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* Tray icon context menu bug fixes/improvements.
* Tray icon context menu bug fixes/improvements.
* Job Monitor tile bar improvements.
* Job Monitor tile bar improvements.
== Future Considerations ==
=== <span style="color:#1FB141">New</span> ===
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| '''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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Revision as of 16:27, 16 October 2022

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

In Development / Researching

New

  • Azure SQL managed instance support.
  • Convert entire SQL Agent Insight project to .NET 6+.
  • Different licensing model for free version.

Enhancement / Improvement / Bug Fixes

  • Dashboard improvements.
  • Tray icon context menu bug fixes/improvements.
  • Job Monitor tile bar improvements.