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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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Instana built-in health metrics

Instana backend provide built-in dashboard panels showing basic health metrics e.g. agent connection status, data delivery etc., backend data ingress and data ingestion status e.g. infrastructure, eum, events, user and apm
3 months ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 1 Future consideration

I want it to also support Microsoft.Data.SqlClient

I would like Microsoft.Data.SqlClient to be supported so that I can get SQL stack traces for instana.
6 months ago in Instana / Tracing 5 Planned for future release

Replace VMware tools shutdown command with SevOne shutdown command for proper shutdown

All VMware customers, would mean one triggered from the vCenter interface will then properly shutdown the machine. /etc/vmware-tools/poweroff-vm-default/etc/vmware-tools/restart-vm-default
3 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Capability to monitor database blockings & wait times in instana

We are unable to monitor databases using Instana, as we don't see options for tracking database blocking, wait times, and similar metrics. Databases: RDS Postgre MSSQL
5 months ago in Instana / Common 1 Future consideration

Filtering options in custom dashboards

Add live filter options in customer dashboard. Say you have an custom dashboard for one specific application to see the overview. But then you want to filter in that dashboard for a specific user, server etc. Just like you have filter options in A...
2 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Under review

Widget Descriptions

The ability to add a short descriptor within the widget or being able to hover over a widget and see the descriptor
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government 0 Submitted

Delete actions, such as unnecessary snapshots and virtual NICs

I would like you to present actions to reduce waste other than VMs, Volumes, and DBs. I want to centrally manage wasted resources with Turbonomic.
2 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 0 Planned for future release

Expand Frontdoor API to include CREATE, UPDATE, and DELETE (CRUD) of custom roles

As a Managed Service Provider who manages the Apptio implementation on behalf of the customer organization. The customer organization has many agencies underneath. Each agency may or may not have same permissions to view and use different componen...
14 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

Enabling support for OpenShift Container is a necessary addition

Apptio currently does not support OpenShift Container, unless it’s ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS), which is a service provided by AWS. Enabling support for OpenShift Container is a necessary addition, and we kindly request that you review...
14 days ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

Waterfall Chart in Cost Transparency

This enhancement request would allow us to view the full page of the waterfall chart in the Cost Transparency Production environment and hide the data entry table that is only needed in TBM Studio Development environment. However, we have faced so...
14 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted