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Call tag values always treated as String

Our implementation of tracking flows into Db2 for z/OS via JDBC , the Db2 for z/OS and Z Common Data Provider are required. Once installed and configured, we provide metrics (such as cpu_time, smf_id, io_wait, subsystem_id, elapsed_time, lock_wait...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert / Cross teams/areas / DB2 / IBM Z / Metric Store / Other Tracers / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Tracing for COBOL/C/C++

I want to add custom instrumentation to a COBOL/C/C++ process to hook into the call and instrumentations pipeline in Instana enabling end-to-end traceability from our front-end through all the tiers and including the SQL queries in SQL server. In ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Seperation of batch trace with large call volume into multiple traces

Currently you cannot separate/split the number of traces as the default criteria cannot be changed.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Application Transaction Tracing for DataPower and MQ Appliances

This is idea is beneficial for all customers who employ DataPower and/or MQ appliances as part of their application infrastructure because it would enable them to gain a true 'end-to-end' view of their application flows. By enabling transactions t...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing 2 Not under consideration

Autoprofile support when using the instana lambda extension

We instrument our node based AWS lambdas by using the instana lambda extension. If technically feasible, it would be nice to have support for AutoProfile when using this sensor.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Not under consideration

Add the request body while tracing in instana

In the tracing view, Instana does not collect any Request Body data/payload on a POST request. Header and Parameters are collected, but not the Body. it would be nice to add the request body so traces become more efficient
over 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Source address to traces/calls

It would be great to have some kind of source information always visible for traces/calls. However it is not always feasible to have the source application instrumented, or even to have an Instana-agent installed on the source host/node. Could...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Tracing 3 Not under consideration

To be able to see POST parameters in Instana

The URI of the service called from the screen in the package used by the customer is /cc/claimcenter.do. Currently we cannot check that "which function to call is written in the parameters in the POST".So it will be great to see POST parameters in...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Configuration option for Tracing of SQL query parameters (PostgresQL)

In certain cases, it would be helpful for us to see the query parameters of a query. We would like to have a configuration option to switch tracing on for specific services or even only database entities. E.g. we are having a concurrent access on ...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Support for Grails in Application Monitoring & Tracing

Currently Grails application although running in the JVM can not be monitored on Application Monitoring mode.
about 2 years ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Not under consideration