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ldoodle
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11 months ago

SQL Server DataSources - Updates

Hi, I did a DataSource update the other day and it looks like the built-in SQL Server dashboard is now broken, because the updated DataSources now have one of these: hasCategory("MSSQL") && !hasCat...
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ldoodle
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11 months ago

I’m not sure what that category (WSFC_VNN) is for, but the addition of that clause to the appliesto is probably to exclude some systems that are known not to work with that datasource. Does the datasource show data on the device level? Maybe some filtering in the dashboard widget needs to be updated.

The standard dash uses this for example (‘SQL Server Global Performance’):

And that DataSource has the new clause:

Good shout on checking at the device level - that’s a No: