diff --git a/extensions/mssql/src/contracts.ts b/extensions/mssql/src/contracts.ts
index e8f0952640..eb8c952b80 100644
--- a/extensions/mssql/src/contracts.ts
+++ b/extensions/mssql/src/contracts.ts
@@ -1101,6 +1101,7 @@ export namespace ProfilerSessionCreatedNotification {
 export interface SqlMigrationAssessmentParams {
 	ownerUri: string;
 	databases: string[];
+	xEventsFilesFolderPath: string;
 }
 
 export namespace GetSqlMigrationAssessmentItemsRequest {
diff --git a/extensions/mssql/src/mssql.d.ts b/extensions/mssql/src/mssql.d.ts
index 47bc71a660..e76a57dfb3 100644
--- a/extensions/mssql/src/mssql.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/mssql/src/mssql.d.ts
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ declare module 'mssql' {
 	}
 
 	export interface ISqlMigrationService {
-		getAssessments(ownerUri: string, databases: string[]): Promise<AssessmentResult | undefined>;
+		getAssessments(ownerUri: string, databases: string[], xEventsFilesFolderPath: string): Promise<AssessmentResult | undefined>;
 		getSkuRecommendations(dataFolder: string, perfQueryIntervalInSec: number, targetPlatforms: string[], targetSqlInstance: string, targetPercentile: number, scalingFactor: number, startTime: string, endTime: string, includePreviewSkus: boolean, databaseAllowList: string[]): Promise<SkuRecommendationResult | undefined>;
 		startPerfDataCollection(ownerUri: string, dataFolder: string, perfQueryIntervalInSec: number, staticQueryIntervalInSec: number, numberOfIterations: number): Promise<StartPerfDataCollectionResult | undefined>;
 		stopPerfDataCollection(): Promise<StopPerfDataCollectionResult | undefined>;
@@ -799,10 +799,6 @@ declare module 'mssql' {
 		assessmentReportPath: string;
 	}
 
-	export interface ISqlMigrationService {
-		getAssessments(ownerUri: string, databases: string[]): Promise<AssessmentResult | undefined>;
-	}
-
 	export interface CreateSasResponse {
 		sharedAccessSignature: string;
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/mssql/src/sqlMigration/sqlMigrationService.ts b/extensions/mssql/src/sqlMigration/sqlMigrationService.ts
index 445dbc5946..52424db2b9 100644
--- a/extensions/mssql/src/sqlMigration/sqlMigrationService.ts
+++ b/extensions/mssql/src/sqlMigration/sqlMigrationService.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ export class SqlMigrationService implements mssql.ISqlMigrationService {
 		context.registerService(constants.SqlMigrationService, this);
 	}
 
-	async getAssessments(ownerUri: string, databases: string[]): Promise<mssql.AssessmentResult | undefined> {
-		let params: contracts.SqlMigrationAssessmentParams = { ownerUri: ownerUri, databases: databases };
+	async getAssessments(ownerUri: string, databases: string[], xEventsFilesFolderPath: string): Promise<mssql.AssessmentResult | undefined> {
+		let params: contracts.SqlMigrationAssessmentParams = { ownerUri: ownerUri, databases: databases, xEventsFilesFolderPath: xEventsFilesFolderPath };
 		try {
 			return this.client.sendRequest(contracts.GetSqlMigrationAssessmentItemsRequest.type, params);
 		}
diff --git a/extensions/sql-migration/src/models/stateMachine.ts b/extensions/sql-migration/src/models/stateMachine.ts
index 9447ecb418..2589ab472a 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-migration/src/models/stateMachine.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-migration/src/models/stateMachine.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ export class MigrationStateModel implements Model, vscode.Disposable {
 	public async getDatabaseAssessments(targetType: MigrationTargetType[]): Promise<ServerAssessment> {
 		const ownerUri = await azdata.connection.getUriForConnection(this.sourceConnectionId);
 		try {
-			const response = (await this.migrationService.getAssessments(ownerUri, this._databasesForAssessment))!;
+			const xEventsFilesFolderPath = '';		// to-do: collect by prompting the user in the UI - for now, blank = disabled
+			const response = (await this.migrationService.getAssessments(ownerUri, this._databasesForAssessment, xEventsFilesFolderPath))!;
 			this._assessmentApiResponse = response;
 			this._assessedDatabaseList = this._databasesForAssessment.slice();