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Add v3 endpoint equivalent to GET /api/v2/devices/{deviceId}/objects/{objectId}/indicators/{indicatorId}/data

POST /api/v3/metadata/indicators (using filter) is listed as the v3 replacement for GET /api/v2/devices/{deviceId}/objects/{objectId}/indicators/{indicatorId}/data However, this endpoint does not retrieve the same information as the v2 counterpart...
4 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Is a defect

AIOps Incident Lifecycle - User Config Option for Incident Closure Resolved State for Incident

The current lifecycle process doesn’t allow users to control when or how an incident should be marked as resolved or closed—it’s fully automated based on the Netcool alert status. This becomes an issue in certain use cases, especially when inciden...
4 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Require DNC appliances to support much higher FPS than supported limit of 80KFPS on single appliance

DNC appliances are spec'd based on the Number of Interfaces and FPS (Flows Per Second). Different devices can be distributed to multiple NMS appliances (DNC's) for handling large FPS. However, how can the NMS monitor single devices that far exceed...
4 months ago in SevOne / Dedicated NetFlow Collector (DNC) 1 Needs more information

AD/LDAP Integration with Client's certificate for bind

LDAP integration (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/1.0.300?topic=configuration-configuring-ldap) accepts client's certificate for binding, additional to Bind DN and Password. It should be another configurable option.
4 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

ITNM observer should be extened to bring in various collection objects ( VLAN , L2 and L3 VPN , BGP , OSPF , RAN , EPC , LTE etc ) disocvered by ITNM as Topology/Resource group Objects in ASM

Currently ITNM observer don't bring all sort of collections ( VLAN , various layer 2/3 VPNs , BGP , OSPF , LAG , Subnet etc ) that ITNM has modeled and discovered in ITNM as Topology Resource group objects in ASM . Thisis the key area where we can...
9 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Enhance Alert and Incident query API to enable filtering in alignment with the User Interface

Enhance the existing Alert and Incident retrieval APIs to include additional filtering conditions Enable the API to query alerts and Incidents using the same set of filters as available in the UI. Get the count of alarms The current API has the fo...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Planned for future release

Ability to create alerts on aggregated prometheus metrics values over multiple K8s pods

In the prom metrics business metrics are captured for which the sum/aggregation needs to be a potential value to be alerted on.
almost 5 years ago in Instana / Alert / Infrastructure 1

Add COBOL tracing on distributed environments

The idea is to Add COBOL tracing on distributed(Linux/Windows) environments. Background: There are still many customers running critical COBOL applications, and monitoring these applications are vital. Currently, there are no Otel SDK/APIs for COB...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing 9 Future consideration

Add to DWC "TEXT EDIT" option to IWS Workload Designer , similar to the layout of composer

As discussed with Marco and DWC level 3 development team , last week. We would like to see an enhancement to DWC Workload Designer where we can have the option of " Text Editor" , so the IWS object we have chosen is displayed similar to the compos...
11 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Standardize the position and behavior of the search bar across all views by keeping it consistently on the left and fully clickable, improving usability and alignment with common UI patterns.

This change reduces user confusion and friction by making the search functionality predictable, discoverable, and easy to interact with across the entire platform. Consistency in UI placement supports faster navigation, reduces misclicks, and alig...
6 months ago in Instana / User Interface 1 Not under consideration