Will Alber has updated his free tool SQLjobvis. Download it from http://www.sqlsoft.co.uk/sqljobvis.php. It provides a graphical display of both running SQL Server Agent jobs as well as job history.
The SQLjobvis graphical display has been very effective in helping me explain why something must be scheduled when it is. Or why something can’t be scheduled at a particular time. I opened a Connect item https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/524854/provide-a-graphical-interface-to-the-sql-server-agent-job-scheduler-and-history to encourage Microsoft to offer a better UI for scheduling jobs. Please vote if you haven’t already. I want to be able to graphically schedule jobs similar to how meetings can be graphically scheduled in Outlook. But until Microsoft offers us a better UI, SQLjobvis is making my life easier. It is the first thing I look at when I get to work in the morning.
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About John Paul Cook
SQL Server MVP based in Houston, Texas. Contributing author to
SQL Server MVP Deep Dives and
SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume 2. John is currently on sabbatical from database consulting and is very busy as a full-time nursing student.