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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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POST Endpoint for Instana Event REST API

Currently there is no simple way to create Alerts or Alert Channels using the Instana API. Only the PUT method exists which can be used to Create or Update these resources. However, these endpoints require unique IDs to perform these actions, whic...
9 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

Would like to be able to sort by the Progress field.

Valuable in reports and roadmap if block owners/managers/executives want to see reports by progress % rather than "effort" or "size"
9 days ago in Targetprocess / Filters 0 Submitted

New text box for Validation and Automation Rules

The Validation and Automation Rules, need a note box. Since the Description is really the title, there is a need for a text box for general notes. Nothing fancy, just a field to put notes in that you don’t want in the Description box.
12 days ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Submitted

EUM Reporting - make limit or disabling EUM traffic available as protection

operational requirment is 'protect monitoring against unwanted load' by EUM
13 days ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Under review

Visualize network flow duration

The current raw flow data view allows users to see detailed flow data for a specified time span, but it does not provide information on when the flow started or its duration. When an issue occurs during a specific time span and the cause needs to ...
13 days ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 3 Under review

Financial Year under 'Pick a Time Period' in Cloudability Native Dashboards & Reporting

Cenitex have requested a 'Financial Year' time filter for reporting in Cloudability Native Dashboards & reports. Attached screenshot of where it'd be applied. This small addition would be a huge productivity increase for many finance teams who...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Submitted

Add Effective Costs and Savings from Rightsizing to Apptio BI

Hi Team, Would you please consider to add Effective Costs and Savings from Rightsizing to Apptio BI? Right now, only on-demand is being displayed, as these costs are usually higher, they create wrong expectations within the organization. Thanks fo...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Instana monitoring is taking 10-15 mins to refresh time to capture the data from the server, instant monitoring is required.

Instana monitoring is taking 10-15 mins to refresh time to capture the data from the server, instant monitoring is required. This is causing delay in detection of message wait, subsystem and other alerts which depends on Instana backend console re...
13 days ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Submitted

Context filters auto turning on when only one choice is available

Context filters auto turning on when only one choice is available Quick filters turning on even when 'Apply by default' is unchecked for single value filters. Attaching the screenshots for reference.
13 days ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Not very helpful generic VR message on a list view

While deleting a time record, user is seeing a very generic error message which is not meaningful and not helpful for a dev team for debugging purpose.
13 days ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Submitted