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[Copy] Remove Service-Level Anomalies when Segment Level Anomaly is detected

Prior to nine months ago the Anomaly feature removed Service Level anomalies when a Segment Level anomaly was detected at the same service, account, date and usage type. The cost delta observed in the duplicates is either nil or within a few dolla...
about 8 hours ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection Submitted

IBM customer facing documentation for Azure EA to MCA migration

Create a dedicated IBM customer-facing documentation, or add a new section to the existing Cloudability Azure documentation, that guides customers through the steps required when migrating their Azure billing account from an Enterprise Agreement (...
about 6 hours ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations Submitted

Advanced Labor Allocation Rules - caps and floors on rules (eg x% capped at $2000, or y% but at least £30, etc)

It would be very useful to be able to specify minimum/maximum values for an allocation rule to produce Some percentage-based costs start or stop entirely at certain absolute £ values. EG we have a company car scheme worth 10% of salary, capped at ...
about 10 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Advanced Labor allocation Rules - %age of another rule's result (eg add tax to pension)

We have a problem in our Labor cost allocations where some costs have National Insurance (assume 15%) applied on top, eg annual bonus. In most cases elsewhere in the company, this looks like this:(Salary * 115%) * (bonus%) = total bonus payment. I...
about 11 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

BUG: We don't see any ways to filter anomaly with the Business Mappings that we create

BUG: We don't see any ways to filter anomaly with the Business Mappings that we create. Example if i wanted to set-up an alert based on Users there is no way i could achieve this in cloudability.
about 14 hours ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection Needs more information

Add more column to the UI for Advanced Rightsizing

When doing an csv export of the Advanced Rightsizing, there are columns that are not exposed in the UI that are in the file. For example date created and date since first discovered. The idea would be to make these column optional but possible to ...
about 18 hours ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

ROSA Support for GCP

ROSA is currently supported just for AWS, we want the ROSA support for GCP as well
about 19 hours ago in Cloudability / Container Reporting Under review

Enhancement Request: Generate Actions Based on Core Operating Hours

Currently, Turbonomic generates actions based on data collected across all time periods, including nights and weekends when system utilization is typically low, rather than focusing on periods of higher activity such as weekday business hours. As ...
about 18 hours ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / SaaS Submitted

Support Violation Count-Based Alert Triggering Within a Lookback Window

Problem Statement Instana Smart Alerts currently evaluate alert conditions based on the number of consecutive evaluation windows that contain violations rather than the number of violations that occur within a specified time period. This limits th...
3 days ago in Instana / Alert Submitted

Remove the 10 Application Perspective Limit When Creating Standard Alerts

Problem Statement When creating a standard (non-smart) alert in Instana, users are limited to selecting a maximum of 10 application perspectives through the user interface. This limitation creates operational challenges for organizations that mana...
3 days ago in Instana / User Interface Submitted