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Enable Export of Logs Collected via OTEL Collector from Instana UI in File Formats

Currently, logs collected via the OTEL Collector cannot be exported from the Instana UI in formats such as CSV or XLSX. At present, it is possible to copy individual log messages using log links or by copying them to the clipboard. However, there ...
about 1 hour ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Submitted

Request for Kafka Partition-Level Metrics Collection in Instana

Currently, Instana does not provide the ability to collect Kafka metrics at the partition level. For example, it is not possible to monitor the backlog of messages for each partition. If such information cannot be obtained directly in Instana, it ...
about 1 hour ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Submitted

Request to Remove the 400-Topic Limit for Kafka Metrics Collection in Instana Agent

Currently, Instana Agent imposes a limit of 400 topics for Kafka metrics collection. We would like to kindly request that this restriction be relaxed or removed. In the system we are currently building, the number of topics is expected to reach ap...
about 2 hours ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Submitted

Increase days for retention for traces and calls

Currently Instana allows to keep the history of calls and traces for 7 days, however, due to business requirements and policies that the entity must comply with before other areas and governmental entities, Instana is requesting to extend this ret...
6 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 2 Future consideration

Increasing the largest selectable timeframe in dashboard more than 1 month

Hi, Is there any way to expand the timespan for more than one month? If not, this is a clear needs for all of our customers. BR
almost 3 years ago in Instana / Metric Store 1 Future consideration

Adding a feature to display Oracle metrics in Instana

The Oracle metrics that can be displayed in Instana are listed at the following URL: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-oracledb#metrics-collection Since "temp db" and "temp tablespace" are not ...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Planned for future release

Addition of new Specific database monitoring metrics that are not part of current Instana buit in metrics

Customer have below requirements : for MSSQLSERVER monitoring. 1. Who created any login in SQL server --(Host/username should be displayed ) 2. Who deleted any login in SQL server -- (Host/username should be displayed ) 3. Password changes -- (Hos...
12 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 1 Not under consideration

Improvement of Display Contents for UNDO Tablespace Usage

The status of the extents in the UNDO tablespace is listed as follows on DBA_UNDO_EXTENTS (oracle.com) https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16338_01/server.112/b56311/statviews_5078.htm: ACTIVE EXPIRED UNEXPIRED However, according to information from Oracl...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Future consideration

Natvie Prometheus support

Instana supports Prometheus in a customised way to transfer and work with Prometheus metrics. Basically, Prometheus metrics can be collected and transferred to Instana. But core features like Metrics Labels do not work with the Instana backend in ...
5 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 2 Needs more information

Add a duration metrics for activities inside business processes

When looking at activities of a bussines process I see a column with a "Duration" metrics. This metrics is not available to be selected like the "Latency" metrics in any charts. I would like to be able to select the "Duration" as a metrics under B...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Metric Store 2 Future consideration