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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.
In Development / Researching
New
- Azure SQL managed instance support
- 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
- Convert entire SQL Agent Insight project to .NET 6
- Preferences : omit asking to create suspend/resume jobs when opening Job Monitor.
- UI : update legacy taskbar notification icons.
Future Considerations
New
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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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| Connection : Ability to open the Job Monitor without opening an Insight.
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Enhancement / Improvement
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Job Monitor : 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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| Insight Log : row header icons for long running jobs.
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| Job Conflicts : additional context menu items, job history.
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| Job History : access job properties.
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| Insight Log : buttons similar to Log Viewer to filter entries based on severity.
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| UI : filter pane checkbox consistency (style/colors) to match filter popup dialogs.
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| Job History : remove CR and LF characters from message text for better appearance.
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| Suspended / Paused Jobs : ability to resume job(s) from this dialog. (checkbox column ??)
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| Job Properties : display the Job GUID.
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| Dashboard : 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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| Dashboard : change Date column type from text to DateTime for better filtering options.
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| Log Viewer : change Log Date/Time column type from text to DateTime for better filtering options.
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