Which permissions are required to document SQL jobs?

Applies to
ApexSQL Doc

This article explains the minimum permission requirements for documenting SQL jobs.


  1. The login used to connect to a SQL Server must be a member of the sysadmin server role:

  2. The user mapped to this login must be the dbowner of the database that will be documented:

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