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Process database job stored procedure output variables as IWS variables :- case TS020814036

When defining an IWS job using a database stored procedure, we can set it up in IWS and click lookup parameters to get the variables used by the procedure for both in and out. This works fine and we can specify variable table values as the input v...
9 months ago in Workload Automation

Windows Top 10 processes

Provide the ability to display top 10 processes by CPU/Memory much like the Linux agent can.
9 months ago in Instana / Sensor Not under consideration

GPFS Sensor

GPFS (Spectrum Scale) is an enterprise-grade solution for environments that require extremely high performance, scalability, and resilience.Its use is common in sectors where data access time and reliability are critical.Implementing monitoring an...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent Future consideration

Add functionality to event rule to include a variable for the dynamic url for the job log

We would like to add the dynamic url to the job log for any job. We envision this might be best facilitated as one of the selectable variables for event rules. That way we could include in the body of the sendmail action, or to the payload sent to...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation Future consideration

Totals, sub-totals, summaries for cards on views

Calculate and show totals, subtotals across filtered cards Show totals for columns in list views (in headers or footers) Show totals for cells, for column/row headers in board views Use them to summarize total effort, time spent/remain, co...
over 6 years ago in Targetprocess / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) Under review

Instana support for monitoring Netezza

Customer is asking for a way to monitor traffic, load and performance for Netezza Performance Server in near real time.
over 3 years ago in Instana / Infrastructure / Sensor Not under consideration

Enablement of the untaggable spend for GCP in Tag explorer of Cloudability

Currently, Cloudability Tag Explorer provides clear visibility into untagged spend and tag coverage gaps for AWS and Azure. However, similar visibility is missing for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), particularly for spend that is technically untaggab...
9 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Future consideration

Enable adding inbound and/or outbound id:s to any selection of entities in a view (list, roadmap or board)

We want to use Targetprocess further to manage dependencies and increase visibility of relations (blockers/dependencies in particular). I would love an easy filter to "display inbound and outbound relations to the selected entities) to get an over...
9 months ago in Targetprocess / Filters Under review

Get list view of Application services by CPU/memory utilization using Custom Dashboard

We need to get top list of cpu or memory utilization by service /application name as it will help identify which particular application is consuming high cpu/memory . This will facilitate team to take quick action.
over 3 years ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities / User Interface Future consideration

Possibility to cancel the export and download of reports

Hello, Enhance feature to cancel the preparation and download of a report to avoid the usage of resources and download large files to manage, when the filters were not properly selected. Thank you
almost 2 years ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Future consideration