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Logs for all levels (blocks) in concert workflow

The client need to export logs of workflow in any format files (for ex, csv). They want output of all blocks used in workflows in logs so that they can debug in detail. Currently, this feature is not available. The Client cannot use debug feature ...
about 1 month ago in Concert Workflows Not under consideration

We should be able to attach files directly if it is stored on locally(where the IBM Concert is hosted)

We should be able to attach files directly if it is stored locally (where the IBM Concert is hosted) using blocks such as Email,Https. something similar to how it is shown in the attachment
about 1 month ago in Concert Workflows Not under consideration

Extend Anomaly Alert notifications through to Slack and Emails external to registered users

Request from users. Currently need to use Pager Duty to relay alerts to Slack and external Emails. Would be useful to be able to send alerts directly to Slack or any email.
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection Not under consideration

ThoughtSpot AI - Spotter functionality available for customers

Hello, as Turbonomic consultant, it will be nice to have TS Spotter functionalities inside TS. As this is an AI tool, it will help reduce time used on creating liveboards, answers, etc.
about 2 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Reporting Not under consideration

Smart Root Cause Detection for "Agent Not Reporting" Events

## Executive Summary (Elevator Pitch) The current "Instana Agent not reporting" event doesn't differentiate between network issues, host failures, or agent process problems. During network incidents, this creates alert storms with hundreds of iden...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Agent / Alert Not under consideration

Remove the version restrictions on multiple instances of AIOps on a single cluster

The product documentation for AIOps up to 4.13.1 states: Each new instance of IBM Cloud Pak for AIOpsthat you deploy on the cluster must be the same version or a more recent version than any already‑installed instances on the cluster. Older versio...
about 2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Not under consideration

Granular Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for Instana Dashboards.

Abbott requires tighter security controls over custom dashboards in Instana. The current model grants full permissions (view, edit, delete) to all members once a dashboard is shared with a team. There is no way to restrict access to read-only or l...
2 months ago in Instana / Access Control Not under consideration

Add contains/regex/wildcard support to Custom Event DFQ / metric pattern conditions

To support the migration from IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) to Instana, ITM Situation threshold formulas which contain the SCAN function cannot be migrated. The ITM SCAN function searches for a value or partial value anywhere in text or timestamp at...
2 months ago in Instana / Alert Not under consideration

Add more information to Autoscale recommendations

Cloudability is generating Autoscale savings recommendations even when the suggested configuration shows no change (the From and To values are identical). This can be misleading, as it appears there’s nothing to implement despite an associated sav...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Not under consideration

Allow Customization or Duplication of Built-in Events in Instana

We are currently experiencing a high number of false positives generated by Instana’s built-in events, which leads us to completely disregard them and instead rely on custom events or smart alerts. The main limitation is that built-in events canno...
2 months ago in Instana / Alert Not under consideration