Exclude Database from Collection

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We can exclude specific database from specific collectors in table [dbo].[sqlwatch_config_exclude_database]

For example, we may not want to collect Missing Indexes from a specific third party vendor database as we may have no control over indexes in this database.

In this case, we would add a record to [dbo].[sqlwatch_config_exclude_database] with the database name and the [snapshot_type_id] we want to exclude. We can find all snapshot types in [dbo].[sqlwatch_config_snapshot_type].

  insert into [dbo].[sqlwatch_config_exclude_database]
  values ('VendorDatabaseName',3) -- where 3 is the [snapshot_type_id] of the Missing Indexes Collector

It is also possible to use patterns:

  insert into [dbo].[sqlwatch_config_exclude_database]
  values ('VendorDatabase%',3) -- where 3 is the [snapshot_type_id] of the Missing Indexes Collector

Would exclude all databases like 'VendorDatabase%' such as VendorDatabase1, VendorDatabase2 etc…