Overview & Navigation
- SentryOne Monitor is accessed through a browser at monitor.sentryone.com.
- SentryOne Portal is a self-hosted feature for SQL Sentry which has a similar UI experience. See the Getting Started with SentryOne Portal article for information on accessing it.
Default Home View
When you first log into SentryOne Monitor, the home view displays the overall health of the monitored environment.
Option | Description |
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1. Navigation bar | Options for products, date selector, providing feedback, accessing documentation, and user profile information. Full details are provided under the Navigation Bar section below. |
2. Sidebar | The sidebar has areas for overview options (Health Overview & Alerts) and the monitored Targets. Full details are provided under the Sidebar section below. |
3. Health Overview | Health Overview is the default view when opening SentryOne Monitor.
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4. Alerts | A table of the most recent alerts that have been triggered across the monitored environment. |
Navigation Bar
This is the default view for the navigation bar:
Option | Description |
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1. Sidebar toggle | The bars (or hamburger) button toggles the visibility of the left sidebar (the overview options and targets information) |
2. SentryOne logo | Selecting the SentryOne logo returns you to the home (Health Overview) view. |
3. Product drop-down | The SentryOne product drop-down allows you to switch between Monitor, Test, and Document. Note: Each product has their own licensing requirements. |
4. Date Selector | This is disabled on the default home view due to the nature of the health score calculation. On other views, such as Dashboards, it allows you to select a time frame for which to display data on the view:![]() |
5. Feedback | Select the feedback button to submit ideas about any issues, features you'd like to see, or suggested changes. |
6. Documentation | Select the documentation button to open the Monitor documentation in SentryOne Docs. |
7. Profile | Select the user profile button to change your password or log out of Monitor. |
Sidebar
The sidebar has five main areas:
![]() Sidebar Example
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Unwatched Servers
Applies to the following products and features: The on-premises SentryOne Portal feature for SQL Sentry. See the Getting Started with SentryOne Portal article for more details.
In SentryOne Portal, the bottom of the sidebar contains a group for Unwatched Servers (similar to Inventory view). Unwatched servers are not currently being monitored by SentryOne. Use the SentryOne client to watch a target (you may need to purchase additional licenses).
Unwatched Servers in sidebar
Note: A banner appears an individual unwatched targets across the SentryOne Portal views.
Banner warning to alert on the unwatched status of an individual target.
Feature Menu
When you select a target from the sidebar, the target Health view opens by default. From a target view like Health, the Navigation Bar toggles to a feature menu.
Feature Menu
The following options are available for individual targets:
- Health
- Dashboards
- Dashboards has a drop-down menu to make additional selections. Performance Analysis is the default dashboard view. Any dashboards listed below Performance Analysis are Custom Dashboards. An option to add a new custom dashboard is also available from this menu.
- Top SQL
- Blocking (SentryOne Portal only)
- Deadlocks (SentryOne Portal only)
Distributed Databases
Applies to the following products and features: The on-premises SentryOne Portal feature for SQL Sentry. See the Getting Started with SentryOne Portal article for more details.
If you are using SentryOne Portal for SQL Sentry and have multiple SentryOne databases, you can configure your portal to display information for all your SentryOne databases through a single service. See the Distributed Databases article for more information.