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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 ...
2 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...
2 days ago in Instana / Access Control Submitted

Scope Cost Sharing by Payer

Cost Sharing currently distributes shared costs across all/selected Business Mappings, regardless of which payer account incurred the cost. In multi‑payer, multi‑cloud environments, this leads to incorrect allocations. Add the ability to scope Cos...
2 days ago in Cloudability / Cost Allocation and Sharing Submitted

Azure mapping of Usage Type and Usage Family change to align with other CSPs

Currently, Usage Type is a concatenation of the Meter Category and Meter SubCategory columns from the Azure Billing Export Report (or the cost data API endpoint). This prevents a one-to-one comparison of CLDY to the source data since a combining o...
1 day ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Submitted

Need to be able to install and manage Standard Edition via sudo

Today, in order to install and manage Instana Standard Edition, you must login as root. Running commands via sudo does not work properly. Many customers do not allow users to log onto servers as root. All elevated permissions must be accessed via ...
1 day ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Save Column-set when viewing columns in a table or object in TBM Studio

When validating formulas or looking at data in a table or object with more than 75 columns, the user must change the column configuration to view what they need. If the browser refreshes or the data updates, this process must be repeated. It would...
2 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio Submitted

Calculated Forecast Fields

Currently, Employee Benefit Expense is automatically calculated based on benefit rates by location entered in the Configuration page of Apptio. The calculation applies those rates to the salaries. Example: If Chicago benefit rate is 20% and Salari...
3 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Needs more information

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...
8 days ago in Instana / Tracing Submitted

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...
9 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Under review

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...
11 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Under review

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