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Add possibility to have longer retention periods for Logs in cold storage

Many clients have the requirement to keep logs for longer periods in a cold storage, for example 180 days. Main competitors in the Logging space do have this capability. We need to be able not only to store it but also to perform similar actions a...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Planned for future release

Add 'Service name' dimension in cloudability Views

At present I can only use the following 3 core dimensions when creating a view: -Account Id -Account Name -Vendor Could we please add a dimension of 'Service name' so that we can create Service Level views.
4 months ago in Cloudability / Views 1 Planned for future release

Interactive Performance: Support far more than 40 simultaneous users

Large customers support multiple teams in around-the-clock operations across multiple disciplines. While not all users will be focused on the same elements within the UI (spreading themselves by role across Incident, Inventory, Performance, Automa...
6 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Planned for future release

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

Option to add External labor data which is not editable by planners

In current scenario, planners are able to edit Labor data. We just want users to be able to view the labor data but not edit it. Is it possible to have "external" lines in Labor tab (similar to external lines in Asset and Financial tabs)? Currentl...
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

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...
8 months ago in SevOne / Configuration and Administration 0 Planned for future release

Expiring RI for RDS, add column for Engine type

For expiring RDS RIs, it would be very useful to have the engine added to the table that is sent via email subscription.
6 months ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 1 Planned for future release

IT Planning Selective Edits to External Data

As a TBMA and user of IT Planning, we would like the ability to selectively edit certain columns within an External data set.  An example would be that we import External data into IT Planning and make all columns read-only with the exception...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Add a way to be able quick filter NetFlow widget in DI

Not every user is comfortable with editing a widget to create a filter for a Flow widget. Would be great if there was a way to create a quick filter from the main report. For example, for view is Top Applications; provide a way to filter applicati...
over 1 year ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 5 Planned for future release

Enable month-specific fixed weightages in Cost Sharing (prevent retroactive changes)

Why it is useful Currently, Cost Sharing rules apply retroactively across all months. If a user changes a fixed weightage (e.g., from 10% to 20%), past months are automatically updated. This behavior creates inaccurate historical cost views and pr...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Cost Allocation and Sharing 0 Planned for future release