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Interested in knowing what I'm working on or thinking of implementing for the next version of SQL Agent Insight? Read more below.
Interested in knowing what I'm working on or thinking of implementing for the next version of SQL Agent Insights? Read more below.


== In Development / Researching ==
== In Development / Researching ==
=== New ===
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* Azure SQL managed instance support
<span style="color:red"><b>UPDATE:</b></span> Please see this [https://brentec.ca/blog/2024/09/the-future-of-sql-agent-insights/ blog post] regarding the future of SQL Agent Insights. Thank  you.
* '''UI''' : implement column chooser for all data grids with a significant number of columns with ability to save layout.
* '''Insight''' : Show / log jobs that have a successful outcome but have failed steps within them.


=== Enhancement / Improvement ===
* Azure® SQL managed instance support.
* Convert entire SQL Agent Insight project to .NET 6
* Convert entire SQL Agent Insights project to .NET 6 or greater.
* '''Preferences''' : omit asking to create suspend/resume jobs when opening Job Monitor.
* Different licensing models.
* '''UI''' : update legacy taskbar notification icons.
* Copy agent jobs between monitored instances.
 
* Job conflicts per individual job.
== Future Considerations ==
* Dynamic metric thresholds.
=== <span style="color:#1FB141">New</span> ===
* Proxy creation, deletion and modification.
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* Ability to sync settings between Insights.
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* Calendar control to supplement Job Outlook.
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* Ability to overlay multiple instances within Job Outlook.
| '''Job Monitor''' : a single instance of Job Monitor that consolidates all jobs from all currently monitored instances.
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| '''Preferences''' : email authentication via OAuth2.
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| '''Job History''' : Gantt chart similar to Job Conflicts but for Job History. User selectable jobs; Gantt chart timeframe based on earliest job history log entry.
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| '''Database Mail''' : purging of database mail items and mail log history.
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| '''Job Monitor''' : copy a job(s) between monitored instances.
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| '''Job Monitor''' : multi-row selection of jobs to perform actions against selected jobs.
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| '''Preferences/Insight Config''' : notification quiet hours/days. Implement globally with configuration option to override per Insight.
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| '''Insight''' : open the Job Monitor upon opening the Insight.
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| '''Job Monitor''' : change owner of a job or multiple jobs.
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| '''Job Conflicts''' : a single instance of Job Conflicts that consolidates all jobs from all currently monitored instances.
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| '''Job Monitor''' : additional column, ''Number of Alerts''.
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| '''Schedules''' : new context menu with options, ''Job properties'', ''Job history'', ''Purge job history''.
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| '''Insight''' : logging of heartbeat messages toolbar indicator; blue/green heart icon.
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| Track the last successful monitored date/time of an instance (i.e., when Insight first opens); store within PREVIOUSINSTANCES.XML. Use this information in the Previously Monitored Instances pane.
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| '''Job Monitor''' : Ability to dock/open the Job Monitor without opening an Insight.
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=== <span style="color:#0072c6">Enhancement / Improvement</span> ===
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| <strong>Job Monitor</strong> : new metrics including, ''has steps'', ''no history'', ''success rate < 100%'', ''successful job runs with failed job steps'', ''has alerts'', ''has targets'', ''ms-db backup size'', ''ms-db compressed backup size'', ''number of deleted jobs since last poll''.
* ''number of deleted jobs since last poll'' would additionally log the names of jobs missing.
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| <strong>Insight Log</strong> : row header icons for long running jobs.
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| <strong>Job Conflicts</strong> : additional context menu items, ''job history''.
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| <strong>Job History</strong> : access job properties.
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| <strong>Insight Log</strong> : buttons similar to Log Viewer to filter entries based on severity.
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| <strong>UI</strong> : filter pane checkbox consistency (style/colors) to match filter popup dialogs.
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| <strong>Job History</strong> : remove CR and LF characters from message text for better appearance.
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| <strong>Suspended / Paused Jobs</strong> : ability to resume job(s) from this dialog. (checkbox column ??)
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| <strong>Job Properties</strong> : display the Job GUID.
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| <strong>Dashboard</strong> : ability to pick filter for alarms based on predefined time frames, e.g., ''past 24 hours'', ''past 8 hours'', etc. using a filter pane.
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| <strong>Dashboard</strong> : change ''Date'' column type from text to DateTime for better filtering options.
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| <strong>Log Viewer</strong> : change ''Log Date/Time'' column type from text to DateTime for better filtering options.
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Latest revision as of 02:55, 15 October 2024

Interested in knowing what I'm working on or thinking of implementing for the next version of SQL Agent Insights? Read more below.

In Development / Researching


UPDATE: Please see this blog post regarding the future of SQL Agent Insights. Thank you.

  • Azure® SQL managed instance support.
  • Convert entire SQL Agent Insights project to .NET 6 or greater.
  • Different licensing models.
  • Copy agent jobs between monitored instances.
  • Job conflicts per individual job.
  • Dynamic metric thresholds.
  • Proxy creation, deletion and modification.
  • Ability to sync settings between Insights.
  • Calendar control to supplement Job Outlook.
  • Ability to overlay multiple instances within Job Outlook.



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