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Agent Installation - Can provide an option to over-write the default `/tmp/.instana` folder PATH location to a path of the customers choice

While enabling Java Virtual threads Customer lost tracing of event calls. Further debugging with Instana support team, they found that the issue is that Instana is losing its temporary files staged in `/tmp/.instana/*` folder. As per Instana suppo...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Java 0 Submitted

Get uptime report from Applications on Instana

We have configured Instana to monitor our applications and we would like to report on performance of the application i.e. CPU utilization memory, Disk IO and the overal uptime for the application, how can we get such a report from Instana or the A...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Submitted

Incorporate variance analysis into an inline plan/forecast activity

In our business process, I would like to open a forecast or plan, and based on changes made by the Cost Centre Owner, variance driver capture is triggered/becomes mandatory based on the changes made going outside a set tolerance. The basics of the...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

ITP Respect Cost Object Permissions for Group Cost Centre Editors

In ITP today, we use group cost centre owners in the division heirachy for both editing, review and rollup purposes. These group cost centre owners only have Editor access in Cost Object Permissions, and do not have Owner access. However, when a g...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

User Experience - To get feedback from the user

We are getting feedback from our new users via email by asking the simple questions whether the report met their expectations and if they have any ideas for enhancing or improving the reports. We are suggesting that if the Apptio can build such fu...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Help & Training 0 Under review

Apptio BI - Formatting the Charts

It would be good if we have the option to change the color format of the Pivot and Bar Charts in Apptio BI. We have this functionality in Cost Transparency. Request you to implement the same in BI as well.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Custom events to support dynamic macros

Today, when we create custom event, we specify the title and description along with the event trigger criteria. Based on the trigger, event with the given title is created. And we see multiple events with same title, based on how many such events ...
4 months ago in Instana / Alert 0 Under review

More than a project or a project list in Openstack Agent configuration

We are using Openstack Instana agent to monitor IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center (ICIC) in the agent configuration we need to specify a single project and consequently to see only the Computer Instances related to this projet. In order to have a co...
7 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Future consideration

Sharing Private Layouts in IT Planning

We have a layout in the labor tab that is used periodically throughout the year when exporting out of IT Planning.  In order to prevent our user base from editing it, I have marked the layout as private.  However, this limits other admin...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

update the Workload Improvements Charts to include what a workload is.

Customers want to track licenses - and often think they can use the workload chart to do so - but they cannot. A separate Idea for Enhancement will be added today. If the documentation was updated to include the following - it would add clarity. A...
4 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Documentation 1 Future consideration