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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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Ability to search/filter in a table widget on Dashboard

Currently if you have a long list of items in a table widget, there is no way to search or filter so you have to scroll through the entire list to find what you are looking for. Could we have the same ability to filter a table, as we do in Apptio ...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI / Cloudability Government / Reports, Dashboards 1 Future consideration

ITNM observer should be extened to bring in various collection objects ( VLAN , L2 and L3 VPN , BGP , OSPF , RAN , EPC , LTE etc ) disocvered by ITNM as Topology/Resource group Objects in ASM

Currently ITNM observer don't bring all sort of collections ( VLAN , various layer 2/3 VPNs , BGP , OSPF , LAG , Subnet etc ) that ITNM has modeled and discovered in ITNM as Topology Resource group objects in ASM . Thisis the key area where we can...
about 1 month ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Add supported commitment types across OCI

Adding supported commitment types across OCI instances as well. It would help us get commitment recommendations from OCI as well. We have significant amount of spending on OCI as well
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) 1 Future consideration

Rightsizing ROI Widget totals based on 30/10 days, on-demand/effective

The current widget totals displaying the potential savings and realized savings show add up 10-days and 30-day timeline amounts. However the ticket is created this is how the potential and realized savings are displayed. Thus the total figures are...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

AWS - Add additional RI & SP Metrics

Per Case #00352871, requested to submit Enhancement, as the metrics I need in Cloudability/BI are not available. NetUnblendedCost, ReservationNetEffectiveCost & SavingsPlanNetEffectiveCost
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) 0 Future consideration

ITP / Labor KPI metric to show both the current MEC's actual and YE forecast

In ITP, labor/KPI currently shows only the year ending headcount. We want to be able to see both the current month-end that has actual available and also year-end forecast/target. This basic workforce status view will be meaningful to upper manage...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

ITP Module: ITP> Expense > Summary/Labor/Contract/Other Tabs: Add Undo Option

ITP Module: ITP Expense Summary/Labor/Contract/Other Tabs: Add Undo Option
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Move tabs up when the tab scroll bar appears. Ensure the scroll bar doesn't cover part of the tab text.

why: the new functionality - Horizontal scroll bar for open Studio document tabs​ - is very helpful, but the scroll bar cuts off the bottom part of text. g, p,j,q,y all have their tails removed. Pricing looks like Pricino because the bottom part o...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 1 Future consideration

Rightsizing ROI- Allow businesses to define custom resolutions when "Wont Do" is selected in Rightsizing ROI tickets.

As a FinOps practitioner at a large company, I need to be able to itemize missed optimization opportunities. Currently, the comment field offered in the Rightsizing ROI is a free form only field, and the field is not exported when you export the r...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Usage by Hour Ability with GCP Data and Off Hours Savings Tracker

Our company is wanting to see potential savings by spinning down resources during off hours but are currently restricted as Cloudability only supports the day of week for time period and not hours for GCP data (GCP billing data has usage_start and...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Future consideration