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PINNED Reduce Instana infrastructure footprint by reducing metrics resolution
First, we installed on self-hosted Instana Backend on Docker (on-premies). However, the backend didn't respond to the production load and lost monitoring data. Then, We decided to go forward with Openshift Installation. However, the recommended Op...
PINNED Instana Backend on ARM
Some customer have the request to install Instana backend on their Server which is using the ARM architecture CPU.

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group of calls "Without log message"

They want the possibility to group the calls "Without log message" in Analytics.
almost 3 years ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Functionality already exists

Traces are not shown for a "hmsbatchscheduler" service when selected larger duration

add the historic data indicator to the dashboards to avoid the confusion.
almost 3 years ago in Instana 1 Not under consideration

Create SFTP-FTP for Webi Report Advanced Parameters

Customer ask to create SFTP-FTP plug-in for Webi Report Advanced ParametersIs needed for FTA : FTA041LP_1 (PRD) and FTA040LT_1 (TEST) are all in 9.5 versionHe needs to send via SFTP report created on BO Marco Borgianni was involved on this topic.
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

DWC searching job stream by job returns results for job stream with start condition monitor jobs

Currently, DWC searching job stream by job does not return results for job stream with start condition monitor jobs.
about 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

APM agent for MQ Appliance should monitor Hardware too

We are using massively MQ Appliance but the last version of agent is not complete because it doesn't show information about MQ Appliance Hardware
about 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 3 Not under consideration

Would like Centralized Agent upgrade process to support deployment of iFixes

Currently, if we want to deploy an iFix for our FTA/DA agents we have to create an install script and then remote into each server and manually apply the iFix.It would be nice if installing an iFix was as easy as deploying a FixPack via the centra...
about 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Arithmetic operations on dashboard widgets

The customer wants to be able to create a widget using simple operations (x % / + -...).One of the use cases is creating the widget displaying the count per minute so they have to divide the average by 60 which is not yet possible.
about 3 years ago in Instana 2 Planned for future release

Copy job logs

On a job creation (e.g. executable type), under environment tab we have , Standard input, Standard output, Standard error. This capabilities allows to provide a path to send the joblog. Allthough for job types like "SAP JOB ON DYNAMIC WORKSTATIONS...
about 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

SSO and Groups

The idea would be that we configure the dedicated groups in AD and assign them to the corresponding users. Instana would have to use the group provided in the SAML request and map the user to the group within Instana.
about 3 years ago in Instana / Access Control 2 Functionality already exists

composer jobstream output no longer readable starting from 9.4

Jobstream output from composer uses 2 line returns instead of 1 between jobstreams and jobs, This has 2 negative impacts: 1. It is much less readable. To make output readable just change font or screensize or use DWC graphical views. 2. It takes u...
about 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release