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Azure Application Insights monitoring

Support for collecting metrics, traces and logs from Azure Application InSight. This would enable insight into SaaS applications.
over 1 year ago in Instana / Azure / Sensor 2 Planned for future release

Using Mermaid Chart code to show the user how the entities are connected.

To keep my request easier if an admin can export a Mermaid Chart code (or something like it) that will allow the user to visual see how all the entities are connected. Than the user can use Mermaid to show users how all the entities are connected ...
about 2 months ago in Targetprocess / Other Integrations 1 Not under consideration

Ability to duplicate permissions for a Role (Roles and Permissions) or Entity assignments for a role (Roles and Assignments)

Settings for roles in these two areas - especially permissions - can be very time-consuming due to the (helpful) level of granularity. Often I want to create a new role that is very similar to an existing one with just a few differences. There is ...
about 2 months ago in Targetprocess / User Management 0 Future consideration

Implement Out-of-the-Box Event Collection for Calix SMx on CP4AIOps

We are looking to pull alarms and events data from Calix SMx (Service management connector) to AIOPS.
about 2 months ago in AIOps Integrations 0 Under review

Export of containers from Insights 2.0 - column name obfuscation. Needs to reflect the actual column names from the Insights page.

Very difficult to read column name in export as it presents, can't figure out what cost belongs to what
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Container Reporting 1 Needs more information

To upload a spreadsheet to create Views

Need easy functionality to create logic in view, very difficult with current API and UI setup
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Views 1 Under review

Add variable table at the folder level

Allow the ability to add a variable table at the folder level. We have variables defined for workstations, but those workstations support multiple functional areas, and most functional areas will override at least one default from the workstation....
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Limit Exposure of Business Mappings

Some Business Mapping steps are intermediary and are used to create data subsets that are included or excluded in other final business mappings to help with logic challenges or re-usabiity (include vs anti). These intermediary Business Mappings id...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Future consideration

Off button for log entry

Customers want to have control to stop log intake in case they are approaching the maximum log intake purchased. To date, there is no mechanism to stop logs from being sent to Instana.
4 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Not under consideration

AWS lambda action plug-in

Allow Workload Automation to trigger an AWS Lambda action as a result of an event - rather than AWS Lambda type job, which is currently available in the product.
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Under review