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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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Extend LDAP sensor capability to monitor IBM Security Directory Server 6.4

Extend LDAP sensor capability to support IBM Security Directory Server 6.4
23 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 4 Submitted

Current Date formula in reports and/or filtering

I would like to implement a dynamic filtering mechanism that automatically adjusts based on the current date. Specifically, I want to embed a formula within the filter logic so that when a report is opened—regardless of how much time has passed—it...
8 days ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Provide and option to adjust the display names for Departments and Projects dropdown in the ITP UI based on client's naming convention to make it more user friendly

We are facing a situation where we need to use two different hierarchies within Planning: a regional hierarchy and a product line hierarchy. The product line hierarchy will also be used for the approval flow, with product line owners and product m...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Option to ensure targets also get filtered by project hierarchy

Currently, there is an option only to set/view targets at department level. We need an option to give or at least show Top-down-targets for both projects and departments. Currently, project owners see the full target value at each level within the...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Have the ability to have private API keys for Container Cost Insights enablement

Having one key for the entire organization is a risk.
6 days ago in Cloudability / Container Reporting 0 Submitted

Enable system logs towards syslog destination option

Currently RIA has an option located at Settings> System Configuration >Syslog destination but is not used for generating compliance and authentication logs towards a SIEM (Security Information Event Management) Can this feature include user ...
3 days ago in Rapid Infrastructure Automation 0 Submitted

Mobile Layer DNS break requires just like Web layer request DNs Capture

As we have the mobile app and webapp we wanted to traces the DNS for web and mobile breakups for the mobile app and web app,
3 days ago in Instana / SRE 0 Submitted

Distributed tracing up till the last tier

As we have the latency monitoring in instana, But we could not able to see the End to end tracing in the instana. Some exaples like if the Mobile user is requeted and we want to see the compplete behaviour and request time and response time on eac...
3 days ago in Instana / Other Tracers 0 Submitted

New user role - with permissions between Automator and Site administrator

A client has requested a new user role, with permissions between Automator and Site administrator. The idea is to have a user role with the permissions to manage the policies and to execute actions. Nowadays the Automator can execute the actions b...
3 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Authentication & Security 0 Submitted

Event Creation based VIOS/LPAR State (pHMC Plugin) on Instana

The customer has enabled the pHMC plugin for Instana and started to get the "State" of their Logical Partitions and VIOs' states. However they are not able to create event based on this state. However to retire their legacy monitoring systems, the...
3 days ago in Instana / IBM Power 0 Submitted