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Transform data on custom dasboards

It would be helpful if there is a possibility to transform Data in a Widget as some raw values aren't easy or helpful to visualize. As example, we get from a prometheus endpoint a metric providing raw values as bits, but in the Widget I would like...
10 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0

Add option to DISABLE irreversible Cloud Volume Actions

We have an Urgent business case for Metlife to lower the Storage tier on VDI VMs that have been IDLE/powered off for 7+ days. When we generate the actions, if the VM was having high iops on SSD, we recommend resizing to HDD but also increase size ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 3 Future consideration

Add basic monitoring capabilities for IEAM services on edge devices

In case of problems with the applications/services on the edge devices (deadlocks or malfunctions), IEAM is not able to detect the issue or restart the service if the docker container is up and running. This is a big issue for administrators of th...
about 4 years ago in Edge Application Manager 2 Not under consideration

Using "self time" in Smart Alerts

Is it possible to use the metric "Self Time" in a Smart Alert ? Specifically, it is about the monitoring of an API gateway. Since the response time depends on the caller and the called system, but it would be important to know if the self time of ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert / Sensor 2 Future consideration

Upgrade the use of EWS to Graph API

Microsoft is urging everyone to move away from the current EWS API and instead use the Graph API due to security concerns.
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

OKR collection capability from external source

We need to have a way to connect our external OKR management tool with our ATP OKRs. USers currently have to enter them manually.
10 months ago in Targetprocess / Other Integrations 0 Under review

I want to use Regex when creating a group based on a pattern in Accounts

A client had AWS Accounts with UAT in their names. We wanted to create a group of VMs from all these UAT Accounts. These UAT machines could be scaled more quickly without too much approval. ie. Accounts .*UAT.*
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Not under consideration

Request support for Oracle Fusion Middleware Versions - 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.4

Request to support Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.2 and 12.2.1.4 Currently tracing shows "Source not monitored by Instana" for 80% of the SOAP calls.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Java 3 Not under consideration

Critical job should part of error handler layout

The batch operators need an indication in the error handler layout, which job is most critical, so troubleshooting can be started with that one. If two or more jobs are very close with latest start time, a critical path indicator is needed so oper...
almost 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

IBM APM Citrix Agent to support https connectivity for the citrix xenapp/Xen Desktop

Citrix XenApp/Xen Desktop is configured with https protocol. Currently we are facing a connectivity issue as IBM APM Citrix agent does not support https connectivity to the citrix application. So we request to provide a new version of IBM APM Citr...
over 3 years ago in ITM/IBM APM 2 Not under consideration