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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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Add CPU count and memory metrics to go along with instance types.

Withe the instance type information, adding a CPU count and total memory should be a easy metric addition that maps to the instance types. CPU count would be very helpful for licensing requirements.
24 days ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 0 Submitted

Create a new Presets button in the Time range Presets options for 'Last month' (or 'Last 28 days', something like this)

Simce Instana can show metrics up to 1 month why isn't there this kinda button in the presets. This can help with showing the 'Monthly overview' of the metrics f.e. in the Custom Dashboard section. Place where I imagine this idea to be developed a...
25 days ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted

Go to next/previous windows timerange

Hello, currently in Instana, we can select a predefined timerange (last 30min, last 1h, yesterday, etc.) or we can customize the timerange with year, month, day, hour, minutes. Once we have this selected, there is no option to automaticaly go to n...
about 1 month ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted

Ability to embed Targetprocess Reports/Dashboards as iFrames in an external webpage

The ability to embed Targetprocess Reports/Dashboards as iFrames in an internal company webpage (i.e. Sharepoint, Confluence, etc.) would help keep stakeholders informed as it relates to the execution of strategic initiatives or projects without t...
about 1 month ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

AI Agent to help customer on API document understanding and helping in coding

An AI Agent for API Documentation Assistance helps customers understand API documentation and provides coding support. It can parse API docs, extract relevant details, and answer queries in natural language. Users can ask about endpoints, request/...
25 days ago in Cloudability / Help & Training 1 Submitted

User / Group Management (IAM) mapping Automatic view allocation

Need to connect AAD Richemont groups to Cloudability roles with an automatic binding. The roles would be applied to views also. Lifecycle of roles to be managed manually (Users in Frontdoor + Cloudability)
27 days ago in Cloudability / User Management & Login 0 Submitted

To add custom time range in instana chart filter/query

We don't have an option to add custom time range in a chart query - like need to display a chart for last 1 day but without changing time filter of the overall dashboard
27 days ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Submitted

Cloudability - Usage Stats

As a Cloudability admin, I should be able to pull usage statistics directly to understand and improve tool adoption. This should include statistics like count of unique users over time, features used within the tool.
2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Custom quick filters for visual reports also to apply to PNG export

The export could be used e.g., in presentations while now when all data for all items is shown the visual is often too loaded.
29 days ago in Targetprocess / Data Import and Export 0 Submitted

iSeries servers availability monitoring

iSeries servers are currently monitored remotely via the agent. However, we need to ensure that events are triggered in in case of below scenario.1. Server down2. Password expired3. Connectivity lost between iSeries to Agent
30 days ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Submitted