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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 to alert only on new, unique errors

For front-end browser errors in particular, it would be very helpful to receive alerts for new errors, which are unique based on their error message and source code position. Instana already contains the concept of unique JavaScript errors based o...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 2 Future consideration

Provide a means of identifying/managing policies with no/empty scope groups

As a user I would like the ability to identify policies that no longer have a scope group associated or groups that no longer have any members, so that I can ensure my automation is being enforced correctly as well as reduce "clutter".
over 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 1 Not under consideration

Layout creation must included all mandatory fields

When mandatory field is hidden, users don’t know it must be completed and as a result the row does not get saved. Request is that layouts should only be able to be created that include all mandatory fields. Main issue here is line is not getting s...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

Turbonomic uses APIs. We can contribute to Azure API throttling. How do we manage and minimize this impact.

Many clients have multiple applications using API calls in Azure Subscriptions. Security Apps, Compliance Apps, APMS (like Dynatrace) , Terraform, and our IBM apps - Turbonomic ARM and parkmycloud (PMC). Whilst Turbonomic may not be the main consu...
over 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 3

Surface Azure tenant ID in OOTB dimensions

Request to Surface Azure tenant ID in OOTB dimensions. So we have a way to report using Azure Tenant as a filter.
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 1 Needs more information

While creating global smart alert for throughput triggers in Instana , Time threshold Evaluation Granularity showing till 30mins only but if it is available at least for 24 hours, that could be more helpful on tracking more requests.

While creating global smart alert for throughput triggers in Instana , Time threshold Evaluation Granularity showing till 30mins only but if it is available at least for 24 hours, that could be more helpful on tracking more requests.
6 months ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Allow APScheduler to be supported on Instana

APScheduler library is not supported by Instana. I have written an automation code that uses the library. Since the library is not supported by Instana, the traces are not getting collected to be monitored. I request Instana team to kindly include...
12 months ago in Instana / Python 1 Not under consideration

Cloud Pak for AIOPs Policy export/import feature doesn't exist

The customer installed Event Manager (NOI 1.6.8) on Openshift (hybrid deployment). They noticed that it is very difficult to review policies without import/export feature. Below is their feedback: "We discussed about an enhancement request of Wats...
12 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Planned for future release

Enhance CP4AIOps to get topology data from Meraki devices

Meraki's marketshare has exploded in serving large enterprises with cloud-managed networking in the last 5 years. Meraki now accounts for 10-20% of Cisco's switching business revenue and it is considered a leader in Gartner's 2022 Magic Quadrant f...
12 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

Allow polling of Strings via SNMP

Today Palo Alto Firewalls running in HA mode can be monitored via OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25461.2.1.2.1.11 to see their current state of HA. The values returned are strings and can be "disabled", "active", or "passive" Other vendors like F5 have used inte...
over 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration