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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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OTEL integration on Instana running Docker Container.

Want to enable the Open Telemetry (OTEL) acceptor (otlp-acceptor) so we can start testing OTEL as more standard way to send telemetry data to Instana. Instana backend is running on Docker Container
10 months ago in Instana / Backend Enablement 0 Not under consideration

Data Insight Maps : Support for multiple data sources in the same Map.

Larger customers have their network performance data collected and stored using multiple NMS Clusters. It would be deeply beneficial to support adding nodes/paths to a DI Map that represent devices/objects managed across multiple NMS Clusters. Thi...
10 months ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 0 Future consideration

Add Targets from IT Planning to Apptio BI Reporting

We want to see cost center vs. targets available in the BI tool. Often, our forecast are greater than our annual target. We want to be able to report on risk on a full year basis (when will the target be fully consumed - OPEX & CAPEX). Adding ...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Need instana support for kubernetes traefik

Many customers using kubernetes tracfik as their web server in China mainland. We need instana support for Kubernete tracfik to development business.
10 months ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 1 Future consideration

More columns and formula options for ITP Labor Allocation Rules

There needs to be more functionality in Labor Allocation Rules to handle Limits and formula capability.  In the US, we have various limits for Social Security Wages,  401(k), FUTA etc.  With only being allowed 1 Other Compensation w...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Targets in Apptio ITP

Wanting to document a requirement on how to set the targets in Apptio ITP on Fiscal Year basis. For example if the plan is open for multiple years FY2024-2026, currently target amounts are set for FY2024. So we'd need the ability to set the target...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Create an Account level policy entity type

When accounts have many different resource entity types, it's very cumbersome to create a generic policy for half a dozen resource types across dozens of accounts. If there was an Account policy type, high-level settings such as Action Generation:...
5 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Future consideration

Enable a manual override to stop failing actions in the queue

Currently if there is an issue with permissions or a policy conflict, actions that were manually executed will continue to retry (appears to be indefinitely?) There should be a way to cancel that action so that the logs aren't filled with one-time...

Reporting 'All Devices I Can See' group

To better build out-of-the-box reports in DI, I would like to be able to select a device group that represents all devices I can see based on my UserRole. Presently, as admin, I can build a shared OOTB report based on 'All Device Groups'...when a ...
5 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Instana events do not support adding more than five metric conditions.

Some of the situations in my customers data is comprised of more than five conditions that Instana do not support today.I am working on ITM2Instana modernisation offering and we need to transform customer's ITM data into Instana e-g, situation (ev...
5 months ago in Instana / Alert / MQ 0 Not under consideration