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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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Modify how DA launches a job to mimic how FTA launches the same job

FTA launches a job by first launching jobmanrc and then if LOCAL_RC_OK is set to true, it launches .jobmanrc in the logon user's home dir. In this process, it never sets the variable PATH. A DA launches a job by first launching taskLauncher.sh and...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Possibility to trim the UTC +/- details and display only the city detail in the MWM new entry creation page.

Our operations team are getting confused by the UTC + / - details before the city names in the timezone drop-down from the MWM new entry creation page. For example Eastern timezone was showing as UTC -5 prior to day light saving start and now show...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Option to export MWM table contents to excel/flat file.

Our operations team need to review the maintenance entries often on ad-hoc basis. Its not practical to ask them to copy paste from the page or export from the ImpactDB everytime when they may need it because they cant involve Impact administrators...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Future consideration

Add WebSphere (WAS) information to Analytics filters

Hello, Can you please add WebSphere (WAS) information like Server Name, Node Name and Cell Name into Analytics filters? This would be useful because it would allow us to group calls by those WebSphere information. Something similar is already done...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor / WAS 1 Future consideration

Request to upgrade agent code and corresponding sensors to detect all hazelcast applications in the packaged folder.

When two or more Springboot with hazelcast applications are packaged and run into a single tomcat server’s webapps folder, only one of them is detected. Upgrade agent code and corresponding sensors to detect all hazelcast applications in the above...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 1 Future consideration

Snow ticket creation after reading data from Excel which stores various details wrt to job

We have a requirement to automate the ticket creation using SNOW. All the IWA job details and the agreed priority (when there is a job failure) is stored in a separate Smartsheet. IWA will read data from Smartsheet to determine the priority and ot...
over 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Support for Db2 Connect

Transaction flow where we are accessing Db2 for z/OS data with Db2 Connect support is needed.
about 1 year ago in Instana / IBM Z 0 Future consideration

Enable/Disable the anual/quarterly columns

I know that they can be hidden, but client keeps complaining that they accidentally press the year or quarter column, and then it linearizes the value present in the year column into the 12 months, overwriting any value that might be manually regi...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Adapt results of ITP filter to existent filters

If for example we have Department A with expenses (A1, A2, A3) and Department B with expenses (B1, B2), when you try to apply a filter on expenses, you see a list that contains A1, A2, A3, B1, B2.  It would make more sense if, having selected...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

HA proxy routes with SPK ingress needs to be configured - Need enhancement from product

Platform configures OpenShift Routes which is prohibited in Customer environment (RedHat recommendation). HA proxy routes with SPK ingress needs to be configured - Need enhancement from product
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration