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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 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Functionality already exists

Upgrade Optimizations

Include Options to upgrade EC2 / servers in the cloud tenants. What is the current older resource version and the recommendation for a newer, more cost effective resource type. This capability is available in AWS portal Compute Optimization Dashbo...
4 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

Add recommendations for rightsizing Compute within same instance family

In the Cloudability rightsizing module, each resource ID typically receives 3–5 recommendations, which appear to be ranked by estimated savings and risk. However, in many of the tickets we’ve reviewed, the tool does not suggest downsizing within t...
16 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

In the Cluster Master, on the Peers tab, it would be nice to be able to save the column configuration you choose.

I have to move the columns around to see the object volume next to the peer names. I'll make device move changes and have to refresh to see the new amounts, but the columns always jump back to the way they were initially. It would be nice to save ...
3 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) Functionality already exists

Trigger events from inactive subsystems regardless of the number of subsystems displayed by the active subsystems widget

The client has 63 subsystems that we cannot monitor because the Instana metric only shows the top 20 assets, which means that events are not generated when the subsystem is not among the 20 that Instana captures. The solution is for Instana to all...
11 months ago in Instana / IBM i Functionality already exists

Increase Account Group Limit

We are currently facing a limitation where the account group field setting allows a maximum of only ten groups, which is no longer sufficient for our customers. Therefore, we hope to increase the number of available account group fields.
3 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Functionality already exists

Request for Enhancement: Prevent Multiple Master Roles in IWS

In IWS automatic failover configurations, after a failure and subsequent recovery, there is a possibility that multiple MDM/BKM instances with master roles may run simultaneously (split brain). In evaluation environment, this situation caused a ba...
7 months ago in Workload Automation Functionality already exists

Add hours to SLO Objective lenght

We have a KPI that monitors the login failures and we need to define a SLO between 8 AM and 10PM, but with the current length options we cant do that. If its possible we would like to have the option to select specific dates that reoccur every day...
11 months ago in Instana / SLO/SLI (STAN) Functionality already exists

Supported DataPower versions 10.5

Instana supports metrics and configuration data for IBM DataPower 2018.4, 10.0.1.x, 10.0.x and later versions, ref: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-datapower#supported-datapower-versions Most...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor Functionality already exists

Rightsaving Policies for less than a dollar of savings

Mayo Clinic has several rightsizing Requests that have less than $1 of savings, while these are small, adding up this could lead to thousands of missed savings
22 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Functionality already exists

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