User cannot create Sql Agent Job

I have created the windows login as a user in the msdb database
and added them to the SqlAgentOperatorRole , but I get this error when they try to create a new job. Does anyone know what may be causing this to happen? SQL Server 2012
Thanks,
B

Hi bretd25,
Based on your description, we need to verify if you has set windows account with appropriate rights. If you add the account to SqlAgentOperatorRole, it just have access to all SQL Server Agent proxies. We need to verify that your account
has permission to execute SP or T-SQL statement in the job step.
There is a similar issue about error 15517, you can review the following link.
http://dbaspot.com/ms-sqlserver/230869-effective-permissions-error-domain-user.html
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Sofiya Li
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Permissions to modify SQL Agent Jobs

Permissions
on SQL Server Agent
I would
like to assign the permission to user ,who can edit all SQL agent job(even own by others) without assigning the sysadmin role.
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regards
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WITH Password = ''myUltracomplexPassword';
6. Grant EXECUTE-permission on the proc to dedicated users you want to manage the jobs
IMHO this process is a bad workaround and - just my point of view - not practicable but I don't see any other solution than granting sysadmin privileges for the dedicated users. What you can do also is doing the modification to the mentioned procs but this
is definitely not recommended because these procs are system procs and you will loose support from Microsoft!
Get more details concerning execution of procedures by certificates by visiting the following links:
AUTHENTICATE SERVER:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906549
Using certificates for execution of procs:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb283630(v=sql.105).aspx
Uwe Ricken
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Migration of sql agent jobs in SQL 2014 AlwaysON

Hi All,
We are in process of implementing AG in SQL 2014. I am facing issues while checking jobs.
I have created the jobs on both nodes. However, I want the jobs to be executed only on primary.
For this, I started introducing a new step inside the sql agent job which will be my 1st step which checks whether it is Primary or not.
If not primary, I want the job to quit with Success else I want to proceed to next step as it is Primary.
But i wasn't able to adjust the Advanced option of 1st step where i am checking whether isPrimary or not. Can we adjust the advanced options of setting @on_success_step_id programmatically in 1st step itself... or Is there a better way to do this.
If anyone share that piece of logic would be a great help.
Thanks in Advance.

Hi jmcmullen,
This works fine. Thank you. But it is changing the behavior of the job.
Lets say for example I have node-a n node-b.
for eg: if the job is started at step1 on secondary(i.e. node-b) and we are checking if primary or not.if not primary , then we are the above action i..e
EXEC dbo.sp_update_jobstep
    @job_name = N'Test',
    @step_id = 1,
   @on_success_action=1,
   @on_success_step_id=0,
   @on_fail_action=1,
   @on_fail_step_id=0;
GO
At this stage , step1 options are changed i.e OnSuccess of step1 -> it is changed to "quit with a success".
Doing so, there is a problem. at this now lets say failover happened, the job now started on node-B which is primary now, and now the options are wrongly set for step1 which is OnSuccess it has to "go to next step" but it is quiting
with success. In GUI it shows below warning
WARNING: The following job steps cannot be reached with the current job step flow logic:
Is this the intended behavior?
Does it makes sense ??

How to Run SSIS Package through SQL AGENT Job

I am good with SSIS, I created a package which will load the excel files to SQL SERVER tables. To Implement this I wrote the C# code to extract the first sheet name only, and then
package will load the data present the first sheet only. The package working fine when i run this through BIDS. But the same package throwing error at C# code step when i am running this package through SQL AGENT JOB. When i searched for this, i have seen
many posts saying that, this is happening becoz of using Microsoft.interop.excel references inside the c# code. Please help me with this. Is there any alternate way in c# to extract the first sheet name(not based on ascending order) of an excel file with out
using interop. Or
How to configure SQL AGENT job to run suceessfully when using interop inside the code.
My UAT server is of 64 bit. And i have to run this in the same server.
I tried creating "Desktop" folder in "C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\"
Error:Description: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at ST_ecfa668f250a45e18c95639c9ffd64d4.csproj.ScriptMain.Main()
--- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr,
Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks) at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture) at
System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams) at System.Type.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags
invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTATaskScriptingEngine.ExecuteScript() End Error Error: 2015-02-27 11:24:00.23 Code: 0x00000001
Source: User Mail Description: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: A network-related or instance-specific error
occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could
not open a connection to SQL Server) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Connect(ServerInfo serverInfo, SqlInternalConnectionTds connHandler, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, Boolean encrypt, Boolean trustServerCert, Boolean integratedSecurity, SqlConnection owningObject)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.AttemptOneLogin(ServerInfo serverInfo, String newPassword, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, SqlConnection owningObject) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.LoginNoFailover(String
host, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Int64 timerStart) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.OpenLoginEnlist(SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString
connectionOptions, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, String newPassword,
SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection)
at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnectionOptions options) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owning...
The package execution fa... The step failed
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace ST_ecfa668f250a45e18c95639c9ffd64d4.csproj
[System.AddIn.AddIn("ScriptMain", Version = "1.0", Publisher = "", Description = "")]
public partial class ScriptMain : Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTARTScriptObjectModelBase
#region VSTA generated code
enum ScriptResults
Success = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Success,
Failure = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Failure
#endregion
public void Main()
{ /*Passing the file path via User::File_Name Variable*/
string FileName = Dts.Variables["User::File_Name"].Value.ToString();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlApp = null;
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook excelBook = null;
try
xlApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application();
excelBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(FileName, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing,
Type.Missing, Type.Missing);
string[] excelSheets = new string[excelBook.Worksheets.Count];
int i = 0;
foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet wSheet in excelBook.Worksheets)
excelSheets[i] = wSheet.Name;
i++;
Dts.Variables["User::WorkSheetName"].Value = excelSheets[0] + "$";
catch (Exception ex)
excelBook.Close(false, FileName, null);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelBook);
string error = ex.Message;
finally
excelBook.Close(false, FileName, null);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelBook);
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;

I installed office in my machine...but this doesn't solved my problem...
Finally i figured out the solution for this and it is working now, Here is the solution...!
Create the folder with name "Desktop" inside the below mentioned path
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\
But i really don't understand the logic behind this. Can someone explain it pls....

Pass value from SQL agent job step

Hi
I have created one SSIS package and I am scheduling the same using SQL Agent job. Now I want to pass one value from SQL job agent and want to use that value in SSIS package and then run that package. Can someone point to the solution.
Aniruddha http://aniruddhathengadi.blogspot.com/

I have created one parameter on SSIS package named strValue and assigned a empty value "". After that I have created one SQL job and step wherein I have set the value to "Nike" for parameter under Parameters tab.
Now I am expecting Nike value which I have set on SQL job step should get reflected on SSIS package when I am running my job. Am I doing anything wrong ?
Aniruddha http://aniruddhathengadi.blogspot.com/
Not sure what's going wrong but you can have quick look at below step by step tutorial:
Parameterizing Connections and Values at Runtime Using SSIS Environment Variables (via SQL Agent)
Cheers,
Vaibhav Chaudhari

Unable to Run SSIS Package Through SQL Agent Job

Hi,
I recently upgraded SQL server 2008 R2 to SQL Server 2012. I also upgraded all the packages on the server. The package runs fine from BIDS. However when I try to run the package through the SQL Agent Job it fails with the error below:
Executed as user: A. Microsoft (R) SQL Server Execute Package Utility Version 11.0.2100.60 for 64-bit Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Started: 11:43:04 PM Could not load package "\FolderA\Package.dtsx"
because of error 0xC00160AE. Description: Connecting to the Integration Services service on the computer "S2345WE" failed with the following error: "Access is denied." By default, only administrators have access to the
Integration Services service. On Windows Vista and later, the process must be running with administrative privileges in order to connect to the Integration Services service. See the help topic for information on how to configure access to the service. Source:
Started: 11:43:04 PM Finished: 11:43:04 PM Elapsed: 0.016 seconds. The package could not be loaded.
Using Windows Authentication I am able to login to Integration services through SSMS. In the SQL Agent job I am using package store to execute the package. I have admin permission on the server. The integration services currently uses my credentials while
running.I am not sure why I am getting this error.
Please advice..
Thanks,
EVA05

Hi ,
similar thread - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlintegrationservices/thread/25e22c7e-bae0-42e4-b86d-2db7a4af519d
Try this link -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440760%28v=sql.100%29.aspx
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