# sysdac_instances
- Catalog: `msdb`
- Schema: `dbo`
The data in this table is partitioned per value of the column.
Can retrieve data and change data using insert, update and delete.
## View Columns
The columns of the view `sysdac_instances` are shown below. Each column has an SQL data type.
| Name | Data Type | Label | Required | Documentation |
|---|:---:|---|:---:|---|
| `created_by` | `string` | | ☐ | |
| `database_name` | `string` | | ☐ | |
| `date_created` | `datetime` | | ☐ | |
| `description` | `string` | | ☐ | |
| `instance_id` | `guid` | | ☐ | |
| `instance_name` | `string` | | ☐ | |
| `type_name` | `string` | | ☐ | |
| `type_stream` | `byte[]` | | ☐ | |
| `type_version` | `string` | | ☐ | |