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    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 ...
    6 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Create Automation to Refresh and Update Access Scope of Instana Teams Every "N" Minutes

    In large-scale environments where Instana Teams are used to logically segment access across dynamic infrastructures (e.g., Kubernetes, multi-cloud, ephemeral workloads), the resources assigned to a Team’s Access Scope can change frequently. Howeve...
    7 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Add Identifier/Flag for Events Suppressed During Maintenance Windows to Support Downstream Integrations

    When an Instana environment is in a maintenance window, events are intentionally suppressed and not forwarded to downstream systems such as ServiceNow (SNOW). However, Instana currently provides no mechanism to identify or retrieve which events we...
    10 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Ability to monitor shared drive on Windows Server (SMB)

    Request for Instana to add the ability to be able to monitor Windows shared drives (using SMB) in the same fashion that Linux NFS mount points are currently monitored. I am currently using Windows 2016 and Windows 2022 Standard Edition.
    10 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Planned for future release

    CPU Utilization Graph Broken Out by Subsystem with Stacked Visualization & Color Customization

    Customer is requesting the ability to break out CPU utilization by application subsystem or service and display it as a stacked bar chart. The customer also requests the ability to customize color assignments for each subsystem in the stacked view.
    12 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 2 Future consideration

    Enable Bidirectional Integration Between Instana and BigPanda

    The current integration approach between Instana and BigPanda is limited to one‑way communication using webhooks, allowing Instana to send or collect data unidirectionally. However, some customers(FIS, TIS, TSYS) require full bidirectional synchro...
    13 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Need to improve accounting/billing capabilities

    I'm working with a customer that wants improvements in the accounting and billing capabilities. First, they want a very clear and easy way to see the projection for the month. Ideally, just a number that we report rather than having to flyover the...
    20 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

    Ability to change the Log retention back to 7 days

    After enabling logging to allow open-telemetry log, the log retention period can only be 30, 60 and 90days. Due to disk space issue, we do not need to keep extended period of time. Customer should be able have the ability to change this retention ...
    26 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Planned for future release

    Need the ability to track which API Keys/Personal Access Tokens are making API calls

    Given that there are scalability issues with large numbers of API calls, the customer has the need to understand which people and which API Tokens and personal access tokens are running large numbers of API requests. That way they can identify whi...
    27 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Functionality already exists

    Custom Dashboards: integrating Analytics' filters

    Not every client Instana user is an expert in the tools that it provides, and may not handle complex tasks with ease. Having the Analytics' saved filters as an automatic option integration in Custom Dashboarding would save a lot of time and possib...
    about 2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Future consideration

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