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SolarWinds Day Countdown Challenge: Register. Attend. Earn THWACK Points.
Your alerts have been screaming into the void for years. It's time something answered back. Goal-oriented AI is changing how IT teams work, and on October 14 & 15 you get to see it first. Jo…6 -
Coffee & THWACK: Happy International Coffee Day!
It’s 8:07 AM. You’ve just opened your laptop, and the first alert is already waiting. Something’s down. The dashboard is red, messages are coming in, and before figuring out what happened, there’s on…11 -
New function in OSH 2026.4 - SWQL – STRING_AGG()
For a long time now, we have had to take long detours to combine row values into single cell values. We had to turn to SQL based XMLPATH, and later on STRING_AGG to aggregate data – but now with OSH …10 -
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted and Modules—Version 2026.4 RC Now Available!
We’re excited to announce a release candidate (RC) for version 2026.4 of the SolarWinds® Platform, SolarWinds® Observability Self-Hosted, and the Orion Network and Systems modules. Version 2026.4 RC …8 -
41. Looper (2012)
In this episode of the Movies and Mainframes podcast, host Andy and guest Chrystal Taylor analyze the 2012 film Looper, directed by Rian Johnson. The discussion explores the film's depiction of …6 -
Re: Was "Last XX Log Events" widget removed?
Support confirmed this is a bug (OO-67653). Here are the workaround steps they provided. I've tested this in my lab, and I was able to add the widget back. Before applying: Modifies files under …7 -
Less Noise, More Control: Bringing AI/ML Anomaly Detection to On-Premises SEM
Overview Platform Connect adds a cloud-connected capability layer to SolarWinds® Security Event Manager (SEM), bringing AI and ML-powered intelligence into the SEM experience without changing its on-…8 -
Monitoring SAP HANA in SolarWinds DPA
Whether you're a seasoned SAP HANA administrator, a SQL Server DBA, or someone responsible for monitoring both platforms with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA), you've likely e…5 -
Kiwi Syslog NG - Log to MySQL - Database schema
I notice that Kiwi Syslog NG since v1.5 now supports bulk insert to additional databases, including MySQL. I had built an process that logged to XML and then used a Scheduled Task to parse the XML an…5 -
How to use a Regex return group in Device Studio poller
Hi THWACK community! I'm trying to create a custom poller (Device Studio type) for this purpose: What I'm currently trying to resolve is to truncate the number off of a Distro name, i.e.: &…5








