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Export directly in xls or xlsx format

It would be useful to have the possibility to directly export into a more common Excel format next to the csv format.
about 1 year ago in Targetprocess / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) 0 Planned for future release

Enable host availability percentage (% Uptime) for a given time period

Calculating the host uptime percentage is essential, as it provides a simple yet critical metric that reflects how long a server has been available compared to the total monitoring period. This measurement is vital for assessing the reliability of...
6 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Future consideration

Align the Azure region names in Cloudability with the actual Azure region names

As can be seen in the attachment, Azure provide two region name standards via the API; PricesExtract.Items.armRegionName which is currently used as the second part of the region name in cloudability, and PricesExtract.Items.location which currentl...
6 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 3 Is a defect

Add support for X.509 certificate-based authentication in the MariaDB sensor for Instana.

Currently, the Instana MariaDB sensor does not support SSL or X.509 certificate-based authentication. Our customer(BWI) uses X.509 authentication for all database access, and despite following the documented configuration steps, the sensor fails t...
6 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Planned for future release

Show who to ask for access when report/dashboard not available

When someone provides a link to a dashboard or report that is not shared with the user, they get a message "Sorry you do not have access to this dashboard" and a link to the list of dashboards available to them.It would be helpful to know who to a...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 2 Future consideration

Commitment Support for Azure NetApp Files

A capacity reservation covers matching capacity pools in the selected service level and region. When using capacity pools configured with cool access, only "hot" tier consumption is covered by the reservation benefit. Azure offer 30 different RI t...
11 months ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) 0 Future consideration

Need an option in Instana to save snapshots of a particular application perspective locally and compare them later with another snapshot or live one.

We need to have a option for saving a snapshots of particular application perspective in instana, save it in local. Later compare with another snapshot or the live one. Eg: We have an application perspective created as "xyz" & we have selected...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Future consideration

Add full MFA support to SevOne

Currently SevOne support SSO for authentication however users are able to still login with SevOne user logins which prevents SSO being used for enforced MFA. Adding the ability to disable SevOne user logins or another mechanism for enforcing MFA o...
7 months ago in SevOne / Configuration and Administration 0 Planned for future release

ITP Asset Import from CT also possible for External Assets

Existing assets can currently only be imported from CT in a automated way, if these are not marked as external Assets. Use case: ITP Existing Assets should be importable to ITP from the most current asset register, also if they are marked as Exter...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Future consideration

Commitment Support for Azure Files Reserved Capacity

A reservation covers storage capacity for Azure Files. Reservations for hot and cool tiers don't cover bandwidth or transaction rates. Azure offer 30 different RI types across services, many of our customers look at our product and ask where the a...
11 months ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) 0 Future consideration