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Implement namespace exclusion functionality for new Kubernetes sensor (k8sensor)

Problem: Current IBM Instana Kubernetes sensor lacks namespace exclusion functionality, causing uncontrolled data collection and billing increases from system/excluded namespaces. Business Impact: Organizations cannot control monitoring scope, lea...
5 months ago in Instana / Kubernetes / Tracing 0 Future consideration

Linking Published Tables and Standard Tables

We sometimes need to reinject calculated data from the reporting layer back into Standard Tables (e.g. output of metrics OpEx YTD, Charge YTD). Examples: in BOIT, Client wants to apply a reallocation of a calculated YTD Charge of a given BU amongs...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

The ability to integrate or move files to the secure cloud content management - Box, inc.

Our company uses Box as one of the primary ways to share files. In an effort to help automate report distribution to some of these customers, it would be nice to be able to use IWS to move files to Box. Since we already connect to the necessary se...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Add custom user messages / pop ups in IT Planning

The regular 'What's new' pop-ups for each IT Planning update gave us the following idea: We, as TBM Office, want to be able to customize and set pop-ups / usermessages in IT Planning, maybe using the same technology as the update messages. This wo...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Move Visualization - Filter for Your Own

When moving a Visualization to another Report, provide a filter that narrows the Select Report dropdown to your own Reports, as rare that one would move visualization to someone else's Report.
5 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Allow deletion of default Sustainability Dashboard

Please allow admins/users to delete this default dashboard as is already allowed for the other default dashboards? In addition, it would be great if admins could disallow all sample dashboards from being created for new users. I don't want users a...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 2 Future consideration

Add metadata to events

It would be great if it was possible to add some data to the events we check in our tenant. At least, we would like to have the chance to add a long description with an explanation of the RCO, and a two-or-three length words custom label with a ca...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 0 Future consideration

Enterprise level support for target management. More information and downloads.

This was a request from a large customer with hundreds of targets. Some of which are labeled critical - even though they might still be working - and might just be delayed - can the reason for the CRTICAL be more easily found. ideally we can downl...
about 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Target Support 2 Future consideration

Increase MessageLevel logging for http interface separated from setting for the ObjectServer.

To increase logging for curl command control (making a POST request with a JSON body) sent. Now we have only messages about clients connected.
over 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

increase scope and usage visibility of Azure VM Reserved Instances

Currently Turbo recommends VI purchases at an Account/Subscription level. (it can also narrow in on Billing Families and Regions). Azure permits RIs to be limited to Enterprise, Management Group (that’s a collection of Subscriptions), Subscription...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Billing & Costs & Discounts 0 Future consideration