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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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Perform a search based on actual model.

To have the ability to search based on the actual model.I can now search on VTMOS but that shows not always the required result.
over 5 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 0 Future consideration

Excluding specific endpoints from monitoring

Instana agent discover and monitor all endpoints however some of them may be irrelevant,under maintenance or fixing progress. So it will be useful to disable/exclude specific endpoints from monitoring when needed. This feature may help us to monit...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Planned for future release

Fixed threshold for Metrics Anomalies

Metrics Processing currently works based on a dynamically measured baseline and alerting based on the various models. In the majority of scenarios, this will deliver positive business outcomes. It would be beneficial to also be able to set a "Fixe...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Excluding specific services from Application Perspective Scope

It is not possible to exclude some of the downstream calls(for ex:excluding only DB calls) from definition. Filtering feature does not support the necessity above, so we cannot define exact perspective.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Future consideration

Custom dashboard queries shows misleading retention information in case of approximation

We have example in custom dashboard were some panels with complex queries show approximation because of retention where the real reason is query time-out. Although we believe this is a flaw we were asked to raise feature request. So please conside...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Application perspectives 6 Future consideration

When using an Event Viewer in WebGUI, the customer would like to be able to see configurable 'mouse over' or mouse 'hover' text for any column.

When using an Event Viewer in WebGUI, the customer would like to be able to see configurable 'mouse over' or mouse 'hover' text for any column. With the following :- The option to be able to add custom text to be displayed on mouse over for any co...
about 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

"mediation-vcenter" enables the use of a proxy

Currently, "mediation-vcenter" does not have a feature for connecting to vCenter via a proxy as it is intended for on-premise use. However, as the use of VMC increases, accessing via a proxy will become necessary in environments with strict securi...
about 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / On-Premises (Hypervisor & Storage & Network) 1 Not under consideration

INSTANA Agent to detect external intrusion

Hi, Could you manage the implementation of a feature where the INSTANA agent will be able to detect a tentative of intrusion on a host or some malware trying to use a vulnerability in the application.
about 3 years ago in Instana / Agent 1 Not under consideration

Provide switch on Event Viewer to make that instance read-only

Currently a Page loads a map in top half and EV in bottom.Icons on map do one of 3 things1)Update the EV on bottom.2)Open EV in new window3)Open LEL (or replacement) in new window. This is the RO view of "other"alarms Requirement : It Is Item 3 - ...
about 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Idea: The password should not be mandatory for user creation if login is possible only with SSO

On our productive instance (https://cariad.tpondemand.com/), users can login only using the Single Sign On functionality. That means that they do not use the Login Name and Password to get access to Targetprocess since they are authenticated ...
about 1 year ago in Targetprocess / User Management 0 Future consideration