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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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Visibility Cloudability issues

We use business mappings to control the views. However if the business mappings are updated the effect is that users can no longer view the ticket/cloudability issue they have raised. Cloudability seems to retain the business mappings value from t...
7 days ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

URGENT - Add "NESTING DETAIL" and "NUMBER OF NESTINGS" parameters to RestAPI used by WAPL jobs in order to mitigate slow response times related to networking. this IDEA has been suggested by IBM support

UNIPOL needs to use DWC REST API queries in order to monitor his TWS scheduling infrastructure. Specifically, he wants to check the status of a jobstream in the current plan, and all the jobs it contains. In case a job is not COMPLETED, we launch ...
7 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Scorecard can have historical data option

My customer is looking for scorecard data for more than 30 days. As of now in scorecard there is only two option either we can choose look back period of last 10 days or 30 days.
7 days ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

Improve Instana SaaS by supporting "User sessions query"

Dynatrace provides the User sessions query with SQL-like methods It is a functionality to query and view various metrics in a table.
7 days ago in Instana / Observability of AI 1 Submitted

Improve Instana SaaS Account & Billing features by Billing Simulation

The feature of Billing Simulation and Forecast Event Notification in Dynatrace is needed at Instana. - Billing Simulation is displayed until the contract end date, showing three values: upper bound, lower bound, and average. - If an event occurs t...
7 days ago in Instana / Observability of AI 1 Submitted

Regarding the Rightsizing Score table on the Scorecard

In the current Cloudability Scorecard, accounts that are not connected are still shown with a rightsizing score of 100. Since connected accounts with no recommended actions are also displayed as 100, this makes it difficult to clearly distinguish ...
7 days ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

Support for custom scripts to generate alerts with scheduling in Instana.

The Instana capability would consist of providing an option to associate a custom script with a host or any other element, along with a scheduler that runs the script at a defined interval. Depending on the script output, an alert event could be g...
7 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

It should be easy to identify if a Solution is made by IBM or by some other entity (e.g. partners).

It should be easy to identify if a Solution is made by IBM or by some other entity (e.g. partners).
8 days ago in Targetprocess / Solutions and Solutions Library 0 Submitted

Add a metric to monitor the percentage of system spool consumption (based on PRTPRFINT command)

The IBM i can accumulate spooled files over time and consume significant space, potentially affecting system performance. Currently, this consumption is only reviewed manually using the PRTPRFINT command, which leads to a reactive monitoring appro...
8 days ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Submitted

Ability to verify the expiration date of the “update access keys” from the Hardware Management Console

This feature enables the verification of the expiration status of the “update access keys” within the Hardware Management Console. It ensures that administrators can monitor and prevent interrupted access to system updates and hardware management ...
8 days ago in Instana / IBM Power 0 Submitted