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Azure and GCP utilization metrics needed in Reports in Dashboard in Cldy and ABI

Many customers have a need for utilisation metrics for Azure and GCP in Cldy - its been called out as a feature deficit for years. Its needed for customers so they can dive deep into longer term (like over a year) metrics util on instances to see ...
almost 2 years ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards / Resource Inventory 1 Not under consideration

Pareto chart - Cost Transparency

The Pareto chart is one of the most popular charts, as it allows users to quickly grasp the rate of the top X at a glance. This will enable TMBO to leverage Apptio for C-level reporting.
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Not under consideration

Lifecycle management for unattached disks

Introduce a lifecycle management process for unattached disks to optimize storage efficiency. This includes: Automated Tiering: Move unattached disks from hot to cold tier based on usage and detached status (detached >= 45 days) Analytics/Reass...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 3 Future consideration

Default API URL for reports should include all rows of data instead of only displayed rows

When copying API URLs, currently the default is to copy only the displayed rows (first page) of the report data when the Component Information URL is copied. "&rowCount=1000000000" must be added on to include the entire report. It would be mor...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Submitted

IBM Workload Scheduler Agent - Official Y2038 Compliance Certification

Our organization requires official confirmation regarding the Year 2038 (Y2038) readiness of IBM Workload Scheduler Agent for IBM i Although the operating systems where the agent is deployed are 64-bit platforms and are expected to be Y2038 compli...
3 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Increase scope of Line Item Filters

The customer would like an increased scope for Line Item Filters so that there is more flexibility and capability associated with this feature. Currently the customer cannot filter Roles by Employee Type, or vice versa, because there are only limi...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Support Blocking Direct Root SSH Login for Peer Health Checks

Reference Case TS022615169 - From Customer: Peer health checks and Device Mover currently rely on SSH access between SevOne appliances that assumes direct root login is permitted. In environments where direct root SSH login is disabled as a standa...
3 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Needs more information

Link towards Explore instead of View Report

When investigating an anomaly alert I first click View Details showing the graph that is already helpful. Often it requires further investigation, for which I use the View Report. That works to some extend, but the new Explore feature works a lot ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 1 Submitted

After a failed login, user should be able to see information how to request access to the tool

Admins should be able to define in the error message what information users will see after a failed log in so that users know how to request access
5 months ago in Apptio / User Management & Login 0 Submitted

Enable SSO account provisioning on NMS

We want new users who authenticate via SSO successfully to be able to access SevOne NMS without explicitly needing an account previously created and mapped to that same user. Currently your system only allows users with manually created accounts t...
over 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration