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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 Insight? Read more below.
== Legend ==
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''New'''</span> feature/option.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''Enhancement'''</span> to existing feature/option.


== In Development / Researching ==
== In Development / Researching ==
=== New ===
=== New ===
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210330-1'''</span> : Azure SQL managed instance support
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210330-1'''</span> : Azure SQL managed instance support
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210821-1'''</span> : Insight : new job metric showing successful jobs that have failed steps in the history.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210913-1'''</span> : UI : implement column chooser for all data grids with a significant number of columns with ability to save layout.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210913-1'''</span> : UI : implement column chooser for all data grids with a significant number of columns with ability to save layout.
=== Enhancement/Improvement ===
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N211116-1'''</span> : Insight : Show / log jobs that have a successful outcome but have failed steps within them.
 
=== Enhancement / Improvement ===
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E210228-3'''</span> : convert entire SQL Agent Insight project to .NET 6
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E210228-3'''</span> : convert entire SQL Agent Insight project to .NET 6
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E210725-1'''</span> : Preferences : omit asking to create suspend/resume jobs when opening Job Monitor.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E210725-1'''</span> : Preferences : omit asking to create suspend/resume jobs when opening Job Monitor.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211016-1'''</span> : UI : update legacy taskbar notification icons.
=== Bugs ===


== Future Considerations ==
== Future Considerations ==
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** user selectable jobs; Gantt chart timeframe based on earliest job history log entry.
** user selectable jobs; Gantt chart timeframe based on earliest job history log entry.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N181004-1'''</span> : Database Mail : purging of database mail items and mail log history.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N181004-1'''</span> : Database Mail : purging of database mail items and mail log history.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N171010-2'''</span> : Job Monitor : copy a job(s) between monitored SQL instances.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N171010-2'''</span> : Job Monitor : copy a job(s) between monitored instances.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N190802-1'''</span> : Job Monitor : multi-row selection of jobs to perform actions against selected jobs.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N190802-1'''</span> : Job Monitor : multi-row selection of jobs to perform actions against selected jobs.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N200827-2'''</span> : Preferences/Insight Config : notification quiet hours/days.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N200827-2'''</span> : Preferences/Insight Config : notification quiet hours/days.
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* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210706-2'''</span> : Job Monitor : additional column, ''Number of Alerts''.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210706-2'''</span> : Job Monitor : additional column, ''Number of Alerts''.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210706-1'''</span> : Schedules : new context menu with options, ''Job properties'', ''Job history'', ''Purge job history''.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210706-1'''</span> : Schedules : new context menu with options, ''Job properties'', ''Job history'', ''Purge job history''.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N211020-1'''</span> : Insight : logging of heartbeat messages toolbar indicator; blue/green heart icon.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N211001-1'''</span> : 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.
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N211018-1'''</span> : ability to open the Job Monitor without opening an Insight for monitoring from Connection dialog.


=== Enhancement/Improvement ===
=== Enhancement / Improvement ===
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E200602-2'''</span> : 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''.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E200602-2'''</span> : 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.
** ''number of deleted jobs since last poll'' would additionally log the names of jobs missing.
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* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E200612-3'''</span> : Job History : access job properties.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E200612-3'''</span> : Job History : access job properties.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E210103-1'''</span> : Insight Log : buttons similar to Log Viewer to filter entries based on severity.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E210103-1'''</span> : Insight Log : buttons similar to Log Viewer to filter entries based on severity.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211020-2'''</span> : UI : filter pane checkbox consistency (style/colors) to match filter popup dialogs.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211011-2'''</span> : Job History : remove CR and LF characters from message text for better appearance.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211011-3'''</span> : Suspended / Paused Jobs : ability to resume job(s) from this dialog. (checkbox column ??)
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211014-1'''</span> : Job Properties : display the Job GUID.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211018-1'''</span> : 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.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211018-2'''</span> : Dashboard : change ''Date'' column type from text to DateTime for better filtering options.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211020-1'''</span> : Log Viewer : change ''Log Date/Time'' column type from text to DateTime for better filtering options.


== Ready for Next Release ==
== Ready for Next Release ==
=== Version 0.24 ===
== Released with version 0.23.2111.0 ==
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211021-1'''</span> : Job Conflict Outlook : refactor to Job Conflicts.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E200919-4'''</span> : About dialog license indicator; showing the number of days before expiry; if expiry date is approaching, tab icon is now present and number of days highlighted to bring focus.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211026-2'''</span> : verbiage for ''Suspend Job'' tooltip in Job Monitor is incorrect. Cannot extend job suspension from the context menu, therefore revised.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211026-1'''</span> : change verbiage in the suspend/resume create job dialog of ''Agent Job Monitor'' to ''Job Monitor''.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211001-3'''</span> : Insight tabs context menu foreground color from white to black, easier to read.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E211028-3'''</span> : Due to improved performance in release 0.23.2109.50, help verbiage in Job Conflicts and its pop-up help dialog changed to suit.
* {{RoadmapSpanBugColor}}'''B211005-1'''</span> : Exceptions can be thrown when/if the preferences xml, '''''SQLAI_Preferences.XML''''', has been modified/deleted outside of SQL Agent Insight. Default preferences are assigned prior to loading to mitigate this issue. The preferences file should only be modified by SQL Agent Insight, however, we cannot prevent a user from doing so.
* {{RoadmapSpanEnhanceColor}}'''E210718-1'''</span> : Remove CR and LF characters from description and body column data to prevent cell text wrapping. ''Database Mail Items; Database Mail Event Log''
* {{RoadmapSpanBugColor}}'''B211110-1'''</span> : System.NullReferenceException: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' may occur after closing an Insight. Resolved.
* {{RoadmapSpanBugColor}}'''B211110-2'''</span> : Dashboard : Alarms category column no longer showing metric name. ''Affected versions 0.23.2109.0, 0.23.2109.50''
* {{RoadmapSpanNewColor}}'''N210821-1'''</span> : Insight : '''Two (2) new job metrics'''. One, successful job outcomes with failed job steps from the entire job history. Two, successful job outcomes with failed job steps in the past 3 days. This brings the total number of monitored metrics to 65.
* {{RoadmapSpanBugColor}}'''B211116-1'''</span> : Insight : Insight log collection finish time is the same as the collection start time.
* {{RoadmapSpanBugColor}}'''B211116-2'''</span> : Insight : Threshold validation may sometimes result in an incorrect severity being applied to a metric, and potentially not issuing notifications.

Revision as of 01:57, 19 November 2021

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

Enhancement / Improvement

Bugs

Future Considerations

New

Enhancement / Improvement

Ready for Next Release

Released with version 0.23.2111.0

  • Template:RoadmapSpanEnhanceColorE211021-1 : Job Conflict Outlook : refactor to Job Conflicts.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanEnhanceColorE200919-4 : About dialog license indicator; showing the number of days before expiry; if expiry date is approaching, tab icon is now present and number of days highlighted to bring focus.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanEnhanceColorE211026-2 : verbiage for Suspend Job tooltip in Job Monitor is incorrect. Cannot extend job suspension from the context menu, therefore revised.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanEnhanceColorE211026-1 : change verbiage in the suspend/resume create job dialog of Agent Job Monitor to Job Monitor.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanEnhanceColorE211001-3 : Insight tabs context menu foreground color from white to black, easier to read.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanEnhanceColorE211028-3 : Due to improved performance in release 0.23.2109.50, help verbiage in Job Conflicts and its pop-up help dialog changed to suit.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanBugColorB211005-1 : Exceptions can be thrown when/if the preferences xml, SQLAI_Preferences.XML, has been modified/deleted outside of SQL Agent Insight. Default preferences are assigned prior to loading to mitigate this issue. The preferences file should only be modified by SQL Agent Insight, however, we cannot prevent a user from doing so.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanEnhanceColorE210718-1 : Remove CR and LF characters from description and body column data to prevent cell text wrapping. Database Mail Items; Database Mail Event Log
  • Template:RoadmapSpanBugColorB211110-1 : System.NullReferenceException: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.' may occur after closing an Insight. Resolved.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanBugColorB211110-2 : Dashboard : Alarms category column no longer showing metric name. Affected versions 0.23.2109.0, 0.23.2109.50
  • Template:RoadmapSpanNewColorN210821-1 : Insight : Two (2) new job metrics. One, successful job outcomes with failed job steps from the entire job history. Two, successful job outcomes with failed job steps in the past 3 days. This brings the total number of monitored metrics to 65.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanBugColorB211116-1 : Insight : Insight log collection finish time is the same as the collection start time.
  • Template:RoadmapSpanBugColorB211116-2 : Insight : Threshold validation may sometimes result in an incorrect severity being applied to a metric, and potentially not issuing notifications.