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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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Ability to pin left navigation panel open in IT Planning.

Admin related sections of IT Planning (e.g. Configuration), and CT report collections panels can be pinned open using the double arrow near the top of the left panel.   This is not the case for Reporting sections of IT Planning (e.g. Pl...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Usability/UX 0 Under review

Exact Topology Template must allow deselecting neighbourong nodes

In the exact topology templates while choosing the neighbouring nodes it is vital to allow updating the neighbouring vertex by removing some the already choosen vertex as neighbours. At the moment, topology vertex can only be added and once they a...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 2 Future consideration

iOs with Netfox library

We propose that Instana consider supporting the NetFox library for iOS applications. This would involve ensuring that Instana's monitoring capabilities can work seamlessly alongside NetFox without causing conflicts or errors in the application's o...
10 months ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Future consideration

Export data from Custom Dashboards

We are using Custom Dashboards to track and improve our metrics, thanks to custom metrics. But because of 7 days retention, it is not possible to track with historical data. The only way we can manage to find is to semi automate the process with t...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Common 2 Future consideration

Custom Dashboard Thresholds

Can you add the definition of the different levels of thresholds to the widgets. In example , three levels (green, yellow and red) which will change the color relative of the passing thresholds. Chart Time Series, Big Number.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Common 0

Support OpenSearch as Self-Hosted datastore

As an user of the Self Hosted Instana Backend/Datastore, it would be beneficial to be able to replace ElasticSearch with OpenSerach (Interpropability of ES and OS). OpenSearch is available as a managed service on AWS or as K8s operator (https://gi...
almost 3 years ago in Instana / Self Hosted 3 Not under consideration

Add poll_rate option for Apache HTTPd

Hi, Currently there is no poll_rate option in instana agent configuration for Apache HTTPd plugin (com.instana.plugin.httpd) and therefor instana agent requests server status page every 1 second. Can you please add poll_rate option so that we can ...
10 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Planned for future release

Support for Azure SQL reserved capacity

Product doesn't currently support Azure SQL (PaaS) reserved capacity. This functionality is similar conceptually to Reserved Instances for VMs; however, it applies to SQL. Impact: Turbonomic will potentially create pending actions to scale a SQL d...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Billing & Costs & Discounts / Public Cloud PaaS & DBaaS 0 Future consideration

Import DRS Virtual Machine Options settings

Today, Turbo imports DRS affinity and anti-affinity rules. These rules help customers keep VMs together, apart, or only on certain hosts. Some customers (Facebook, NBC) use DRS's Virtual Machine Options to override DRS automation. This settings ar...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 1 Planned for future release

Download of data for widget using Compare should offer file as csv (not zip)

As a user who makes use of the Export of data for Widgets, I want the downloaded file to be in an unzipped csv format when I am using it on a widget which has the 'compare time period' selected, So that I do not need to use the workaround of doing...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Submitted