SQL Sentry User Preferences

Overview

 User Preferences allows you to customize the behavior and appearance of your SQL Sentry client. Select User Preferences from the Tools menu to review the User Preferences set in your SQL Sentry client. Select Restore Defaults to reset all User Preferences to the default value. After making any changes to your User Preferences, select Save to save your changes. 

Calendar Settings

Settings	Description
Calendar Refresh Interval	Sets the refresh rate for the calendar.
Show Events As Conflicts After	Specifies the duration that two or more event instances must overlap before being shown as a conflict.
Show Popups For	Sets the persistence of pop-up messages on the calendar.
Default days for Global and Group views	Sets the default number of days to display when opening these views.
Persist Calendar Filter Between Views	Selects to save the filter settings between views.
Auto-scroll Calendar to Current Time	Selects to enable auto-scroll for the calendar after there has been no user activity for a period of time.
Maximum rows to return for calendar/list views	Limiting this value helps to avoid delays in loading views due to a large volume of data.
Show Running and Historical Events in Recurring Window if Duration Exceeds	Determines what events appear in the recurring window at the top of the calendar.
Default interval when using Jump To Instance context menus	Sets the time interval that appears when using Jump To Instance.

Navigator Settings

Settings	Description
Highlight Event Failures in Navigator for	Sets the length of time to display failed events in red within the Navigator pane. If you enable Until Cleared, failures remain in red until they are manually cleared.
Automatically clear open failures if a subsequent run is successful	If the subsequent run of an object is successful, the node is no longer marked as failed in the Navigator pane.
Show bold text for failures	Items become bold and red in the event of a failure.
Refresh Failures in Navigator Every	Specifies how often the Navigator pane refreshes to show failures.
Show failures for Unwatched Objects	Enables this setting to display unwatched objects in red within the Navigator pane after failure.
Hide Unwatched Instances	Enables this setting to hide unwatched instances in the Navigator pane.
Default Event View Style	Selects the default view to show when opening an event calendar.
Prompt me to select a product when left-clicking to open a node	Determines whether or not to prompt for the product to use when opening an instance. When unchecked, the default view for device/instance nodes is used.
Default view for Target/Instance nodes	Determines which action SQL Sentry takes when you select a target or instance node.
Auto-synch Navigator with the selected tab	Enables this setting to synch objects selected in the current tab with the Navigator pane.
Auto-synch Settings/Actions with the selected tab	Enables this setting to synch objects selected in the current tab with the Settings and Conditions pane.
Single-click opens new tabs	Enabling this setting allows the opening of new tabs with a single click.
Persist last "Jump To Time" value	Enables this setting, and each time Jump to Time is used the previous time selection is highlighted by default.
Show warning when Alert watch fails due to disabled SQL Agent Alert Tokens	If enabled, SQL Sentry warns you if you try to watch an alert on a SQL Server 2005 and above instance and don't have Agent Tokens enabled.
Synchronize SQL Server registrations any time a registration group is expanded	If enabled, SQL Sentry synchronizes registered servers under the SQL Servers node any time a registration group is expanded. When not checked, Synchronize SQL Server Groups can be used in the Navigator pane to do this.
Manually manage folders for Reporting Services	Allows you to create and manage folders beneath the reporting services node.
Default Startup Action	Determines the first tab displayed on startup.
Navigator Refresh Interval	Determines how often the navigator refreshes.

Colors Settings

Most of the elements in the Event Calendar view may have their colors customized. Beside each color selection is a Pick button. When you select Pick, the color palette displays. Default is used to reset all colors to their defaults.

Graphs Settings

Setting	Description
Maximum rows to return for graphs on Runtime Stats	Limits the amount of data shown in runtime graphs for performance reasons.
Maximum rows to return for performance graphs	Limits the amount of data shown in performance graphs for performance reasons.

Updates Settings

Setting	Description
Automatically check for software updates on startup	When checked, SQL Sentry automatically checks for updates on startup. It's checked by default. An internet connection is required.
Automatically check for Custom Conditions Pack updates	When checked, SQL Sentry automatically checks for an updated custom conditions pack when launching the global level conditions list. It's checked by default. An internet connection is required.

System Status Settings

Setting	Description
System Status Refresh Interval	Controls how often the system status screen refreshes.
Show Successful Tasks for up to	Sets the length of time successful tasks display on the System Status screen.
Disable Status Pop-ups	If enabled, client alert status message pop-ups display.
Client Alert Recurrence Interval	Controls the recurrence interval for alert pop-ups.

Performance Analysis Settings

Setting	Description
Show Options on Quick Trace launch	When checked, certain options are available when a quick trace launches manually. When unchecked, the last options configured are used. Options include duration, rows to collect, etc.
Tab Auto-rotation Frequency	When used in conjunction with Window > Auto-rotate Performance Analysis, it determines how often the tab changes.
Overview Refresh Interval	Configures how often data refreshes.
Default time span for history mode	Defines the History Mode dashboard's default time range.
Overview Skin	Selects the skin color for the Performance Analysis Overview screen.
Warn on Actual Plan Execution	If this option is enabled, when the Actual Plan command is selected, the user is asked to Confirm Query Execution before the plan is collected. You can disable these warnings by unselecting this setting.
Default Actual Plan Collection Mode	Defines whether live profile data is collected by default when an actual plan is retrieved.
Live Profile Data Collection Interval	Defines how often live profile data is collected during query execution.
Only save history when command text or connection settings change	If enabled, query plan sessions only generate history entries when the command text or connection settings change.
Allow opening multiple Performance Analysis instances for the same Target using the Navigator	If checked, performance analysis tabs are not reused for the same target.
Default Link Style	Defines how often live profile data is collected during query execution.
Default Dashboard Mode	Defines the default dashboard mode when opening performance analysis for a target.
Prompt to Save Session Upon Exit	If checked, a prompt displays upon an exit to save the active tabs and panes.