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Show estimated end time of Caluclation

Although it is possible to check the progress status from Calculation Queue, sometimes it does not match the actual progress %. We would like a function to see the scheduled end time.

Grafana Data Source Alert Management

Using the Grafana data source for Instana does not allow creating alerts. It would be really useful to be able to manage alerts from Grafana where we already have dashboards with built-in metrics and custom metrics (ie: StatsD).
about 3 years ago in Instana / Alert / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

The Cost Savings Per Month field which is available in downloads - add it to the API

Large customers use the API to blend this data with Portfolio Management Data - the cost savings is a KEY prioritization parameter to get actions taken.
over 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / APIs 1 Not under consideration

Only admins should be able to share dashboard with org

We want to only allow admins to share a dashboard with the organisation. There should be a setting to enforce this. This is to ensure we have a gatekeeper for company-wide cost views and visualisations.
4 months ago in Cloudability 0 Future consideration

One time assignment of default dashboard and view for users based on roles

We want to, as the FinOps team, to be able to assign default dashboard and view for users depending on their roles.
4 months ago in Cloudability 0 Future consideration

Ability to add CR (custom resource) with custom settings.

Reduce Manual actvity during Upgrade / DR / config updates
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 4 Future consideration

Ability to open select lines on 'external financials' to make small edits (Admin Only)

We use the 'external financials' function heavily in our Planning environment, and we find it is very helpful in maintaining transparency and data quality control, as the lines cannot be edited by the user. We have ~87,000 lines of centrally agree...
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

We need to get savings ($ number) details for each AKS cluster

We need to get savings ($ number) details for each AKS cluster, currently we are able to create dashboards for all/each cluster with saving details but we are unable to download saving number for individual AKS cluster. Please create dashboard to ...
8 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Container Platforms (K8s & OpenShift) 2 Future consideration

Anomaly Alerts - add Additional Emails

Currently can't add additional Users to receive Anomaly Alerts created.
8 months ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Planned for future release

AI Agent to help customer on API document understanding and helping in coding

An AI Agent for API Documentation Assistance helps customers understand API documentation and provides coding support. It can parse API docs, extract relevant details, and answer queries in natural language. Users can ask about endpoints, request/...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Help & Training 1 Submitted