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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?

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Editable Tables: auto-size the 'Find' pop-up window when searching for values in a drop-down list

When a user uses the 'Find' option in a drop-down selection of an Editable table, the size of the pop-up window is fixed. It would be great if this could be auto-sized based on the number of columns available to give users a better experience. See...
3 months ago in Apptio / Usability/UX 0 Submitted

Ability to download csv data export of drill table results from Apptio BI reports

Problem: Right now a report view can access a configured drill table, update as needed if it's an exploratory drill table, but there's no easy way to get a copy of the results. Not all drill tables even allow them to save a copy in Apptio BI itsel...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Quick Currency Switch Button

Overview Currently, users must navigate through multiple steps in the user preferences menu to change their preferred currency. This process is time-consuming and interrupts workflow, especially for users who frequently need to view data in differ...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 1 Submitted

Bringing the 'Invoice Unit' field values from AWS CUR into Cloudability

AWS added a new field ('Invoice Unit') in December 2024. This information is in the CUR. This field value does not come into Cloudy through current configuration. The client says that this is a critical field that they want to report on to their e...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 1 Submitted

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...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Submitted

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...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 2 Submitted

Instana does not count walsender processes in the "Active Connection Count" metric for PostgreSQL

Instana does not count walsender processes in the "Active Connection Count" metric for PostgreSQL Refer to Case TS019326267
about 1 month ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Submitted

adding a UI for Custom metric collection with SQL queries

currently we are using statsD and a too many cronjobs to run SQL scripts to get custom metrics. adding a UI will help maintaining scripts, DB connections and will be easier to create custom scripts and visualize it. Current procedure: install DB c...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Submitted

KPI widget for Rightsizing is only 10 days, would like it to be 30, 90 and use effective savings as well, toggle for widget configuration

Ask -**Default Period**: - The default period for analysis is currently set to **10 days**. - We aim to extend this default period to **30 days**. **Additional Lookback**: - However, we also need to consider a **90-day lookback**. - Some of our gr...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Centralized management for all subscription, for both Total Cost and Cloudability reports.   It is very challenging today

Centralized management for all subscription, for both Total Cost and Cloudability reports. It is very challenging today
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted