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Support Multiple SAML Certificates for Seamless Certificate Rotation

Currently, when rotating SAML certificates (typically done annually for security compliance), our organization experiences service downtime. This occurs due to the time lag between: Activating a new certificate on our Identity Provider (IdP) A...
9 days ago in Instana / Access Control 2 Functionality already exists

I want the default display when a user accesses the Team configuration which I configured

Currently, Instana allows you to restrict the screen visibility of users based on the settings assigned to a "Team." For example, you can display only specified apps, such as the Application Perspective. However, the current default behavior is th...
10 days ago in Instana / Access Control / User Interface 3 Functionality already exists

Allow for 4 hour period before alerting (current limit is 120 min)

This is to allow longer observation of issues before alerting.
21 days ago in Instana / Common 1 Functionality already exists

Alert when net savings become negative

I can set alerts when a commitment drops below a set threshold percent but I want to know when ANY commitment becomes negative in net savings. Is this feature available and hidden or does it need to be a new feature?
28 days ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to Filter by Location

Add the ability to filter by the Standard Dimension: Location
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Functionality already exists

Improve Extension Adjustment on Contracts tab for YoY Changes

Currently, when applying the extension adjustment in coordination with the Extend feature on the contracts tab, it is applying this percentage to the first extension, but not future years. This means that if clients are trying to multiyear plan an...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Functionality already exists

Demote/hide visibility of the forecast model used in "Enhanced Forecast" (Beta)

the technical forecast model used to derive the forecast is shown as the second column in the details of a forecast. Whilst it may be interesting for some I don't think it would be for the marjority of users and just takes up screen real estate un...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Planning 1 Functionality already exists

When running Stanctl up, it should be possible to run without doing an update.

If there is a new version of backend available. You can`t run Stanctl up without doing an update or cancel Stanctl up. It should be possible to do an Stanctl without update. Because if you have some issue and have to restore VM. You want to run st...
2 months ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 1 Functionality already exists

Let the API actions be seen in the Action Log

We found out that under Security and Access -> Audit trail -> Action log, only the actions done using the Instana UI are shown. The actions done via the API are not. It would improve auditability and security to be able to see the actions do...
3 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Functionality already exists

need to add an option to convert and show currency in Million to Crores

The customer currently contributes an ACV of USD 192K and is one of the very few India-based customers using Apptio. Their financial reporting is managed in Crores rather than Millions, which makes it difficult for them to track KPIs effectively w...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 2 Functionality already exists