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Adjust report CSV output to match the Report itself

When creating a report and exporting it as PDF, depending on the report setup - For example, in a report we would have the following:Device Name, Object Name, Indicator Name, Average Value However, when exporting to CSV, the results instead combin...
3 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Under review

Support Regex or Advanced Output Condition Functions to Overcome 256-Character Limitation

Currently, the Output Condition field in Stream supports functions such as contains() and works as expected. However, the field is limited to 256 characters, restricting the number of conditions that can be configured. We request support for regex...
3 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Replace Filtered Line Item Search Bar

In a plan click import a file and select "replace all data" and then add a "replace filtered line item". Then choose a dimension such as cost center. Now hit the drop down to select a cost center. We would like to see the option to have a search b...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Provide some user control over text/font scaling in widgets, and more flexibility in sizing & layout of widgets on the screen.

As an author of monthly and quarterly reports for senior management, a live presentation from Cloudability dashboards and reports is not a viable option. Screenshots pasted into a PowerPoint deck (or equivalent) is the standard business process in...
7 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Future consideration

Allow alphabetical & numeric sorting by column

Enable users to sort table data by any column using alphabetical (A–Z / Z–A) or numeric (ascending / descending) sorting to improve data analysis, usability, and decision‑making efficiency.
7 months ago in Targetprocess / Reports 1 Needs more information

Add COBOL tracing on distributed environments

The idea is to Add COBOL tracing on distributed(Linux/Windows) environments. Background: There are still many customers running critical COBOL applications, and monitoring these applications are vital. Currently, there are no Otel SDK/APIs for COB...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Tracing 9 Future consideration

Add web browser resource monitoring to Website EUM

We are using Instana’s Website EUM to gain insights into frontend performance and user experience. However, we’ve encountered situations where users were unable to complete key workflows—such as transactions or form submissions—because their brows...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Future consideration

Workload Automation - Databricks Plugin Improvements

IWA Databricks plugin should be improved in the visualization and interaction capabilities with the Databricks workflow: - Plugin should have the ability to view tasks (which are part of Databrick jobs) - Plugin should have the ability to rerun/co...
almost 2 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Needs more information

CSA supporting AWS Compute service (Apart from EC2)

It is useful and beneficial for customers who have usage across different AWS compute service (example lambda)
7 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Savings Automation 2 Needs more information

CSA supporting AWS Data base services

It is useful and beneficial for customers who have a lot of usage for the database services
7 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Savings Automation 0 Future consideration