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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 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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jobinfo binary functionality  needed on DA's

jobinfo binary functionality needed on DA's
12 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Want to see elapsed time of jobs in DWC

Want to see elapsed time of jobs in DWC
12 months ago in Workload Automation 7 Functionality already exists

JOBS jobstream to have a proper schedid (0AAA etc), not a schedid of JOBS which changes to the old CF format when carried forward

JOBS jobstream to have a proper schedid (0AAA etc), not a schedid of JOBS which changes to the old CF format when carried forward
12 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Can we have different Dependencies on Runcycles

extend the function on Runcycles
12 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

To be able to convert strings from snmp OIDs to values for indicators.

To be able to convert strings from snmp OIDs to values for indicators.
12 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Planned for future release

Detecting When Devices are Unvailable and Be Notified

For example: If a device is via SNMP and ICMP not available/reachable, then it is most likely down (severity: critical). Otherwise, it is still up (severity: error). So that I can better distinguish whether a device is actually down
12 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Planned for future release

Variable that has the mm/dd/yyyy format and at time = hh:mm

zWorkload Scheduler provides the &ODY1 variable to populate a date when creating email alerts. We would like to see variables that allow for a formatted date and time, to be included in the email alert. For example: We would like to see a vari...
almost 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

instana ELK plugin is not working as expected if we use someother logshipper like vector

out setup Instana version : 241 Elastic version 8.2 Kibana : Stack Management 8.2.3 vector: 0.27.0-debian if I click on pod or container link as it launching the correct kibana dashboard without any logs as there are some issue in filter string it...
12 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Future consideration

Mobile App Monitoring - App starts and views performance metrics

Hello, I would like to know if features concerning mobile app performances will be developped in the future ? We are currently using Google's Firebase SDK to track metrics like 'Application start duration' and slow rendering / frozen frames but it...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 2 Future consideration

Built-in Event on docker container - CPU Usage

Hi team, Currently, on the docker container entity type, there is only one built in event (on the memory) : https://instana.io/s/oAKdnEMqQtuTNHKaq1JBAw We would like to know if it's planned to have a built in event also on the CPU usage which woul...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Future consideration