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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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Enable host availability percentage (% Uptime) for a given time period

Calculating the host uptime percentage is essential, as it provides a simple yet critical metric that reflects how long a server has been available compared to the total monitoring period. This measurement is vital for assessing the reliability of...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Submitted

Align the Azure region names in Cloudability with the actual Azure region names

As can be seen in the attachment, Azure provide two region name standards via the API; PricesExtract.Items.armRegionName which is currently used as the second part of the region name in cloudability, and PricesExtract.Items.location which currentl...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 2 Submitted

KPI widget for Rightsizing is only 10 days, would like it to be 30, 90 and use effective savings as well, toggle for widget configuration

Ask -**Default Period**: - The default period for analysis is currently set to **10 days**. - We aim to extend this default period to **30 days**. **Additional Lookback**: - However, we also need to consider a **90-day lookback**. - Some of our gr...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Centralized management for all subscription, for both Total Cost and Cloudability reports.   It is very challenging today

Centralized management for all subscription, for both Total Cost and Cloudability reports. It is very challenging today
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

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...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Submitted

Need a way to detect that the input rate on a queue is exceeding the output rate

The customer has applications where the consuming application components occasionally have problems. They don't consume the messages off the queue fast enough. If this happens for a very short period of time, it is not a problem. But, when it occu...
about 2 months ago in Instana / MQ 0 Submitted

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

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...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

Ignore today's date when running comparison reports

When running cost comparison reports, today's date is included in the analysis. For example, if I select "This month" and compare it against "Last month-to-date", it's never an equal comparison as "This month" includes the day that you are running...