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Add ability to mark http status codes as errors though they are not in the 5xx range

Hi, Certain application owners in our organisation have the need to report error rates based on functional errors which are e.g. reported with a 412 (or other) http status codes. This is technically not an error and those requests are not marked a...
3 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Under review

Mapping dependency/topology between application services and MS SQL DBs when DBs are monitored remotely

We want to map dependencies/topology between application services and Microsoft SQL Server databases where SQL is configured using remote monitoring method (not local agent on DB host). Currently, the application-to-database correlation is not vis...
2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Under review

MSAD Monitoring without DHCP Server

Customer would like to monitor Microsoft Active Directory technology without DHCP server installation pre-requisite. Customer stated that, even if its possible to install DHCP on Domain Controller, they prefer not to do it, because possible ip con...
3 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Under review

Global and Policy‑Based Endpoint Mapping for Application Perspectives

Problem Statement Instana’s default HTTP endpoint mapping behavior (“use the first URL path segment”) is insufficient for modern, large‑scale microservice and API‑driven environments, particularly where: APIs are versioned using path prefixes (f...
4 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Under review

Ability to aggregate and group Kafka topic metrics in a single dataset when building Infrastructure dashboards for Kafka Clusters.

When building custom dashboards for Kafka clusters using the Infrastructure & Platforms data source and Kafka Cluster entity type, it is currently not possible to select multiple topics in a single dataset and aggregate or group their metrics ...
5 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities Under review