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Request to Remove the 400-Topic Limit for Kafka Metrics Collection in Instana Agent

Currently, Instana Agent imposes a limit of 400 topics for Kafka metrics collection. We would like to kindly request that this restriction be relaxed or removed. In the system we are currently building, the number of topics is expected to reach ap...
2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 1 Future consideration

Ability to hide dashboards from my own list

On the list of all dashboards for an org, I would like the ability to hide dashboards that I do not need. When a user shares a dashboard with an entire org, everyone gets it whether they want it or not and this can create a long list of dashboards.
6 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Future consideration

Enable Export of Logs Collected via OTEL Collector from Instana UI in File Formats

Currently, logs collected via the OTEL Collector cannot be exported from the Instana UI in formats such as CSV or XLSX. At present, it is possible to copy individual log messages using log links or by copying them to the clipboard. However, there ...
2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Future consideration

Please include Custom date range in the custom metric timeline

Currently the custom metric in apptioBI has only standard timelines like : "this week", "last week", etc.. and the only option of customization is inherit date from visualization, but when we use multiple custom metrics in the report for different...
17 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration

Format improvement on PDF export of custom dashboard widget

Hi team, please consider including more information within the axes when a custom dashboard is exported. This is a key missing part in order to understand the graphs being exported, and right now we cannot see any values displayed, which makes it ...
18 days ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Future consideration

Request for Trace Log Functionality

With the current product capabilities, it is not possible to capture logs of user actions. Since operation logs for various configuration changes are not available, it is impossible to identify, for example, who created a business mapping or when ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Other 1 Future consideration

Provide "Effective" Rate reporting (not just on demand)

In both ABI and Cloudability rather than just show the potential "on demand" rates for rightsizing opportunities, show the "effective" rate taking into account the customer discounts / EDP / RI / commitments to make the outcomes more real for cust...
10 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration

Publish a list of the open source products and versions.

We need to be able to easily track what version underlying open source products are being used in the latest Instana releases (Cassandra, etc) so we can make sure we are using versions approved by our firm. Please add a page to the Instana documen...
17 days ago in Instana / Common 0 Future consideration

Customisable links on Instana home dashboard

Currently, the Instana Home Dashboard provides quick-access links to resources such as “Install agents or collectors,” “Add user,” “IBM documentation,” “Release Notes,” and “Community blogs.” However, enterprise Instana users often require direct ...
25 days ago in Instana / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Customer would like to request the ability to leave comments in the Anomaly Detection screen, similar to the functionality available in the Rightsizing ROI screen.

In some cases, they need to record the analysis process or results, and assign follow-up actions to specific team members. Since not all users utilize tools like Jira or ServiceNow, having a way to manage such tasks directly within Cloudability wo...
26 days ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Future consideration