Installation

The sqlops-widgets extension can currently be installed/upgraded with the following methods

Install/Upgrade Wizard

The best way to install these widgets is with the provided script.

1. Close SQL Operations Studio if it is already open

2. Download the latest version from the project releases

3. Extract the downloaded archive file to a temporary location (e.g. C:\install)

4. Open PowerShell and run .\Install.ps1

   The installer will prompt you to install each widget package. Use the -force parameter to avoid the prompt.

   

   If you have any existing packages you will be prompted to upgrade them if a new version is provided. Use the -force parameter to avoid the prompt, or use -OverwriteExisting to re-install existing packages.

   

   Use the $VerbosePreference to control the verbose information output during install

   

5. Once the install wizard has completed, follow the instructions below for configuring/enabling the widget.

Manual Install/Upgrade

To manually install these widgets into your SQL Operations Studio extensions folder follow these steps.

1. Close SQL Operations Studio if it is already open

2. Download the latest version from the project releases

3. Extract the downloaded archive file to a temporary location

4. Copy the various insights packs to your SQL Operations Studio extensions folder. The following example uses PowerShell to copy the files, simply replace the path with the path to you extracted to.

   Set-Location -Path .\PathToExtractedFiles
   Copy-Item -Path * -Destination ~/.sqlops/extensions -Force -Recurse