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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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Cannot rename/label hosts

It is easy to segregate the servers
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Future consideration

Capture parameters of dynamic SQL statement for JDBC

Dynamic SQL is normally writing a query with parameters, and it will be very helpful to show the actual value of the parameters of SQL statement during problem diagnose. Current Instana can only display the SQL statement without the parameters val...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Future consideration

MULTI CURRENCY PROJECT SETTINGS ENABLED BY DEFAULT DPENEDING ON THE RELEASE

Hello, we are Australian company reporting in AUD only in Apptio. We work in highly regulated environment and all currency translations happens in the source GL/financial system that then converts multiple currencies and business entities into AUD...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Planned for future release

for a user to share a PLAN with another users, OR ...somehow make the PLAN accessible by other users.

for a user to share a PLAN with another users, OR ...somehow make the PLAN accessible by other users. If I create a PLAN on turbonomic, I would like some other users to be able to see/run that PLAN. Need a way to share a PLAN or to make certain PL...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Planning 5 Future consideration

The Filter Options on Object Manager should default to "show both"

Every admin should, by default, get a holistic view of what the discovery for a device is actually doing. If they cannot make this a default, then at least make it an option in the settings to make this the default.
almost 2 years ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Not under consideration

Instana should integrate with DB2 DBA/Management tools for deep dive export DB performance for troubleshooting and administration.

Instana customer have to use 3rd party DB management tools, like DBMariine, to retrieve more detail DB2 performance information for troubleshooting. Suppose Instana should integrate DB2 DBA related tools.
almost 2 years ago in Instana / DB2 / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

Department Filter Sorted by Department ID rather than Department Name

Currently Department Filter is filtered by Department Name rather than Department ID.  This can be confusing when searching for Departments, especially if user is used to work with IDs rather than Names.  The option to choose if Depart...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Allow ability to not actually suspend hosts, but put them in a state where no VMs will be placed on them

The way that our infrastructure is set up does not respond kindly to host suspend/power off actions, but we want to be able to densify our current environment. We'd like the ability to enable "suspend host" such that we can operate efficiently on ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM 1 Future consideration

Waterfall Charts in BI for ITP Data

As a user I would like to take my planning data create a waterfall chart in BI. I  want to compare from ONE ITP plan this year vs next year. Current functionality in planning only allows for comparing one plan to another vs compare the s...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Automatic Snapshot Removal

Snapshots are often taken and forgotten in the environment. They cause both unwanted storage use and performance issue to VMs if left around too long. Would like to be able to create an automation to remove\consolidate snapshots for groups based o...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM 3 Planned for future release