Gianluca Sartori continues a series on XESmartTarget:
The first approach is extremely painful (XML shredding – enough said).
The second approach requires a file target, which is not always available. It also requires to stop the session to read all the data, or write extremely complicated code to read the data incrementally while the session is running (believe me, I did it and my brain still hurts).
This is where XESmartTarget jumps in to help you! All you have to do is write some configuration in a json file and let XESmartTarget do its magic.
Read on to see how XESmartTarget can help you write Extended Events output to a table without the pain.