SQL Server Management Studio Reports: Why no open transactions?

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Published on 2010-03-23T18:32:29Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 18:33 UTC
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On a server with several hundred user connections, when I open the SQL Server 2008 SP1 Management Studio report "Database - User Statistics", the result page shows the following results:

Login Name: appUser Active Sessions: 243 Active Connections: 243 Open Transactions: 374

Still, when I open the report "Database - All Transactions" on the same DB, it doesn't show any connections ("Currently, there are no transactions running for [Database Name] Database"). What gives? Is this a bug in Management Studio? This is not the only report where this kind of behavious happens...

Thanks all!

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