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Custom Script Sensor

We request the ability for the Instana agent to natively execute scripts on the host and ingest their output as metrics — without relying on Prometheus exporters or OpenTelemetry endpoints, also with a scheduler that runs the script at a defined i...
4 days ago in Instana / Agent Submitted

Expose entity-related IDs and linked relationships fields in customize cards/views and allow for export

The objective is to enable the creation of a list view that displays all inbound and outbound relationships associated with an Initiative, Key Milestone, or any other entity and download it.
3 days ago in Targetprocess / Data Import and Export Submitted

Allow configuration on out of the box functionality

User experience and satisfaction using TPro is LOW. Because we cannot configure OOB entities, the path has been to re-create functionality in custom entities to provide users with a better experience. This is not sustainable or maintainable. For e...
4 days ago in Targetprocess / Navigation/Menus Submitted

Automatically discover, list, and monitor all operating system processes running on a host

Background and current limitation Please enhance IBM Instana so that it automatically discovers all operating system processes running on a host and provides a complete process list with key resource metrics, without requiring administrators to ma...
11 days ago in Instana / Infrastructure Submitted

RBAC dimension on folder sharing capability

Ability to select Targetprocess roles for view access to folderes in the navigation bar. Currently a user can make a folder public, add specific teams (only applies to organizations managing execution processes in the tool), or custom sharing by a...
10 days ago in Targetprocess / Other Submitted

Targetprocess API currently bypasses UI-configured required field enforcement, allowing records to be created with missing required fields unless a separate Validation Rule exists.

Today, Targetprocess only enforces most required fields in the UI layer. As a result, items created through the API can bypass these required field checks unless a separate Validation Rule has been created. This creates inconsistent behavior betwe...
16 days ago in Targetprocess / User Management Submitted

Enforce consistency across Automation Workflow Policy definitions

There is a lack of consistency across Policies when defining Automation workflows. For example, when creating a Database policy, there are four categories of workflow: Cloud DB scale (no toggle) Database suspend actions Database reconfiguration ac...
1 day ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies Submitted

Need logged in user information available in tools/actions in cp4aiops

we have to validate the logged in user when a tool or action is ran against a particular alert. For that functionality to work , we need the logged in user as parameter to validate before the tool is ran.
1 day ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Submitted

ITCAM MQ cfg SET QUEUE NAME should have a way to exclude queues

Currently the SET QUEUE NAME option in the MQ agent .cfg file is only able to include queues. This makes it difficult to exclude specific queue names such as SYSTEM.AUTH.DATA.QUEUE. Being able to use regular expressions in the selection of queues ...
1 day ago in Instana / ITM v6, ITCAM v7, APM v8 Submitted

Account for hosts in maintenance mode in Plan function

I have a group of VMs spread out across multiple racks-- let's say 100 providers. During host consolidation efforts, we've placed several of the hosts across the racks in maintenance mode --let's say we put 20 in maintenance mode. When you scope t...
3 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning Submitted