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SYS_SESSION_HISTORY - Amazon Redshift
Table columns
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SYS_SESSION_HISTORY

Use the SYS_SESSION_HISTORY to view information about the current active sessions and session history.

SYS_SESSION_HISTORY is visible to all users. Superusers can see all rows; regular users can see only their own data. For more information, see Visibility of data in system tables and views.

Table columns

Column name Data type Description
user_id char(50) The identifier of the user who generated the entry.
session_id integer The ID of the session associated with the statement.
database_name char(50) The name of the database.
status char The status of the session. Possible values are active, timed out, and closed.
session_timeout integer The maximum time in seconds that a session remains inactive or idle before timing out. 0 indicates that no timeout is set.
start_time timestamp The timestamp that the connection was established.
end_time timestamp The timestamp that the connected stopped.

Example

The following is a sample output of SYS_SESSION_HISTORY.

select * from sys_session_history;
 user_id | session_id |   database_name  | status | session_timeout |         start_time         |          end_time          
---------+------------+------------------+--------+-----------------+----------------------------+----------------------------
       1 | 1073971370 | dev              | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:50:12.030104 | 2023-07-17 15:50:12.123218
       1 | 1073979694 | dev              | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:50:24.117947 | 2023-07-17 15:50:24.131859
       1 | 1073873049 | dev              | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.067398 | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.070294
       1 | 1073873086 | database18127a4a | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.119018 | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.125925
       1 | 1073832112 | dev              | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.164688 | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.179631
       1 | 1073987697 | dev              | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.26749  | 2023-07-17 15:49:29.273034
       1 | 1073922429 | dev              | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:49:33.35315  | 2023-07-17 15:49:33.367499
       1 | 1073766783 | dev              | closed |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:49:45.38237  | 2023-07-17 15:49:45.396902
       1 | 1073807506 | dev              | active |        0        | 2023-07-17 15:51:48        |