SQL Sentry Toolbars

Save and Print Toolbar Buttons

The following describes the Save and Print toolbar buttons:

Button	Name	Description
	Save	Universal save button.
	Print Preview	Displays a print preview window for the selected object.
	Print	Prints the selected object.
	New Plan Explorer Session	Opens a New Plan Explorer session window.
	Open Plan File	Open an existing Plan Explorer session file.

Navigation Toolbar

The Navigation toolbar is used for navigating throughout the calendar view as well as performance graphs and runtime stats, and it changes depending on what you're viewing.

Date/Time Selector

The date/time selector controls allow you to jump to a specific date or time and select the desired time interval.

Button	Name	Description
	Date Selector	Selects the date to view on the calendar.
	Time Selector	Selects the time to view on the calendar.
	Go	Moves the calendar to display the time selected in the date/time selector, maintaining the currently selected interval.
	Go to Current Time	Jumps directly to the current time, maintaining the current selected time slice and interval, unless the interval is greater than one hour in which case one hour is used.

When you select the date selector, a small calendar appears. Select any day and select the right and left arrows to change the month. Select the bold today text at the bottom to auto-select the current day. You can also enter values for the day or year directly.

To navigate to a specific time on the selected day, select the time selector by choosing a time increment (hour, minute, etc.), use the up/down arrow, or type in a new value.

Interval Selector

The interval selector is used to zoom the current time interval in or out.

Button	Name	Description
	One Minute View	Displays the calendar in a one-minute interval.
	Ten Minute View	Displays the calendar in a 10-minute interval.
	One Hour View	Displays the calendar in a one-hour interval.
	Four Hour View	Displays the calendar in a four-hour interval.
	One Day	Displays the calendar in a one-day interval.

Miscellaneous Controls

Button	Name	Description
	Days Selector	Sets the total range of days to display on the calendar or graph. Select either arrow to decrease or increase the value, or type in a new value. The maximum value is 30 days. The currently selected interval (one minute to four hours) as well as the start time of the range is maintained when changing the number of days
	Previous Interval	Navigates backward in time to the previous interval.
	Previous Small Interval	Navigates backward in time using a smaller interval.
	Next Interval	Navigates forward in time to the next interval.
	Next Small Interval	Navigates forward in time using a smaller interval.
	Refresh	Refreshes the active workspace view by retrieving the latest information from the SQL Sentry database. Hold down the CTRL key when you select it to force a hard refresh. This causes the SQL Sentry client to connect directly to and collect event data from the target instance in case the monitoring service is down.  Note:  Not available on custom event views or views with multiple instances.
	View Conflicts	Displays all schedule conflicts for the selected instance. For more information, see the Conflict Viewer topic.

View Toolbar

Select from the Calendar, List, or Split views. The active range note changes only the format in which the event data displays. For more information, see the Calendar view topic.

Performance Analysis Toolbar

The performance analysis tabs can be synchronized to view performance data for a historical period or in a real time mode for the previous 10 minutes. This is coordinated using the toolbar. See the following toolbar chart: 

#	Name	Description
1	Print Preview	Print preview is not active in performance analysis.
2	Print	Print function is not active in performance analysis.
3	New Plan Explorer Session	Opens a new Plan Explorer session.
4	Open Plan File	Opens an execution plan file.
5	Save	Saves an execution plan file.
6	Start Date	Sets the beginning date for viewing a range of performance related data.
7	Start Time	Sets the beginning time for viewing a range of performance related data
8	End Date	Sets the end date for viewing a range of performance related data.
9	End Time	Sets the end time for viewing a range of performance related data.
10	Go	Activates the selected start/end time range.
11	Go To Current Time	Moves forward so that the display range ends at the current time.
12	Zoom Out	Increases the date range.
13	Zoom In	Decreases the date range.
14	Previous Interval	Skips back in time one full interval.
15	Previous Small Interval	Skips back in time one small unit of the interval scale.
16	Next Small Interval	Skips forward in time one small unit of the interval scale.
17	Next Interval	Skips forward in time a full interval.
18	Synchronize Tabs	Automatically sets all tabs to the active date range (enabled by default).
19	Start Auto-refresh	Enables automatic updating of real time data for the current tab, or all tabs if synchronize tabs is enabled.
20	Pause Auto-refresh	Pauses automatic updating of real time data for the current tab, or all tabs if synchronize tabs is enabled.
21	Refresh	Refreshes the active view by retrieving the latest data for the active date range.
22	Show History	Toggles between history and sample modes when on the dashboard.
23	Show Windows Processes	Opens the current Windows processes for the server.
24	Jump to Calendar	Opens the calendar tab in the workspace area.
25	Show Custom Condition Markers	Enables and disables custom condition glyphs and event markers
26	Show Windows + SQL Server Performance	Opens a Windows + SQL Server Performance report.