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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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Right Sizing Recommendation Include Sustainability Savings Data

When viewing right sizing recommendations I need to see the sustainability benefit of making the change as well as the cost benefit. I am working with Green Pixie who I would like to integrate their data sources with Cloudability so I can view the...
24 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Under review

Add Object Summary widget to DI that automatically shows all indicator values on separate charts for the selected object.

Makes it easier to see all related indicators and their values at a glance vs. having to manually select each one. Similar to SevOne SURF object summary functionality.
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 1 Needs more information

Instana IBM MQ Channel metrics - Converting status from numbers to text

In current version widget with channel status metrics working good, but for users with no experience, the status in numbers is not understandable. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=mq-viewing-metrics#ibm-mq-channel-me...
3 months ago in Instana / MQ 1 Under review

ENCRYPTED PASSWORD SECURITY IN DB2 METRICS MONITORING

We were trying to setup remote DB2 monitoring, however connection is failing. Our DB2 admin told us, he is using options securityMechanism=7;encryptionAlgorithm=2 when connecting to that DB2 using jdbc. By my understanding that really means User I...
3 months ago in Instana / DB2 0 Under review

Enable the view of Plan name from IBM CSV billing file

We are looking to get the data about the instance type / family / Category to create reports to track GPU usage in IBMC via Cloudability.As much as I looked the Plan name contain this data that will enable us to create that report. Because this vi...
26 days ago in Cloudability / Cost Allocation and Sharing 0 Submitted

New Plug-in: Kafka Job Type and Dashboard

Kafka has become an integral part of the financial services technology stack, enabling real-time event streaming across diverse lines of business. From fraud detection to regulatory compliance, its applications are vast and impactful. However, the...
26 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

LDAP multiple domains authentication

In current version Instana allow to configure only one LDAP connection.If domains are in tree in theory it should work:For example:aaa.com (points to first domain controller)Domain 1: xzy.aaa.com (first domain controller)Domain 2: 123.aaa.comDomai...
3 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

A status page for Turbonomic SaaS

Why is it useful? A dedicated SaaS status page for Turbonomic provides transparency to customers by delivering real-time updates on system performance, service availability, and ongoing incidents. This fosters trust and enhances the customer exper...
3 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / SaaS 0 Planned for future release

Need a lighter weight solution for autotrace webhook

Customers use the autotrace-webhook to avoid having to manually configure each and every deployment that they deploy into their kubernetes environment. But, the current implementation of the autotrace webhook is pretty heavy weight and can cause s...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Future consideration

Provide ability to expand tables within PDF Report

Provide the ability to expand on the tables embedded in the PDF report. Specifically for tables that have subtotals configured
8 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted