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Self-service cost adjustment feature to the custom cost metric

Implement a self-service cost adjustment feature to the custom cost metric that allows users to update themselves, eliminating the need to create a support case and providing immediate, accurate cloud cost visibility.
3 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization / Other 1 Planned for future release

"~/appservertools/startAppServer.sh -directclean" option in the startup script iwa_init_<Installed User>

Hi Team, I was going through the script iwa_init_<Installed User> to set up the automatic start and stop for the OS reboots (specifically post OS patching). Earlier we faced issue with DB connection post OS patching. So we had to start the L...
8 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

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 ...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 1 Planned for future release

The actuals to be distributed across separate tabs based on a custom dimension

The actuals to be distributed across separate tabs based on a custom dimension. Unique numbers are assigned to our plan line items, and all actual line items are tagged accordingly. Currently, actuals are imported using these unique numbers, which...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Import actuals as Actual in Forecasts

Importing actuals as 'Other' in forecasts confuses end users. We typically reserve the 'Other' tab for planning purposes for our other costs, distinct from costs planned in the 'Contracts' tab. Importing actuals as 'Actual' and using a different p...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Duplicate Row in Labor Activity Tab Without Actuals

When duplicating a row in labor acivity tab as a starting point for adjustments, monthly actuals get duplicated also and can't be zeroed out.  Want all but actuals to be duplicated.  this tab is not functioning the same as all other ITP/...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Enable support for STIBO metrics

Canadian Tire is currently using 8 technologies to support business critical application. Instana supports TibcoEMS, Oracle, AzureFunction and remaining listed above are not supported leaving client without the observability in this area of their ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

Need the ability to trigger Events on individual CPUs with high utilization

I'm working with a customer where 1 or 2 of the CPUs on a server have sustained high CPU utilization. Currently, you are only able to define Events against the overall CPU utilization across ALL CPUs. This server has 192 CPUs. The Average CPU util...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent / Sensor 0 Planned for future release

Provide information from textbase MBeans and nested MBeans within Instana.

For the client (Continental) it is very important to see information from textbase MBeans as well as nested MBeans within Instana to determine RC’s. But Instana is not capable to do so because nested Mbeans and textbase MBeans are not recognized b...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring / Sensor 2 Planned for future release

Set up monitoring for DB2 threads for Guardian Prod servers in Instana

It is useful for customer to access the real time active DB2 thread counts. It is beneficial for Guardian customer to monitor the ongoing situation of DB2 thread count of cloud activities whether they are heavily consumed or moderate, which helps ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / IBM Cloud / Sensor 0 Planned for future release