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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?

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1yr performance graphs

Expand time range for the largest selectable timespan to one year in the user interface. This allows customer's operations team to see long term performance and capacity trends. The yearly graph should have 365 daily datapoints which will speed th...
2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Under review

Monitoring Appeon platform

Appeon PowerServer is a tool that converts client/server PowerBuilder applications into cloud installable applications, Appeon PowerBuilder is an application development tool that allows creating applications, through PowerBuilder the client is cr...
23 days ago in Instana / Extend Domains / Platform Coverage 0 Submitted

Apptio AI Assistant to assist on Conversational Reporting

Apptio AI Assistant is an AI-powered IT finance expert that simplifies reporting, insights, and budgeting. Users can ask questions in plain language and get real-time, data-driven answers. With Generative AI and advanced analytics. Use Cases1. Con...
7 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Submitted

Retain the ResourceName/ID for entities deleted/no longer in Turbo so they are available when looking at Executed Actions/Realized Savings

There is a need to correlate the specific action(s) taken on a resource to the savings/investments resulting from said action. This is done by downloading info from the Savings widget to get the resource name, then searching for same resource name...
9 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Reporting / UI & User Experience 0 Submitted

Only publish editable table if editable table data has changed

Currently, editable tables publish to 'normal' tables regardless if the data has changed within the editable or not and this causes a check-in. It would be more efficient if the editable table only published when the data in that editable table ha...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 2 Under review

Mechanism to prevent the same instance of a widget from repeatedly sending requests when there is no response to a previous request

Currently, DASH triggers multiple GET requests from widgets to the corresponding datasets, driven by an update timer. However, when a request does not receive a response, DASH lacks a mechanism to stop repeated requests from the same widget instan...
about 2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Instana Dashboard Dark Mode

Our client has requested the addition of a dark mode feature to the Instana dashboard to improve usability and align with their needs. This feature would enhance accessibility for users with light sensitivity. It also reflects industry standards, ...
16 days ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted

Hostname For Outbound SMTP Connections Should Be Configurable

The current implementation of php SMTP mailer does not set the hostname for the HELO message, which results in Message-IDs ending with 'localhost.localdomain'. This cannot be changed, and may result in the alert mailer not working under some SMTP ...
7 days ago in SevOne / Configuration and Administration 0 Is a defect

Add CPU count and memory metrics to go along with instance types.

Withe the instance type information, adding a CPU count and total memory should be a easy metric addition that maps to the instance types. CPU count would be very helpful for licensing requirements.
7 days ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 0 Submitted

Create a new Presets button in the Time range Presets options for 'Last month' (or 'Last 28 days', something like this)

Simce Instana can show metrics up to 1 month why isn't there this kinda button in the presets. This can help with showing the 'Monthly overview' of the metrics f.e. in the Custom Dashboard section. Place where I imagine this idea to be developed a...
7 days ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted