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Automated report from instana dashboards

We are trying to send an automated report from instana custom dashboard via email, but we don't see any options available in UI also don't see anything in the instana documentation. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability Please help wit...
8 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure / User Interface 0 Future consideration

Identify layouts used by users

Can there be something built to identify public layouts that are used by users, this would mean we can easily remove layouts that are no longer in use. There is no function to identify this currently. 
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Multiple Labor Allocation Rule Reference Data Versions

The ability to save different versions of Labor Allocation Rules to be used for current year Forecast and next year Budget.  The facilities loadings, vacancy rates, bonus %, insurance costs, etc vary from year-to-year.  We currently must...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Perform Sandbox Refresh

As an admin, I would like the ability to perform a sandbox refresh.  We refresh our sandbox on a monthly basis, and it would be helpful if there were an option for the admin team to go in and schedule the refresh on our own as opposed to open...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Targets in Apptio ITP

Wanting to document a requirement on how to set the targets in Apptio ITP on Fiscal Year basis. For example if the plan is open for multiple years FY2024-2026, currently target amounts are set for FY2024. So we'd need the ability to set the target...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Layout creation must included all mandatory fields

When mandatory field is hidden, users don’t know it must be completed and as a result the row does not get saved. Request is that layouts should only be able to be created that include all mandatory fields. Main issue here is line is not getting s...
almost 3 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Custom dashboard - last value

Through Prometheus, we are gathering in Instana a gauge metric that shows if an instance is active (1) or inactive (0). We'd like to show this value in a custom dashboard using a 'Big number widget' or a 'Top list widget'. It would be great if we ...
9 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities / User Interface 0 Future consideration

To Exports Targets from Targets section

This would be useful as all other exports that are used for cost board packs for ex co come from Apptio Planning barr the targets as you cannot export them.
9 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Improve the usability of the search textbox

improve the usability of the search text box.1. its position is confusing (where is search box!?)2. the filter selection select box is mistaken for the search text box.3. I have to press the magnifying glass icon to search (I want to input search ...
10 months ago in Instana / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Dashboards with large timespans reduce the peaks and are less use-full

The "problem" I have is if you take a look as an example to the timings of the garbage-collection graph.I have here an app who does every 5 seconds a 300ms gc, if you are in the 10 minutes frame this is visible. I can go back 24 hours in this gran...
about 3 years ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Future consideration