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Your admin first must enable the feature globally using the management service config file (SQLdmManagementService.exe.Config).

Open this file is an application such as Notepad. Change the value in the following line from "false" to "true", and then restart the Management Service:

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To enable AI optimization tools globally

  1. Navigate to your SQL DM installation folder, locate the SQLdmManagementService.exe.Config file, and then open it in a text editor, such as Notepad. 
  2. Find enableAIFeatures, and then change itfrom false to true.
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    When this feature is set to false, all AI features including buttons and the history tab are disabled for all users, overriding any subsequent user-level permissions. When set to true, AI access is then governed by the Application Security settings.

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  2. Open Services, and then restart SQLdmManagementService.
  3. Open SQL DM, and then navigate to the Queries tab to verify that the AI Powered Query Optimization and AI Powered Schema & Index Optimization buttons are available and that the AI Optimization History tab is active.
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Permissions activation

    • Your admin then must allow each user access to the AI features by managing permissions in the Administration > Application Security page. The AI Access checkbox must be selected for a user to access these features. Note that this checkbox already may be checked when the user is initially added to the application. In the Add Permission Wizard, in the Specify Permission page, checking Grant AI Access gives the user account the AI features access when added. 

Individual user consent

    • Next, the each user must agree to the AI Features Terms and Conditions upon attempting to use any of the AI features within SQL DM. A dialog box appears when you click either on the now-enabled AI buttons. Read to the bottom of the AI Feature Terms and Conditions dialog box, check I agree to the Terms and Conditions, and then click Accept to continue.

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