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Ability to view logs after agent loss

It would be interesting to be able to view an agent's logs from the SaaS in order to analyze the reason for its loss. Currently, logs can only be viewed when the agent is reporting to the SaaS, but it would be good to be able to analyze the last m...
8 days ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

As a customer I would like to set a group of users to a specific view as a default view using a hierarchical business mapping view for full isolation for security and access.

This functionality will allow the simple structure of applying a default view upon creation of Team level hierarchical associations.
2 days ago in Cloudability / Views 0 Submitted

IBM supported OpenTelemetry collector for Windows Platform

GlobeLife is a windows platform organization. All of their applications run in Windows platform. They want to send logs from applications both in-house developed or COTS to Instana for best use for analysis. Currently there is a LINUX OpenTelemetr...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Submitted

Allow ApptioBi reports to support view shared with a group of users

When using a Shared View, ApptioBI reports populate data as expected. However, when switching to a Group View, the report fails to load and displays the following error: "The user not authorized to access data version: #######" (The ####### repres...
6 days ago in Cloudability / Views 0 Submitted

Integration with AWS Cloudwatch logs

Currently, Instana's Otel Collector does not support integration with AWS Cloudwatch logs out of the box, which means that its integration with AWS service logs and event functions is inferior to that of its competitors.
about 2 months ago in Instana / Logging 4 Submitted

Add Otel tags in log volume Analysis

Add Open Telemetry tags filter group in log volume to facilite analysis volumetry sent directly to Instana Backend (without passing through Instana Agent)
14 days ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

Please add seconds parameter in the input dates field for UI time range section

In general, logs are generated at a nanosecond level. However, in Instana, the current filtering and time range adjustment options are limited to a minimum of one minute. While this granularity may suffice for some use cases, it becomes insufficie...
8 months ago in Instana / Logging 2 Not under consideration

Allow for additional filter logic - combining attributes with OR as well as And.

In the current functionality, when filters are added, you cannot create logic that is (Account IDs = XXXX) OR (Account Names contain YYY). Not having the flexibility to combine data in this way results in creating additional business mappings that...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Views 0 Under review

Cloudability View Definition improvement

As a Cloudability Admin I would like to be able to define Views based on the Payer Account Id, and other core fields so that I can define the views that my users need. My organisation has multiple Payer Account Ids, and I do need to use that field...

Node logs(kubelet logs) by using Instana sensor or configurations

to get insights on the events and issues at Node level.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Kubernetes / Logging 5 Not under consideration