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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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Allow the Group Step to ignore blanks instead of turning them into {Various}

We receive a data file that for a single key the data is across multiple rows, see example picture attached. (A similar common scenario is appended data with new columns that duplicates a key, however in this case we know the columns and can use a...
6 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Move the Rightsizing preferences from the high admin level to the rightsizing page for each use to chose for himself as a filter

As a big organization Admins we have a lot of accounts under the Cloudability org. and each is in a different place and path in the rightsizing process. We want to enable our user the ability to choose from low level of complication action to high...
6 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Cloudability / BI landing page for new users.

New users to Cloudability typically onboard by requesting SSO access but are without context when logging in to Apptio Cloudability for the first time. I would like to direct first time users to a landing page which would serve as a getting starte...
6 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

update the Workload Improvements Charts to include what a workload is.

Customers want to track licenses - and often think they can use the workload chart to do so - but they cannot. A separate Idea for Enhancement will be added today. If the documentation was updated to include the following - it would add clarity. A...
9 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Documentation 1 Future consideration

Place holder for "offline" Event types

We have created alert based on "Offline" event, if a service goes down. But we need to insert a "place holder" so that it shows us what is the service which went offline in subject line or heading. This will help us identifying quickly what servic...
9 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Functionality already exists

Tracing Granularity can show in microsecond

We know that the smallest unit ini Instana tracing is <1ms. somehow, there is couple of technology that sensitive to performance under 1 microsecond units. So, we hope that Instana can provide tracing in microsecond units instead of showing <...
9 months ago in Instana / Tracing 1 Not under consideration

Modify Turbonomic recommendations / actions before I approve them

When I negotiate a lesser reduction with an App owner, I would like to modify Turbo’s recommendation and still have Turbo perform the action. Having Turbonomic perform the action is advantageous because Turbo can then report that the action was ta...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM 1 Not under consideration

Create Orphaned resources menu to be able to track deleted resources savings

Savings generated from deleted resources or orphaned resource cleanup is one of categories that Business is asking Cloud teams to track.
6 months ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 0 Submitted

See Time Dimensions vertically along with other dimensions and values in a table

I create reports in TBM and would like to be able to build out reports with a Months column, a YearToDate metric column, and any additional dimensions and metrics.  To display the monthly values vertically, we would need the capability of tre...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

View Only for Plans in New Status

As a TBMA I would like the ability to be able to provide select users with a role that would allow them View Only access to plans that are in New Status.    I will know this is complete when a Cost Center Owner or person in a specially d...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration