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Functionality to export,edit,import IWS Database Objects in Excel (or some other form of spreadsheets)

This is an idea to add a functionality to export/import IWS Database Objects to/from IWS DB. Many IWS customers are requesting a functionality to export IWS Database Objects to a spreadsheet, edit them, then bulk import the objects back to IWS DB....
about 12 hours ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Custom Dashboard Panel - Persist with filters values

In custom dashboard I'm not able to hold/save the custom dashboard data with filter values. So, I'm asking for a change in behavior on the existing preview filter feature within the custom dashboard. Please refer support ticket and attached screen...
1 day ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted

Need ability to configure retention period for Traces and Transactional data - Backend database

In Instana we have ability to configure retention period for metrics data and but not for Traces and Transactional data, I need the same flexibility to configure retention period for Traces and Transactional data as well. for example my clickhouse...
about 23 hours ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Submitted

Support for multiple database hosts for Docker Compose deployments

In the Docker Compose setup for IBM Workload Automation (TWS and DWC), the DB_HOSTNAME variable accepts only one host. We have a database with a primary and backup host for failover, and in non-container setups (e.g., CLIConfig.properties), multip...
1 day ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Enable Directional Control (Outbound/Inbound) for “Related” Relations in Integrations

Currently, in Apptio Targetprocess integrations (e.g., ADO ↔ ATP), when using “Related” as the relation type between entities (such as Feature, User Story, and Team PI Objective), the relationship is automatically displayed as both Inbound and Out...
29 minutes ago in Targetprocess / ADO/JIRA Integration 0 Submitted

How to find pool/d-pool name for a dynamic agent, based on a command or SQL query

In order to find out a pool for a given dynamic agent, the current method is to take a dump of all CPU definitions and then search for the existing pool associated with the agent, however in huge environments where adding agents to pool is a frequ...
about 6 hours ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Folder system for dashboards and reports

I would like to be able to create folders/groups for reports and dashboards to categorize my data. In Dashboards there is no system for this today and in Reports the only place new reports go to are "Custom". I'd like to have more flexibility and ...
2 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Submitted

Instana support for Oracle Data Guard

Customer needs support for monitoring Oracle Data Guard.
14 days ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Submitted

Adding selection of policies in order to create different plan scenarios

Would it be possible to create a menu similar to placement policies when performing a plan, but for automation policies. This way we can do something like this: Lets say we have two policies already created: Policy 1 -> I want to scale workload...
4 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Submitted

Bring Your Own S3 Bucket Support for IBM FinOps Agent (Containers Metric Deployment)

The IBM FinOps Agent currently requires outbound connectivity to transmit container metrics, which presents challenges for private or highly regulated Kubernetes environments. We propose introducing a “Bring Your Own S3 Bucket” (BYOS3) deployment ...
6 minutes ago in Cloudability / Container Reporting 0 Submitted