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SSL Support for DB2 integration in Cloud Pak for AIOps

In a troubleshooting case that we have open, we have been informed that the DB2 integration for Cloud Pak for AIOps does not support SSL connection to the database. The security need for SSL should be self-evident; AIOps event data contains propri...
2 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Submitted

Ability to use filename of loaded data in HTML component

We have some automated file loads which include a timestamp in the filename. The timestamp is relevant for teams during critical month-end periods to understand what numbers they are looking at in Apptio reporting. We would like to be able to add ...
7 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted

Request for Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8.0.11 tracing support

Hello, We are doing an Instana POC, and we need your support on the .NET Npgsql tracer. The application to be monitored is deployed on AWS ECS Fargate. Also, it connects to AWS Aurora (Postgres) DB using the Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL 8...
13 days ago in Instana / Tracing Submitted

Automated Inventory Report Subscription

Description: I would like to request the ability to subscribe to the Inventory Report, so that it can be automatically sent to a defined set of users on a scheduled basis. Request: I would like to be able to: Create a subscription: Set up a subscr...
9 minutes ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory Submitted

Please support for parking function of OCI VM & DB

Now, Turbonomic release preview of OCI optimization function. But, it have not supported parking function yet for OCI. Japan market customer are strongly interested in parking function by turbonomic. *Cost reduction for cloud service and deveolpme...
about 9 hours ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Parking Submitted

Access to public Artifactory repositories via web browsers is restricted due to company security controls.

Our company laptops have recently been migrated to a cloud‑native environment. Previously, we used specific URLs with dedicated credentials to download Instana and MQ‑related software. However, under the new setup, the credential pop‑up prompt is ...
about 11 hours ago in Instana / Self Hosted Submitted

Add an option to export the list shown in the "Comparison Table" view of the Infrastructure tab

There is a need to export the list of hosts in the "Comparison Table". This support will be really handy when you have multiple hosts are defined in the system. Also, noticed that the default option shows 50 per page. If we select to show 100 per ...
about 11 hours ago in Instana / User Interface Submitted

Need to create the conversions in CP4AIOPS UI similar to Netcool DASH

Introduce a "Conversions" management capability within the CP4AIOps UI for Alerts and Incidents settings. This should allow administrators to: Define a mapping dictionary for specific fields or columns. Translate raw string/integer/boolean values ...
about 11 hours ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps Submitted

Need better alert content

When Events trigger and alerts are send to end users, there is a need to have important information as part of the alert. For example, let's say I setup a threshold to monitor for sustained CPU usage greater than 80%. When the Alert is sent, it is...
about 17 hours ago in Instana / Alert Submitted

Leverage traceparent Header for Kafka Message Correlation

Using a commonly accepted header would better align with industry norms, and provide consistent convention for programmatic logging and correlation.
about 17 hours ago in Instana / Other Tracers Submitted