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  1. Being able to filter "TOP Queries" by any of the columns

    On the "TOP Queries" grid we can order it by any of the columns (besides "Database").

    I would like to be able to filter the rows by the amounts.

    Example:
    Filter queries where "Execution count > 100" same for other columns.
    Then apply the "order by".

    This way we can filter together with the "Enter search term" box.

    6 votes
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  2. ignore events triggered from SIEM vulnerability scanners..

    when we run a vulnerability scan on our SQL servers we get a lot of redgate alerts, i know you can setup to ignore certain alerts and have a maintenance window but ignoring the alerts isn't an option (what if its actually a hack) and the maintenance window is dangerous for obvious reasons.

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  3. 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"

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  4. Grant user access down to SQL instance or database level

    Currently the lowest level we can grant users access to cluster level. In multi-instance clusters this gives too much. Need to scope user access to instance and database level.

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  5. Remove single AG replica

    Currently when adding an Availability Group it automatically discover and add all replicas which is great.

    However sometime we might not want all replicas to be monitored, in our case it's because of limited bandwidth on a certain asynchronous node. While it is indeed possible to "Pause Monitoring" on that node, it would be nice to be able to delete it completely (using some kind of exception list so it's not re-added automatically).

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  6. see an administrative web-based log viewer

    Having the ability to review logs in a web-based interface is useful for administrators of a tool so we can diagnose and remedy some problems without needing to reach out to support. The downside is the log needs to be filterable or multiple log files need to exist.
    An example of a log that would be useful would be an email log. In the event an email fails to send, I'd like to know why without needing to download the entire log in a zip, extract the zip locally, and browse through it when I am looking for a specific…

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  7. Additional Overview Tab Suggestions

    • OS configuration (how many sockets/cores and Memory are allocated) * SQL Server, Mongo and PostgresSQL environments Right now there are only %’s, I want to see of what.

    • MongoDB Memory configuration I see SQLs but Mongo is missing. i.e. WiredTiger Cache settings

    • ReplicaSet information for Mongo, along with who is the primary, secondaries and where are the secondaries seeding from, and the status.

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  8. Blocking process Hover Information should show Total Blocking Duration

    The (Restored in 8.0.6) hover over the Alert List's "Last Updated" column shows the duration of the Alert itself, NOT the total time involved.

    Unless you memorize the configuration of this Alert for each of its 3 severity levels, and assume they never change, and never vary by server, nor by database... you must sill open each event to see the "Total blocking duration for all descendants" published under the "Details" tab, then add that to the event duration, for which you must now do time subtraction as there is no "Duration" on the Status line... (another omission).

    Having…

    3 votes
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  9. Ability to set up multiple webhooks

    We are generating a work flow where alerts of a specific type are sent to a seperate monitoring tools and the rest to a google chat - both use webhooks, both to different locations - at the moment we are using a work around with script tasks....but ideally being able to set different webhook locations and message for different alert types would be beneficial

    6 votes
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  10. More options for Custom Metric Frequency

    Would it be possible to have a custom option for the Custom metric gathering, as it stands the data can be collected at intervals of 1,5,10,30,60,1440 minutes

    it would be nice to be able to select a custom value and values less than a minute, the standard metrics that are gathered appear to be gathered every 20 seconds which isn't an option here

    Thanks for your time and concideration
    Ste

    9 votes
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    Daniel Rothig responded

    Note that you can currently hack an arbitrary “seconds” value into the SQL Monitor database – but changing the Custom metric configuration via the UI will reset the collection interval to one of the default values.

  11. Add button to hide new grouping and use old grouping

    Although the grouping seemed interesting at first, it means now our servers don’t fit on our screen anymore.

    I would suggest adding a button to the "Group by" header that says "no headers" (or maybe a checkbox somewhere).

    This button (or checkbox) would show the "old" layout again with the grouping on the left side as here: https://www.red-gate.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SQL-Monitor.png

    There is much more horizontal screen real estate than there is vertical; because of these new grouping headers we now need to scroll to see our DEV servers.

    I am fully aware I can click the headers to…

    3 votes
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    declined  ·  Neil Turner responded

    Hi Andy.

    Thanks for the feedback. Groups can be opened and closed and the card sizes can be changed to control the number of instances visible. We feel that it’s important to show the group headings on the dashboard.

    Thanks,

    Neil
    (Lead product designer – SQL Monitor)

  12. Allow maximum number of email notifications in a 24-hour period alert to be sent to another email address

    Currently if too many alerts for a particular object are received an alert email is sent noting that no more emails will be sent. I want to be able to specify that email is sent to a different address than the default.

    For example, we may get a large number of deadlocks. after the first 150 the alert emails are silenced. We configure deadlock alerts go to our normal email address because generally they aren't urgent, however when 150 or more are received there is a definite problem that needs to be reviewed. That should go to our pager email…

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  13. be able to switch support for cloud-features and off based on company needs

    Some companies still operate on-premises only, others operate only for Amazon RDS xor Azure. Having all these cloud-database features enabled clutters the user interface and I'd rather like to enable/disable such support through configuration options like
    [ ] enable Amazon RDS
    [ ] enable Azure SQL
    [ ] enable Azure Instance
    ...
    [ ] enable Oracle/xxx/yyy features

    5 votes
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  14. Push 5.2 Alias down to Analysis and beyond

    The write-up about the 5.2 Alias feature waxes almost lyrical about how much we would like it...

    Until you open the Analysis page and see the old names - in my case unintelligible I.P. addresses. Sad, very sad...

    Please make Aliases utterly pervasive, as in Analysis, Configuration => Monitored Servers (I.P. list), emails (just to make sure they're not overlooked).

    3 votes
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    completed  ·  Adam responded

    I’m closing this suggestion because the server aliases were fixed in v5.2.2.

    However, there is currently no way to alias cluster/machine names, so if this is important, please do raise this as a suggestion as we could look to address that if there is demand

  15. provide a scale on the analysis graph when monitoring disk reads and writes

    provide a scale on the analysis graph when monitoring disk reads and writes

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  16. Display running SQL text instead of full batch

    Hi Team,

    Currently, Active Sessions displays the full batch text instead of the exact running SQL statement. It would be significantly more valuable to show the specific executing query text.

    Having immediate visibility into the exact query would allow us to quickly identify blocking, long-running, or resource-intensive statements without relying on additional tools or manual investigation. This would reduce troubleshooting time, speed up incident response, and improve overall performance monitoring efficiency.

    I believe this enhancement would provide clear operational benefits for teams managing busy production environments. Thank you for considering it.

    6 votes
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  17. Provide a report on queries with suggestions on improving performance

    When viewing the top 10 queries, we can see suggestions on what may improve the performance for the specific query. Can this functionality be summarized in one report per database to suggest and what indexes could assist with improving performance.

    I would like to see:
    SQL Query, Query statistics, Query plan, Suggestion(s)

    (similar to top 10 but more extensive.)

    Also provide searching capability to look for any suggestion that relates to a specific object.

    This will assist DBAs to specifically drill into a specific issue query and provide instant suggestions on what can be done to improve performance for that…

    5 votes
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  18. Create Duplicate of Default Alerts

    Hi, it would be great to create 2 Default alerts with deffernt setting for differnt servers
    and to seperate AO Group when creating Alerts
    so that a Backup Replica wont go into some alerts that serve the production Servers

    4 votes
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  19. See job history beyond one month

    Currently the Estate Job page only offers a view of a day, week or month, but sometimes we need to see trends beyond one month.
    Is it possible to add a variable window? Or a fixed one of a year?

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  20. Make configuring alerts easier

    Currently we have several instances grouped into three top-level groups and then several subgroups underneath. This structure allows us to set alerts at the group level and then drop instances in and out of that defined set.

    If we select a group and configure an alert setting, when the page refreshes it does not return back to that same sub-group, instead opting to go back to the very top 'All Servers' level which if not spotted can mean you then select the next alert to configure and inadvertently change the setting for all servers.

    This seems like basic…

    5 votes
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