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Default Dashbaord Assignement at Scale

Customers need the ability to set default dashboards at scale, either globally for all users or by user group. The current system requires manual configuration for each individual user through the UI, with no API support for automation. Proposed S...
19 days ago in Cloudability / Cloudability MSP 0 Future consideration

Empty Lanes should be hidden by default in lists and roadmaps

Every time someone goes into a view or a list, they need to click on the hide empty lanes. Can this be done by default or programmatically?
19 days ago in Targetprocess / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) 1 Future consideration

A way to calculate cumulative cost/usage over a period of time using calculated metrics

A simple use case is to track commitments with vendor which normally is yearly based on cumulative usage, we should be able to show it in a chart with target line and cost/usage metric showing cumulative values for the time period selected
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

OMNIbus SNMP Probe should support SNMPv3 SHA512 authentication type

Security is important for every customer and they want to use strong encryption modes. The SNMP probe is based on net-snmp 5.8 which supports SHA-512: http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Strong_Authentication_or_Encryption Question: Authenticat...
about 1 year ago in AIOps Integrations 1 Future consideration

Enable Internet Service Monitoring protocols in Instana

We must be able to monitor more protocols with less effort like an ISM Agent: DNS resolution, DHCP, FTP, LDAP, NTP, TCP PORT, SNMP simple, Synthetic Check sensor supports HTTP and ICMP ping. We can ensure a seamless migration of customers from ITM...
7 months ago in Instana / Synthetic 2 Future consideration

Increase days for retention for traces and calls

Currently Instana allows to keep the history of calls and traces for 7 days, however, due to business requirements and policies that the entity must comply with before other areas and governmental entities, Instana is requesting to extend this ret...
6 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 2 Future consideration

Add filters in Rightsizing ROI to separate Deleted/Terminated savings from Rightsizing-only savings

Currently, Rightsizing ROI shows combined savings from all optimization actions. Customers cannot distinguish between savings from rightsizing (downsize/resize) versus decommissioning (delete/terminate). This inflates the ROI picture and makes it ...
20 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Anomaly Detection with Intelligent Application Capability

Today, Anomaly Detection alerts you when spend spikes or drops but all remediation is manual. This delay often means real money wasted before action is taken. By embedding workflows, Anomaly Detection can suggest and trigger corrective actions imm...
20 days ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Future consideration

Support for Temenos

We would like to request support for monitoring the Temenos Transact (T24) core banking platform within Instana. The customer is running Temenos Transact (T24) using a combination of: TAFC (Temenos Application Framework for C), and Java components...
3 months ago in Instana / Tracing 4 Future consideration

A Turbo Feature that allows the export and import of the Turbo configuration, such as policies, groups, and targets.

The Turbonomic policies, groups, and target settings are assets of our customer, created based on their business requirements, use cases, and resource management experiences. There should be a way for them to export these settings as backups. Thes...
4 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / General/Other 2 Future consideration