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  1. Make it possible to mark a query to be tracked from the database menu

    On the "Top queries" within the database menu, we can only "View estimated plan" and "Copy query text".

    It would be handy to have here the "Track query" option too.

    Nowadays, if I find it here, I need to filter on the top and only then I can "Track query"

    3 votes
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  2. Add a scroll bar to the backup list (bottom within the specific database)

    When we go to the "Databases" at the bottom and we expand a specific one we get the list of the backups that happened during the period we have filtered.

    For a better experience, this list should have a vertical scroll bar it it it will show more than 5/10(?) entries.

    Otherwise the general scroll bar will become smaller, the page height increase a lot and we need to scroll much more

    2 votes
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  3. Being able to set alerts based on existing KPIs (Analysis Graph) instead of create a new custom metric

    If I want to create an alert based on some existing KPIs, I need to write the query and can't leverage the existing one.

    Example:
    I want to create an alert when the "Tempdb: Free bytes" is lower than X.
    I can't use the existing "SQL Server metrics" that contain this KPI.
    Instead, I need to create a new custom metric and build the query. (which in the end it will be exactly the same). Only after that I can create an alert.

    2 votes
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  4. When "Totals" is selected, on mouse over still display average values for the metrics

    When we change from "Avg. per execution" to "Totals" the row order can change.

    With bigger numbers, it becomes harder to quickly know if the average is high or not to decide to take a further look.

    Instead of need to "Track query" and then click back and forth with "Avg. per execution" / "Totals" having the average on the tooltip when "Totals" is selected will be helpful.

    2 votes
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  5. Allow Job Name to be used for Long-running query alert exclusion

    For a Long-running query alert, the Job Name is being collected but cannot easily be used for avoiding specific alerts from being triggered.

    7 votes
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  6. I would like to set up an alert for disk space projection threshold

    Wanted to know if we can set up and alert when it reaches the threshold of less than a month of projection for disk - this is in the disk monitoring estate for Redgate .

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    Regards,
    Shaily.

    1 vote
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  7. Make "Source" hyperlink in Alert take you to the specific date time on the Server Overview Page

    If I click on the "Source" Hyperlink in alert, this opens the server overview page for the relevant server, however, the displayed time frame is the default (24 hour period ending at the current time)

    It would be helpful if the server overview page opened at the date / time of the alert as it is highly likely after clicking the hyperlink, that you are going to want to view the point in time of the alert

    2 votes
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    under review  ·  Neil Turner responded

    We're currently reviewing this suggestion as part of general usability improvements.

  8. See Transaction Isolation Levels in Blocking Alerts

    There are two methods I have been using to understand blocking situations on our servers:

    The processes tab in the Blocking Process alert
    The blocking processes section in the server overview

    I can get a lot of information from both of these methods but I don't seem to be able to get the isolation levels of the blocking or blocked queries which would be helpful in understanding why the blocking situation has occurred.

    Prior to using SQL monitor, we used the blocked process report to monitor blocking and these include the isolation levels. Unfortunately, I still have to resort to…

    1 vote
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  9. Limit user access on clusters

    I would like to be able to grant specific AD users / groups access to specific instances on a cluster. Currently its only possible to grant access at the cluster level which gives more access than is necessary. This would be a supremely useful feature for me!

    3 votes
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  10. Outlook calendar style view for SQL Agent jobs

    This would be very useful for viewing all scheduled jobs in an Outlook-style calendar view. Also useful for scheduling new jobs to prevent conflicts.

    6 votes
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  11. Environment specific Reports

    As we have option to create different reports on SQL Monitor, We would like to have the option to create the reports as per environment (Dev,UAT,Prod) for Disk Space,Server Downtime etc. It will be more feasible if we can get a filter to create reports for the specific environment.

    1 vote
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  12. Banner Messages for planned Downtimes

    Hi!

    We want to put Banners on Top Global Dashboard to inform Users, that we planning Downtimes on SQL Monitor.
    SQL Monitor has build in banners for unlicensed Servers and stuff like that. Would it be possible to show User Messages that there will be a Downtime on SQL Monitor?

    3 votes
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  13. Database Tags

    It would be great if, in addition to Instance Tags, we could assign tags to individual Databases as well. This could help in various ways in trying to determine what the purpose is of the vast number of databases we need to monitor and manage.

    9 votes
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  14. Alert Type for Polybase Service

    Standard Alert Type for monitoring of the Polybase service status analogous to the other services (Browser, IIS, Agent, Full-Text, etc. )

    4 votes
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  15. Superimpose the Disk I/O for VMWare Host on graph for Disk I/O

    I'd like to get the Disk I/O for the VMWare Host superimposed on the graph just as I get CPU and Memory, it is very helpful to see the load on the host together with the load on the actual VM.

    3 votes
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  16. report to show Job status completed or failed. last run time and next run time

    report to show Job status completed or failed. last run time and next run time

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  17. Save alert email addresses

    I monitor a large enterprise and forward hundreds of alerts using cut/paste. If recent addresses were retained, it would save a lot of time.

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  18. Who ran the query and what time

    I would like to see in sql monitor who was the person that ran the query and what time the query was run.

    10 votes
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  19. View stats for queries across databases and / or servers

    Given that one has multiple similar databases, recieving the same queries, having same indexes and so forth. Currently one are able to view top-queries on server and database level, but what would be very valuable is to see the same information across databases on a server and across servers where one would then match the query on a content of the query itself. Then one could pinpoint globally what queries that has high io / cpu / ... even tough they on a individual db-level is not "high"

    1 vote
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  20. Create smaller timeframes on the server overview page.

    Currently if you dive into the overview page of a certain server the default timeframe is 24 hours, you can narrow this into 12,6,3 and 1 hour.

    I would like to have the opportunity to narrow it down into minutes.like a custom time frame. This helps to do a more clean investigation.

    3 votes
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