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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

Instana

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Exclude traces from Java´s endpoints.

Optimizing data ingestion in Instana, customer needs to exclude tracing from Java´s endpoint,
about 2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 1 Planned for future release

Would like Dashboards and Application perspective to be able to use dark mode

We have TV displays that show Infrastructure (which will show dark mode of browser) but the Dashboard and Application does not and is bright white. See additional details
2 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Submitted

Instana IBM DataPower monitoring to be able to monitor the certificates being monitored on IBM DataPower

We would like to get events on certificate expiry within the certificates that are being monitored within IBM DataPower. When the certificates are about to expire.
2 months ago in Instana / DataPower 2 Under review

Custom Dashboard -use metric per Database (schema) already available under MSSQLServer

We have valuable metrics under MSSQLSERVER server monitoring in instana. but it is not possible to create a widget with these metric. I need to be able to put in a custom dashborads for example: "Connections & Users" for a specific Schema on a...
2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Under review

MQ Channel Alert Payload "suggestion" field value improvement

MQ Channel Alert Payload "suggestion" field value improvement. Better value for "suggestion" field is highly desirable. It currently has so much undesired detail with line breaks unlike other alert "suggestion" field. Find actual alert paylod in a...
2 months ago in Instana / MQ 0 Under review

MongoDb infrastructure monitoring enhancements

New features for MongoDB infrastructure monitoring
2 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Under review

Add an Export button in UI to export metrics/analytics data to a CSV file

The requested feature is to have a button in the UI to allow exporting metrics or analytics from a dashboard into a CSV file or other types of consumable files. This is needed for any large organization to enable the creation of basic reports to d...
2 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Under review

Adaptive smart alert show preview based on threshold 'corridors'

As users we found it difficult to understand the threshold preview for adaptive smart alerts shows as one line metric. We would favour threshold shown as range above und below the actual metric line which would show the user the corridor of normal...
2 months ago in Instana / Alert 1 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...
2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 1 Under review

Monitoring Oracle Fussion

Oracle Fusion is a platform for enterprise applications in the cloud that includes tools for business management, the customer makes use of Oracle Fusion Middleware for the development of its core business applications and therefore it is key to b...
2 months ago in Instana / Extend Domains / Platform Coverage 0 Future consideration