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Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) Feature Requests

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Webhooks for alerts
Alerting via a webhook would be nice.
Improve Query Naming with Group , Automation, Less rules
The current query name is short, does not allow special characters, and must be unique. Why? 1. Provide a group field that can be used to group similar queries. See related "Group Individual Statements" FR. 2. If the user tries to name a query with the same name as another query, offer to set the group name. 3. The…
DPA API - Add/Remove VM Monitoring
Much like in the Database Registration examples, we would like an option to add/remove VMware managed servers/connections. Examples of using PowerShell scripts to make DPA API calls Right now, we have to manually add, remove, and update credentials.
DPA API - Add/Remove SolarWinds License from Repository
Currently the only way to do this is manually by either doing online of offline activation. https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/DPA/Content/DPA-Activate-your-licenses.htm I would like a way to do at least online activation through the rest API as I am basically putting in the same information every time.…
Ability To Compare Custom Time Periods
It would be handy to easily compare 2 time periods against each other. e.g. Pick Last week Monday & this week Monday and see how the graphs compare hour by hour but with the same scale. Currently each day would have it's own scale so they're hard to compare
DPA Integration should have an edit button instead of requiring removal
We reset the password for the account we were using for our DPA integration, but there is no option to update the existing integration. We could only remove it and lose all the custom relationships we had in place. Closed as duplicate - please vote for
Create Alerts Based on DPA Recommendations
Create alerts based on DPA recommendations. Example: If a DPA recommendation shows a 75% or greater performance increase if "X" is completed, then alert someone. Such as adding an index or defragmentation.
Hide the VM Config for select users.
Would be a great feature if the VM Config of servers could be hidden from select users. If a customer has a multi-tenant environment and does not want select users to see the VM Config of other clients.
Granular access contorl to Databases / server instnaces , reports
Right now there is no provision for controlling access to specific databases in a an instance and reports , alerts . It would be a nice to have feature. Also , there should a provision to send any aspects of the gui in DPA to be sent as a report page to users by email ... and be bale to schedule it.
Increase SQL Name Length
Can the maximum length of the name of a query plan be expanded beyond 30 characters? When you have multiple instances of a database its not long enough for Database.Schema.Object. Expecially if the objects are prefixed with usp_sel_.