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Addition of disabling stack trace retrieval for monitored processes in InstanaAgent configuration

Regarding the inquiry made in IBM Case: TS018068058, I have received a response stating that when retrieving Java traces, stack traces are obtained each time a span is captured. To disable stack trace retrieval, it is necessary to configure the JV...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Agent 2 Future consideration

Instana needs to support AutoTrace for OpenResty pod

Instana declares the support tracing for 3scale's OpenResty container. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-nginx#other-supported-information But its support is limited for the manual instrumentat...
over 2 years ago in Instana / C / Team Proxies 2 Future consideration

View of all Regions at once

Currently have to filter individually to see coverage for a region. Would like to see one view that reflects all regions at one time.
7 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Savings Automation 1 Planned for future release

Custom Attributes on Roles

We would like to add a custom checkbox to Roles for our use? Our intent would be to reference that Boolean field in reporting and other automation rules.
over 2 years ago in Targetprocess / User Management 0 Not under consideration

Support to get metrics from Oracle Enterprise Management

Support to get metrics from Oracle Enterprise Management
over 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 1 Future consideration

Ability to Filter Traces with Custom Parameters

Under Analytics section, If we will have the ability to filter calls and traces with custom parameters that are part of the payload then it will enhance the monitoring and help teams in troubleshooting the production issues. This feature could be ...
about 3 years ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 4 Not under consideration

See VM's Group Membership

I’d like to see what Turbo groups a server belongs to when scoped to that server.
about 4 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 1 Not under consideration

French Language Support in Data Insight

We are currently in a Proof of Concept with Orange Business Services in France. OBS are a Managed Service Network Provider who operate globally but 60% of their customer base is French speaking. French Language support in the product will help us ...
about 2 years ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 1 Future consideration

Timeframe Reporting - set future end dates

Timeframe reporting would be much more useful to me if I could set my own Fiscal year and show spend from april 2025 to april 2026. At the current rate, I have to hard set each date to the end of 2025 and scramble to add the new months once januar...
11 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Add Quantity data into visualizations like resource count

I want to show compliance in the Bi dashboards to show how many resources in an account are rate optimized or using AHUB benefits or are generally under management by a specifed owner. Please add unit metrics into Apptio BI
11 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Not under consideration