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710 results found
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Display parameter list in the query plan form
It would be great to be able to see the parameter list from the query plan in the "Query Plan" form without having to download the plan and traversing the XML file.
It would save time troubleshooting problematic queries.
4 votes -
Create custom user roles
We would like to create custom roles to grant granluar access to specific functions/features in RedGate SQL monitoring console. Currently, permissions can be granted on monitored objects not on functions except using existing Reporting and Viewer only roles. There is no option to grant Estate access to selected team members or groups.
3 votes -
Ability to export backup history detail for providing audit information easily.
possibilities I can think of that might help to add are each backup having it's own export button when the backup history graph is expanded out, including the backup history on the current excel sheet or possibly having a summary report for it in the Reports section
1 vote -
Ability to export backup history detail for providing audit information easily.
possibilities I can think of that might help to add are each backup having it's own export button when the backup history graph is expanded out, including the backup history on the current excel sheet or possibly having a summary report for it in the Reports section
0 votes -
I use SQL Monitor every day and use the failure reports for SQL Agent jobs, it is most useful. However, when there is an issue with an SSIS
I use SQL Monitor every day and use the failure reports for SQL Agent jobs, it is most useful. However, when there is an issue with an SSIS package that is automated via SQL Agent I have to leave SQL Monitor and go to SSMS. It would be really handy if SQL Monitor could read the SSIS errors. Is this something that is in the road map or could be put in please? Thanks.
13 votes -
I would like alert sounds.
Every product I have used in the past allowed for an Alert sound that you could turn off and on. I get that this is annoying to some people but for certain alerts I like to have a sound on them because I am not LOOKING at RedGate or my email, but I always have RedGate open. So setting any High alerts to a certain sound let everybody in the office know that there was an issue.
3 votes -
Resizing Reports
It would be quite good if you could edit the size of the report and stretch to make it easier to read. Currently (may be an option to) the data over a 7 days period for example is condensed.
1 vote -
DatabaseName custom message parameter addition for Custom Webhook messages
I would like to share with the developers the alerts for the different databases we have in the same server instance. I noticed for custom webhook messages. It looks like the option was there (like monitoredEntity.azureSqlDatabaseName).
One of the SQL instances we have is a shared instance with multiple databases so the owner of the database can know exactly what database is failing
Right now I have the following custom message
{
"text": "{{alert-severity}}: An alert of type \"{{alert-name}}\" has been \"{{alert-status}}\" for {{alert-target-name}}.\r\nVisit {{alert-url}} for details."
}
Where I cannot specify which database is that alert for. I consider…
1 vote -
Connect to Azure database via express route
Currently I'm only able to connect to Azure SQL Server (PaaS) via internet and URL servername.database.windows.net.
We have a direct connection to our Azure environment via Express Route. Therefore I want to use this also for the monitoring, but per default SQL Monitor uses external URL.
3 votes -
Get notification for when a SQL Agent job is in a retry state
Hi, it would be really useful if SQL Monitor could identify when any currently executing job steps are in a retry state. We have many such jobs and the time lost whilst they are in such a state is frustrating as if we had notification we could take action. I appreciate I can roll my solution but would be nice if SQL Monitor could do it :)
1 vote -
Get notification for when a SQL Agent job is in a retry state
Hi, it would be really useful if SQL Monitor could identify when any currently executing job steps are in a retry state. We have many such jobs and the time lost whilst they are in such a state is frustarating as if we had notification we could take action. I appreciate I can roll my solution but would be nice if SQL Monitor could do it :)
0 votes -
Add a description for users in the manage users for active directory
In some environments, the user login doesn't necessarily match the true user's name. This would help navigate what the user is assigned to that specific account.
1 vote -
Exclude System Databases (and potentially other user databases) from backup alerts
We would like the ability to exclude system database from the backup alerts, as we do not back them up. We have a system in place to script out security and sql agent jobs/schedules for each of our systems nightly. We also have been leveraging the dbatools PowerShell stack as a way to automate server migrations and other automation activities. Also, our tier one systems are in availability groups. Lastly, we do not backup everything in our lower level environments, as we perform nightly database refreshes for the majority of our systems. However, we do have some testing databases that…
15 votes -
Job Duration Unusual: ability to set different thresholds for different jobs
Some jobs that take a few minutes, others routinely take a longer time to run, and so it would be useful to set different thresholds for different jobs.
The current set up allows for excluding jobs from the alert, but offers no way of still monitoring those jobs.
I only want to exclude the jobs from monitoring, only if its possible to add in another alert just for them.
The documentation seems to hint that you can configure different alerts for different jobs, but all I've found is the high medium low thresholds, and this isn't the same.
This combined…
2 votes -
Export a Databases report to Excel including Name, Availability, Transactions/sec and Database size for any time period
In SQL Monitor I want to export a Databases report to Excel including Name, Availability, Transactions/sec and Database size for any time period. You can see this data and screenshot it, but it would be much more professional, useable and positive for management if I could deliver it in Excel instead of combining screenshots.
1 vote -
Suppress Free Space monitor (Azure Hyperscale DB)
When using Azure Hyperscale DB - the DB auto grows - therefore the Free Space monitor needs to be silenced/ignored forever (except if you about to hit the max of 100TB!)
5 votes -
Alert for full filegroup
if a database is a fixed size (max size set), or if the db is initially set to be the full size of a disk, there is no alert to let us know that the database is full.
for instance - if T: drive contains tempdb (and only tempdb) and we've sized it to take the whole drive. we've done funky sizing and growth settings so we can get an alert when the db grows, but once its grown and the temp objects are cleared, we're unlikely to get another disk warning, because the DB will already be taking 100%…
6 votes -
Filter for Database with no Tlog backup
On the Estate->Backup page, it would be great to have an additional drop-down option for 'DBs without Tlog"
2 votes -
Configure job duration unusual alerts to ignore negative variances
Typically (although there are exceptions) I'm not concerned if a job has a high negative variance compared to baseline. One other way to satisfy this would be another suggestion already in here, allowing for more configurable options such as a floor/ceiling variance .
4 votes -
Understanding what caused the Diskspace alert
When viewing a disk space alert, it would be very useful to view the disk space usage for the drive the alert is raised for?
Ideally I'd like to to be able to get to the page: the Estate | Disk usage | [and filtered for the Specific Server: Drive:]
I understand that on the detail page of the server, you can see the growth of the databases for the selected time period, but its not always db files that cause the alerts.
3 votes
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