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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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Documentation (Dev pages): setting column width & row height manually on grids

On the TargetProcess Development pages, there is an explenation on how to create a Grid. Here, the only documented way to set column width and row height is setting them on "auto". This left some confusion, since it indicates these can be set manu...
7 days ago in Targetprocess / Help & Training 0 Submitted

Request the implementation of visibility for the AccountingOrigin value within Instana

We would like to request the ACE Instana sensor to collect the Accounting Origin and for it to be displayed with ACE message flow stats. We have multiple MLP implementations that share a single message flow. Currently, we populate the Accounting O...
about 2 months ago in Instana / ACE/IIB 3 Submitted

The support of ENodeB devices into ITNM via the Samsung USM collector.

In our commitment to fostering an inclusive and forward-thinking technological environment, I respectfully request the integration of support for eNodeB devices—managed via the Samsung USM network element manager platform, into the IBM Tivoli Netw...
8 days ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Submitted

Make backend automations visible

We have run into a few instances where there are automations behind the scenes that affect entities in ways that are not desirable to the client.Often times these are feature toggles and we have been able to turn them off, but they are hard to tra...
15 days ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 1 Submitted

Access Admin integrated with Usage data reporting

Integrate Access Admin data with Usage to provide reporting that includes role granted/changed, last time logged in, environment accessed, persona, and customization for persona or organization data. Use case 1: Our security protocol requires user...
22 days ago in Apptio / User Management & Login 0 Submitted

Azure Storage Accounts Metrics Missing

When monitoring Azure File Shares with Azure storage accounts and their metrics in Instana, there are missing metrics for monitoring Used Capacity. It's available in Azure metrics and most usefull of them all. But in Instana that is not available ...
22 days ago in Instana / Azure 0 Submitted

Instana Smart Alerts Time Thresholds

Current Smart Alert Evaluation granularity scale is between 1 - 30 minutes.We would need alerts much sooner, 10 seconds would be ideal. Can this scale minimum be changed to less than 1 minute?
29 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

RI plans for items other than VM

Volumes, SQL Databases (vCore), Blob storage? Other RI plans / Savings plan projections would be excessively useful!
9 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning 0 Submitted

Synthetic Tests on Certificates.

Synthetic test for SSL certificate failig where certificates do not have Subject Alternative name
9 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Submitted

Instana IBM DataPower monitoring to be able to monitor the certificates being monitored on IBM DataPower

We would like to get events on certificate expiry within the certificates that are being monitored within IBM DataPower. When the certificates are about to expire.
9 days ago in Instana / DataPower 1 Submitted