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Parse json formatted logs to generate fields and extract log level

We're writing lot's of logs in json format as this is very helpful with other log management solutions (Graylog2, Datadog) to parse these logs into fields and have very searchable data. This would be necessary for us to further use Instana Log ana...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Logging 1 Future consideration

Make 'current_view' dropdown "stick" to the top of the current page

Hello, I want to submit a solution for making the 'current_view' dropdown stick on the top of the current page. I already made a proposal for fixing this which would make minor changes to the frontend. It will only move elements and make them stic...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Future consideration

Alert if a file is created

Get an alert if a file is created in a mount/directory/drive for example if a .dmp file is created in windows etc.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert / Sensor 0 Future consideration

Flow Rules and grouping Collectors

I would like a way to have a group of flow collectors in SevOne grouped then be able to use that group inside flow rules. Thus allowing me to have a USA group, An EMEA group and so on. Now I can easily say "For all flow collectors in the DNC_Japan...
8 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Future consideration

Custom dashboard - last value

Through Prometheus, we are gathering in Instana a gauge metric that shows if an instance is active (1) or inactive (0). We'd like to show this value in a custom dashboard using a 'Big number widget' or a 'Top list widget'. It would be great if we ...
8 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities / User Interface 0 Future consideration

AIX processes reports "Started At" inaccurately.

AIX processes reports "Started At" inaccurately. If we restart Instana Agent it gets the time from the Instana agent restart as "Started At"
about 2 years ago in Instana / Sensor 2 Future consideration

Azure DDoS Protection event

A customer asked to add Azure DDoS Protection as an event in Instana. The use case is that is there is an DDOS attack and most traffic are blocked but not all. The traffic that gets through might cause some issues on the application and it would b...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Azure / Sensor 0 Future consideration

Persona-based Landing Page in Cost Transparency

I would like to customize the landing page for the various personas in our organization. For us, it would be https://amadeus.apptio.comA Finance person would land on a specific report, a Non IT Product Owner to a different one, etc.Right now we ha...
almost 3 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

Enable Option to Restrict Output in TopN or Performance Report When Device Group is Selected in a Variables option in DI report

Overview: When creating a report in DI (Data Insight), selecting a device group in the variables option results in displaying data for all devices and objects under that group. For example, if a site is selected as the device group and it contains...
9 months ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 0 Future consideration

Be able to monitor the windows process which doesn't have CommandLine attribute

Instana host sensor provide the ability to monitor the custom process via com.instana.plugin.process in configuration.yaml, however, there is limitation in windows platform. Host Sensor on Windows is comparing the string you specify in the configu...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 1 Future consideration