job_name,
ja.start_execution_date,
ISNULL(last_executed_step_id,0)+1 AS current_executed_step_id,
Js.step_name
FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobactivity ja with (Nolock)
LEFT JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobhistory jh with (Nolock)
ON ja.job_history_id = jh.instance_id
JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobs j with (Nolock)
ON ja.job_id = j.job_id
JOIN msdb.dbo.sysjobsteps js with (Nolock)
ON ja.job_id = js.job_id
AND ISNULL(ja.last_executed_step_id,0)+1 = js.step_id
WHERE ja.session_id = (SELECT TOP 1 session_id FROM msdb.dbo.syssessions ORDER BY agent_start_date DESC)
AND start_execution_date is not null
AND stop_execution_date is null;