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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

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Adding Front Side Protocol to monitoring by Instana IBM DataPower sensor

Instana provides monitoring of Multi-Protocol Gateway. But we need to know the status of Front Side Protocol eg. HTTP Handler of the Gateway. Knowing the status (up/down) is very important. Please see attachment.
2 months ago in Instana / DataPower 0 Submitted

Compress and store all metrics per day

This functionality provides a correct and reliable comparison of current to historical data (not based on extrapolations). Preserve the results as compressed metrics for all collected data per day. Extract the relevant statistics: count, average, ...
2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

Increase Dimension count via API data pulls

This request is to expand the limits of the reporting API endpoint to allow more than 15 dimensions. We’ve been hitting a limit on that for some of the workflows we have and was hoping there would be a solution for that.
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Sorting by top n results broken down by month or day, should show top n results for each time period

Currently in Apptio BI, if you create a report with a single dimension and single cost metrics, you can sort the data by top results based on the metrics or dimension values. Once you select the "View by" field to any other than "none", you loose ...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

EditRows() function should strictly follow checkbox selections when they are enabled on the Editable Table report component

If the Checkbox option is enabled on an Editable Table component in a Report, the use of the EditRows() function in the action script of a button should only update rows that have the checkbox ticked. If no rows have been ticked, it should not upd...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Can the Jira Integration be updated to allow for a Rightsizing recommendation to be tied to an existing Jira?

A few of our engineering groups have asked if the Jira integration with Cloudability could be updated to allow them to tie a Rightsizing recommendation to an existing Jira ticket or if multiple recommendations could be tied to one Jira ticket? I t...
25 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Allow custom metric reporting without a primary dimension defined

Problem: I have several custom metrics defined in my Cost Transparency data set. I would like to be able to show both grand values and trended breakdowns per month for a selected time frame. Right now when I try to build that summary I get the err...
25 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Provide Ability to Control or Eliminate Product Update Pop-Ups

Not all users use the functionality that the popup refers to causing confusing. Privacy concerns around surveys or pop-ups requesting a response drive the desire to control who and when these pop-ups appears. Would like the ability to control whic...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

Lack of error messaging

Several reports when fails results in ambiguous error message and at times grammatically incorrect, need error definitions and what they mean for awareness.
about 2 months ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Apptio DataLink Adaptor for Planning Analytics (On-Prem)

Hi Team, Clients today are having to manually extract and load up data from Apptio into their Planning Analytics instance on-prem. Currently there is no intention to move to using Planning Analytics Cloud (SaaS). The client has strict data soverei...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted