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  1. See last backup of each type in Overview page

    Currently the backup section in a database on the overview page shows the backups that happened in the selected range, and it only shows the last backup of each type that happens. We have a database that does full backups once a week and then differentials.

    It would be helpful at a glance to see the status of the last backup of each type regardless of if it happened in the time window or not. Maybe hide the last differential if it happened before the last full.

    6 votes
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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    We have redesigned the Backups information to more clearly show the selected range it refers to, and also show when the last backups occurred prior to that. This can be seen in the latest version (8.0.25)

    We hope this improvement completes the suggestion and will mark it as completed. Do let us know if you have any further feedback

  2. Comment multiple alerts at once

    I would like the ability to add the same comment to all of my selected alerts before clearing them in the Alert Inbox.

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Hi,

    Thanks for this suggestion.

    Version 8.0.23 has now been released and includes the return of the ability to add comments to multiple alerts.

    This was initially removed while developing the ability to group alerts, and it’s taken us longer than expected to reintroduce – apologies for the inconvenience this caused.

    We hope this solves this suggestion. We’ll mark it as completed, but please do reply if you have any further feedback.

  3. see the dates in UK format in the Estate - Installed Versions tab

    the release date and end of mainstream support date are both shown in USA format i.e. mm/dd/yyyy

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  4. Dynamic Report names

    It should be possible to have dynamic fields in the report name similar to the way Backup Pro implements backup names. So when the report is emailed the attachment could be easily saved without having to rename it.
    For example "MyReportsBaseName<YYYYMMDD><HH:MM>"

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  5. Alerting on Autogrowth Events

    Alerting on Autogrowth Events, some environments set the file size of their databases and would like to be alerted if autogrowth occurs since that indicates abnormal behavior

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  6. Have the ability to pin the left sidebar in the overview screen

    It'd be great if we could pin the sidebar on the left-hand side of the screen on the overview section when looking at a particular server. As I'm looking over metrics I oven find myself hovering over that section then waiting for it to expand and collapse again. An example concept implementation that I think would work well is similar to how Microsoft implements basically that same functionality in their office suite (in particular off hand outlook is a great example). Really just being able to pin it in place I think would satisfy the entire issue for me as…

    3 votes
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    completed  ·  Neil Turner responded

    The sidebar is now either open or closed (it will no longer open on mouseover).

  7. reports timespan options

    Please add 14days as the timespan in the dropdown for the reports

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  8. Overview database growth estimation

    When planning new server we have to estimate how much space will be taken by database during life cycle of new SQL server and when SQL monitor watching server for us I would like to have possibility see following:

    • Database file size portion
    • Log File size portion and how much of that contain free space
    • Estimated growth (as information in Alert)
    • Summarized size per disk (if possible with how much space left)
    • Have this available as summary tile in the report, so I can reactive this info as email.

    Thanks and regards,

    //Radek

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  9. on the query details page be able to copy full query text to clipboard easy with a button

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Hi, thanks for this suggestion.

    We have added a button to the query plan that allows the full in-truncated text to be copied to clipboard.

    We hope this improvement solves the suggestion so will mark it as completed. Please do let us know if you have any further feedback.

    Thanks,
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  10. Prompted for update to version 8.0.12 but website is a dead end

    The "update" link in the SQL monitor console takes me to a "learn more" page with no link to an update EXE. I am referred to a zip file with a SQLBundle EXE which doesn't contain the Monitor, or an outdated version of SQL Monitor.

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Hi,

    Thank you for reporting this, and apologies that you encountered it. We removed version 8.0.12 owing to a bug, and have since released 8.0.13.

    I will close this suggestion, but if you require further assistance with this issue, please could you let us know using the support forum https://forum.red-gate.com/categories/sql-monitor-7

    Kind regards,
    Adam
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  11. Database File Usage Alert - Autogrowth

    Database File Usage Alert : Please consider autogrowth! So far, this alert is of no help.

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    SQL Monitor v7.1.18 added an option to disable database file usage alerts when autogrowth is enabled. The setting can be found on the configuration screen for the database file usage alert.

    Thanks for helping us improve this feature with your suggestion.

    SQL Monitor Development Team

  12. Alert when SQL Monitor is having a problem.

    We have the SQL Monitor database located on a different server from the Base and Web Service. We had an instance where the SQL Server hosting the SQL Monitor database went down. When that server went down it failed to send us an alerts and we didn't know that SQL Monitor was having no problems as it wasn't sending out any email alerts to notify us that it couldn't connect to it's database. A nice fix would be to have SQL Monitor send an alert to notify us that it can't do it's job.

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    completed  ·  Neil Turner responded

    This can be set-up using the 'Send base monitor error emails to' field within the Email notification settings (see attached). SQL Monitor will send error emails to this email address if a base monitor experiences an error.



  13. Long-running query alert - add an option to exclude queries based on the USER running it

    This alert already has the options to exclude queries (via RegEx) based on the process name or SQL commands/objects used. I miss a similar option for excluding queries based on the user running the query.

    An example: let's say you have a job that runs SSIS job steps using a proxy->credential->dedicated domain user. The SSIS packages run loads of SQL queries, some taking a long time - but that might be expected and OK (let's say the job is a nightly ETL process for a DW). Without excluding queries based on that user (simple but effective!) you could get a…

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  14. Report Email Attachment Name

    Name the pdf attachment something other than "AttachedReport".
    The report has a title and a date which could be used to name the attachment. That would really simplify the process of saving the reports for baseline purposes.
    e.g. "Server2ProcessUtilization20180308.pdf"

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  15. Add a "Check for updates" link in the About section

    Alternative for when you've clicked away the "new version available" notification

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Hi,

    We have now added check for updates to the About section in version 7.1.16.

    Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll mark this as completed now, but do let us know if you feel it should be reopened.

    Thanks
    Adam
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  16. display unlicensed servers in different color

    We started with RedGate Monitoring and added all our SQL Servers. As a result we consumed too much licenses. Although there's a warning on the top of the screen for this, the unlicensed servers are reporting 'healthy' which is a little tricky (especially for non-dba it'ers) because you don't know the state.

    I like to see the unlicensed servers in a different color ( for example gray) to see a better reliable overview

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    Unlicensed servers are now shown as grey on the global dashboard.

  17. One-time Maintenance Window

    We perform updates to (nearly) all our Windows servers on our domain monthly. I'd like see the ability to set a maintenance window and have it removed once it has passed, rather than having the maintenance window fixed to set time every week.

    One use case is "silencing" alert generation while investigation is in progress

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    completed  ·  Neil Turner responded

    Thanks for this suggestion. SQL Monitor 10 now allows teams to suppress alerts, or just their notifications, over certain periods using alert suppression windows. Please see What’s New in SQL Monitor 10 for more details (https://www.red-gate.com/hub/product-learning/sql-monitor/whats-new-in-sql-monitor-10).

    We hope this meets requirements and will mark it as completed. Please raise further suggestions for any improvements you would like to see.

    Thanks,

    SQL Monitor product team

  18. Multiple Maintenance Windows

    I would like to be able to set two maintenace windows every day.

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    completed  ·  Neil Turner responded

    Thanks for this suggestion. SQL Monitor 10 now allows teams to suppress alerts, or just their notifications, over certain periods using alert suppression windows. Multiple windows can be set-up. Please see What’s New in SQL Monitor 10 for more details (https://www.red-gate.com/hub/product-learning/sql-monitor/whats-new-in-sql-monitor-10).

    We hope this meets requirements and will mark it as completed. Please raise further suggestions for any improvements you would like to see.

    Thanks,

    SQL Monitor product team

  19. Link executions of top 10 queries

    I had an issue with a query that runs slow every other day. For a specific slow day I could find it in the top 10 queries. I'd like to be able to easily compare the days when it was previously executed . I did manage this by opening a new tab to select the fast day - the query was hard to find as there were many other queries in the top 10 on the fast day. I'd like to be able to lock in on a specific query and monitor the server/query stats at the time/duration of previous…

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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    Thank you for this suggestion. A graph showing a query’s history was added to the Server Overview Top Queries table in Version 7.1.11 in November 2017. This allows you to see a query’s performance over time, view its execution count, duration, reads, and writes, and the points in time a query’s plan changed.

    We will close this suggestion, but please do raise another suggestion if you have other specific improvements you’d like to see.

    Kind regards,
    Adam
    SQL Monitor Development Team

  20. get a report on my server inventory

    For MSFT licensing purposes, I would like to have a report from SQL Monitor across all my registered servers that tells me enough information to work out my licensing requirements. For example, which version of SQL Server is installed, which edition, how many CPUs it is installed for, any information about the Windows licensing, whether it is on a virtual machine (and how many sockets, etc) ... you get the idea.

    Currently, the reports only allow for a very limited amount of information to be added, and they have to be in summary tiles or charts. Maybe this could be…

    33 votes
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    completed  ·  Neil Turner responded

    The SQL Server Licensing page within the ‘Estate’ section (see attached) shows licensing information for monitored servers.

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