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Named Custom Date Ranges for Reporting

Today, users can choose from standard absolute and relative date ranges (Last 7 Days, Month to Date, custom start/end dates, etc.) within each widget's or the UI's Time period selector. This is powerful but introduces friction for organizations wh...
about 14 hours ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Under review

SSL Support for DB2 integration in Cloud Pak for AIOps

In a troubleshooting case that we have open, we have been informed that the DB2 integration for Cloud Pak for AIOps does not support SSL connection to the database. The security need for SSL should be self-evident; AIOps event data contains propri...
about 21 hours ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Submitted

Ability to use filename of loaded data in HTML component

We have some automated file loads which include a timestamp in the filename. The timestamp is relevant for teams during critical month-end periods to understand what numbers they are looking at in Apptio reporting. We would like to be able to add ...
6 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted

Request for Local User Registration (A feature to add users without requiring an SMTP server)

When adding (inviting) a local user to Instana, an SMTP server is required. In an air-gapped environment, there may be cases where the Self-Hosted Instana Backend does not have an SMTP server or cannot communicate with one. I would like to propose...
6 days ago in Instana / Access Control Needs more information

Ability to Share Individual Dashboard Widgets in Cloudability

Currently, Cloudability dashboards do not support sharing individual widgets. Users are required to share the entire dashboard, even when they intend to collaborate on or distribute insights from a single visualization. While reports can be shared...
2 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Future consideration

Configuration option to preserve ifOperStatus data polled during ifLastChange updates

In the current implementation, SevOne discards all polled data for a given polling interval whenever it detects an update to ifLastChange. Although this behaviour is designed to maintain data consistency, it introduces a significant limitation for...
22 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Under review

Add Instana instrumentation support for GeneXus HTTP client libraries (including Ron’s Http-Client)

Problem A customer application built with GeneXus is being monitored using Instana. The application performs outbound HTTP calls to backend services (Bantotal services) using the HTTP client implementation provided by the GeneXus runtime. During a...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Tracing Under review

Request for Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8.0.11 tracing support

Hello, We are doing an Instana POC, and we need your support on the .NET Npgsql tracer. The application to be monitored is deployed on AWS ECS Fargate. Also, it connects to AWS Aurora (Postgres) DB using the Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8...
12 days ago in Instana / Tracing Submitted

Automated Report Delivery to Amazon S3

Enable the automated delivery of scheduled IBM Cloudability reports directly to a user-configured Amazon S3 bucket to streamline data integration and archival processes. Currently, retrieving reports often requires manual intervention or individua...
15 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Under review

AIOps to train over time on user actions/behaviors on events and incidents that can then be used for triage and resolution

AIOps over time would observe user actions on events and incidents. It would then: propose recommended next steps highlight previous actions taken self heal with a vetted solution This would assist in the triaging of alerts and possibly reduce inc...
13 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Under review