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User Interface

Support multiple group-by dimensions when adding dashboard widgets

We use a lot of StatsD metrics that are ingested as OTEL and when building dashboards it often helps to be able to group by multiple dimensions, including StatsD metric tags, to display our data. Sometimes it's not useful to only use one dimension...
6 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Custom dashboard: A freeform (canvas) layout and custom backound

A freeform (canvas) layout visual organization mode for dashboards that allows users to freely and precisely place, resize, and overlay charts, text, and images anywhere on the canvas. The ability to set a custom dashboard background combined with...
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Widget resizing to reclaim empty spaces

The widget has reached its minimum size and cannot be scaled down further, wasting layout space for additional widgets.
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Custom Dashboard: Dark mode

Dark Mode and high-contrast interfaces to reduce visual fatigue (especially when using video screens or televisions in NOC).  It produces energy savings and highlights the graphics. Optimize continuous operational monitoring through the imple...
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Custom dashboard: Add Threshold in Chart Time Series widget

Optimize continuous operational monitoring through the implementation of high-impact visual dashboards designed for large-format displays (NOC/SOC), reducing cognitive fatigue and accelerating real-time issue detection and identification.   T...
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Custom dashboards: Add a Imagen widget

This is a common constructive feedback based on what I observe while working with customers and users on a daily basis (specially for NOC/SOC screens)
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Custom dashboards: Add a Status widget (Icons) based on thresholds + Event-Driven Status

Optimize continuous operational monitoring through the implementation of high-impact visual dashboards designed for large-format displays (NOC/SOC), reducing cognitive fatigue and accelerating real-time issue detection and identification.   T...
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Custom dashboards: Add a Gauge widget (Full circle/Half circle) with visual thresholds

Optimize continuous operational monitoring through the implementation of high-impact visual dashboards designed for large-format displays (NOC/SOC), reducing cognitive fatigue and accelerating real-time issue detection and identification.   T...
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Custom dashboards: Add a value status widget with visual thresholds

Optimize continuous operational monitoring through the implementation of high-impact visual dashboards designed for large-format displays (NOC/SOC), reducing cognitive fatigue and accelerating real-time issue detection and identification.  &n...
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration

Change the background color of the BigNumber widget based on the threshold

Optimize continuous operational monitoring through the implementation of high-impact visual dashboards designed for large-format displays (NOC/SOC), reducing cognitive fatigue and accelerating real-time issue detection and identification.   T...
28 days ago in Instana / User Interface Future consideration