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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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When creating a network merge policy there should be a second field to display the data center name

When creating a network merge policy there should be a second field to display the data center name in the case that the same network name exists in two different data centers. Under the current design, if the same network exists in two different ...
22 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 1 Planned for future release

Provide more details on the Apptio help center

Rightsizing in Cloudability (apptio.com) Currently the apptio help center doesn't include a comprehensive explaination on idle resource, such as the how to define S3 idle percentage, which will affect the user experience.
22 days ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government 0 Submitted

Plan line items with error to be identified

As a plan editor and plan approver, I'd like to able to see all plan line items with an exclamation mark at the top of the list so that I can easily identify and review any errors present in the plan. When a filter is not applied, it becomes chall...
22 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Instana observing MinIO Object Storage

MinIO’s enterprise class features represent the standard in the object storage space. Customer needs to have observability at this level, more detail in this: https://min.io/product/overview
4 months ago in Instana / Extend Domains / Platform Coverage 1 Future consideration

multi-tenency and multi-chatops channel support for Cloud Pak for AIOps

We have been discussing these topics with the WW AIOps team for some time now. Based on what I've heard, multi-tenancy and multi-ChatOps channel functionalities are part of the product backlog but do not have a specific timeline yet. As the client...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 2 Future consideration

Add an integration with a source code management/testing tools such as GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins to measure Four Key Metrics(DORA Metrics)

Background: In today's software development landscape, achieving high performance in delivering software is crucial for gaining a competitive edge. DORA(DevOps Reaserch and Assessment) Metric, also known as the Four Key Metrics, provide a standard...
3 months ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Under review

More robust scheduling options for workflows

Please look into expanding the scheduling options for automation workflows and parking workflows. I think this would be extremely beneficial. Right now, I have a use case where we have certain servers that stay off until they are needed, such as c...

When multiple alerts are sent to a given alert channel, send a single message instead of 1 message per alert

Some users have more than 50 applications. When a core application is down, all connected applications generate an alert. Then the user receive a lot of emails or teams messages, which makes it difficult to handle. We would like to add the possibi...
12 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

Enable "Databases" as a service under the rightsizing section of OCI. Right now, there is only one kind of service i.e., VM

Enable "Databases" as another service under the rightsizing section of OCI. This will enable us to track cost & other existing rightsizing related KPIs & opportunities for Databases service as well.
12 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization 0 Future consideration

Enable "Volumes (Disks)" as a service under the rightsizing section of OCI. Right now, there is only one kind of service i.e., VM

Enable "Volumes (Disks)" as another service under the rightsizing section of OCI. This will enable us to track cost & other existing rightsizing related KPIs for "Volumes (Disks)" service as well.
12 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization 0 Future consideration