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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion ...elational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-server-file-audits-transact-sql.md
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|max_files|**int**|Maximum number of files to use without the rollover option.|
|reserved_disk_space|**int**|Amount of disk space to reserve per file.|
|log_file_path|**nvarchar(260)**|Path to where audit is located. File path for file audit, application log path for application log audit.|
|log_file_name|**nvarchar(260)**|Base name for the log file supplied in the CREATE AUDIT DDL. An incremental number is added to the base_log_name file as a suffix to create the log file name.|
|log_file_name|**nvarchar(260)**|Base name for the log file supplied in the CREATE AUDIT DDL. An incremental number is added to the base_log_name file as a suffix to create the log file name.|
|retention_days|**int**|Lifetime in days of the audit log file. Applies to Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance <br /><br /> 0 = Unlimited. |

## Permissions
Principals with the **ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT** or **VIEW ANY DEFINITION** permission have access to this catalog view. In addition, the principal must not be denied **VIEW ANY DEFINITION** permission.
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[ , ON_FAILURE = { CONTINUE | SHUTDOWN | FAIL_OPERATION } ]
[ , AUDIT_GUID = uniqueidentifier ]
[ , OPERATOR_AUDIT = { ON | OFF } ]
[ , RETENTION_DAYS = integer ]
}

<predicate_expression> ::=
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Indicates whether auditing captures Microsoft support engineer operations when they need to access your server during a support request.

#### RETENTION_DAYS

**Applies to:** Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database only.

Indicates the number of days of the audit log file storage period.

#### predicate_expression

Specifies the predicate expression used to determine if an event should be processed or not. Predicate expressions are limited to a length of 3,000 characters, which limits string arguments.
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