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  1. 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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  2. MONITORED INSTANCES

    Hello good day
    When you enter the Global Dashboard session, it stays loaded and shows the blank page.

    Annex image of the page.

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  3. Have the option to capture parameters from queries

    Presumably this would require having the trace enabled and you wouldn't necessarily want to be capturing every parameter on every query so there probably needs to be some logic around choosing what to keep. This would obviously help track down parameter sniffing problems along with other troubleshooting of the exact scenario you are trying to look at.

    This is different from the suggestion listed here:
    https://sqlmonitor.uservoice.com/forums/91743-suggestions/suggestions/41237467-display-parameter-list-in-the-query-plan-form

    (And that one should also be implemented and would be a valuable time saver)

    8 votes
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    completed  ·  Liam Prescott responded

    Preview support for monitoring individual query executions for user selected SQL Servers was introduced in version 14.0.39 (January 8, 2025).

    When enabled on an instance, data such as start and end times, duration, reads and writes, and query text can now be viewed and parameters appear in the query text.

  4. Include Custom SQL Code in alerts

    When creating custom alerts, I would like to be able to include information that can be retrieved by running a SQL query.

    One example is using the pre-built Failed SQL login custom alert that is available to setup. The alert notifies when this event occurs, but it fails to include information like which login failed, etc.

    It would be nice to be able to build part of the e-mail body in the alert to include some critical data that can be queries using T-SQL.

    8 votes
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  5. Option to exclude custom metric from Analysis Graph page

    When setting up a custom metric, have the ability to exclude it from the Analysis Graph page. E.g. I set up a metric that checks the AutoUpdateStatistics setting for each database and then creates an alert if a database is set to OFF for this setting.
    It is however not needed in the Analysis Graph page as it is purely an alert.

    4 votes
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  6. In reports display results of a query from our own data (multiple columns)

    We have a table in our administration database that contains usefull information for our management. This consists of multiple columns. It would be very helpfull to run a query in a tile in a report where the results of that query can be displayed. A bit like the long running query results in the reports but then with our own data from the administration database.

    4 votes
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  7. UI global overiew - add tickerbox with unread alerts

    To get a instant view of the unread alerts and their context/importance it might be a good idea to create a tickerbox at the leftmenu of the global overview page.

    Currently to know what kind of alert has occured, I have to zoom in/navigate everytime to the alert page.

    Layout example: Grouped by server, level, category, datetime

    As addition it might be an option to create a tickerbox hide option .

    1 vote
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    Daniel Rothig responded

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    Hi brendo, how would you expect the tickerbox to behave if there is a large volume of alerts incoming? Would you expect to always see the x most recent ones, or would you like to be sure that all alerts show up in this tickerbox over time?

  8. Don't bloat plan cache No. 2

    I have ~15k variations of this query in my plan cache, each with varying handles and a varying number of INSERTs.

    DECLARE @plans TABLE (planhandle varbinary(64) NOT NULL)
    INSERT INTO @plans VALUES(0x06000b008697d33ae0e92c011c00000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
    INSERT INTO @plans VALUES(0x06000b000ddbda05a03c83f01d00000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
    INSERT INTO @plans VALUES(0x06000b00263e3902f0b1112b1900000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
    INSERT INTO @plans VALUES(0x05000b009ee99729a0b9945b1600000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
    INSERT INTO @plans VALUES(0x06000b0059af9b291063a6951900000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
    INSERT INTO @plans VALUES(0x06000b0094ca3316501fee2c1600000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
    INSERT INTO @plans VALUES(0x05000b0065c5a32880b2945b1600000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
    SELECT plan
    handle ,
    queryplaninfo.queryplan
    FROM @plans
    OUTER APPLY sys.dm
    execqueryplan(planhandle) AS queryplan_info

    4 votes
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  9. Show login and client hostname/IP address for Top Queries on PostgreSQL

    Re: PostgreSQL Monitoring

    Please add information about the connection that the queries (in the Top Queries section) were executed on, specifically the client machine hostname/ IP address and the login name.

    4 votes
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  10. 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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  11. To display information on data and log space used in bytes for each database

    To display information on data and log space used in bytes for each database .

    Currently there is only data and log spaced used in percentage

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  12. Notifications to Slack Only

    Would be nice to have the option to send some alerts to slack only, at the moment the only option is to send to slack and email, or don't send to either.

    7 votes
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    completed  ·  1 comment  ·  Admin →
  13. Data disk space usage percentage in Reports

    There is a tile in the Report section called "Log Space Used %". Having a tile for mdf files, ie "Data Disk Space Used %", would be very handy in setting initial sizes in the first instance and would also give you a heads up in setting file sizes appropriately going forward.
    All this would then be sent via email on a daily basis to monitor both log and disk sizes - so that unexpected file growth is one less thing for a DBA to worry about.
    I understand there is something similar in the Estate section, but this has…

    1 vote
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  14. I wish the mouse wheel did not automatically modify the date scale in the Analysis graph.

    I can't count the number of times I have unintentionally messed up a graph with the mouse wheel. It is quite annoying to me.

    6 votes
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  15. Enhance Reports with additional Summary Tiles

    Different Summary Tiles for example: Servers with lowest Page Life Expectancy, Servers with Highest Transactions/Second, Servers with Highest Disk Transfers/Second,

    3 votes
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  16. Modifying of several alerts for specific entity could be more user friendly

    1) after change tree in left panel with all servers collapse and again should expand nodes down to place where I left
    2) color of changed records could be more visible, maybe some light background could be added

    4 votes
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  17. provide a timeout setting on SQL Managed servers tab.

    Hi there, We have a few sites that are offsite from our main building. The line speeds are not very good and therefore we get timeouts on our connections under managed servers. If you can maybe provide a setting to allow a bigger timout here this will help quite a lot.

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    completed  ·  Daniel Rothig responded

    Good news, this already exists. In the “edit credentials” dialogue, there is an “edit connection properties” link that gives you a host of options, including the time out (which is 15s by default)

  18. Disk space alert

    The disk space alert can be configured on Server-Level as a host machine alert, but the alert is fired for every Instance on that host.

    As example, we have 5 instances on a sever, each instance has it's own drive, e.g.
    instance1 on drive d:
    instance2 on drive e:
    instance3 on drive f:
    etc.

    If one instance, e.g. instance2 on drive e: is filling up it disk, the alert is fired for all instances. We would like to see an alert only for the instance that is affected and not 5 alerts.

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  19. alert layout

    I'd like to suggest a revamp in the layout of alerts on Details tab.

    This is so you can see at a glance what execution is causing the alert without having to scroll too much.

    When reviewing alerts on a computer screen, there's a lot of white space (dead space) to the right of the Connection information. I'd like to suggest that in the unused space, you move the SQL Process Fragment information to the right of the Connection information.

    If the window size of the browser is too narrow, it could slide back below the server information. (Responsive)

    In…

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  20. Sorting for columns in Host Machine Metrics

    The OverViews page provide lots of useful information about our SQL servers including being able to see all of the disks on the host machines. However the order of the disk names seems random. Can we have sorting enabled in this section so we can sort by space used or Disk

    4 votes
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