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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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Analytics: Filter backend calls based on origin == mobile app

Background and context The context of this idea is that Instana is monitoring a backend api + a mobile app which is using that backend api. In this scenario there is a risk of getting other sources of traffic (scraping bots, malicious actors, frau...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring / Tracing 0 Future consideration

Turn on Ruby AutoProfiling via the ruby-sensor gem

As you can imagine we run many containers within our infrastructure and we want to be able to turn on https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/obi/current?topic=processes-configuring-profiling#ruby. However, as you are probably aware this comes with a performa...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Ruby 0 Planned for future release

support com.instana.secrets filtering on HTTP cookie headers

The HTTP Cookie header is useful to capture for debugging purposes. However, for security in depth it would be beneficial to be able to mask certain cookies, e.g. the login/session cookie.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Security and Compliance / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Capture number of batched statements in JDBC tracing

The Java JDBC instrumentation picks up calls to org.postgresql.jdbc.PgPreparedStatement#executeBatch. It would be great if Instana's tracing would also pick up (as in attach to the span and present in the UI), the number of batched SQL statements ...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Java 1 Planned for future release

Export custom applicaiton and alert setting

Doe to custom application view will similar with other application. So, export application setting will help to create a new applicaiton view. The customer alert is also the same idea with applicaiton, some alert will similar with other alert sett...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Add Y-axis to time series in Custom dashboard

we have created a time series widget in custom dashboard but it does not have Y-Axis to indicate the graph values and its becoming difficult to understand and present these values
over 2 years ago in Instana 3 Not under consideration

IIB ACE abend, dumps and syslog monitoring through Instana

We would like to monitor IIB ACE system logs, abend and dumps files through Instana remotely. Could you please provide this feature.
over 2 years ago in Instana / ACE/IIB / Sensor 1 Not under consideration

To add new parameter which will not record all of http parameter by Instana

We would like Instana to add new parameter which will not record all of http parameters by Instana. Because according to our checking with your team, it seem that there is no a parameter which can exclude all of http parameter by Instana. The purp...
over 2 years ago in Instana 1 Not under consideration

To hide confidential information on Instana's analysis screen

When we are using Instana, currently Instana is displaying http request as below."POST / api / v1 / users / 123456789 / XXXXXXXXX" To hide confidential information, is it possible to display "POST / api / v1 / users /" on the analysis screen? And ...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Not under consideration

Add the Old Values for changes in the Action Logs

This will help companies in regulated industries like Banking to feel more confident their data is secure. This is a requirement for PCI DSS Compliance.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Access Control 2 Not under consideration