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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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Javascript map files should not be downloaded repeatedly

The Website monitoring supports minified javascript through parsing of mapping files. However these mapping files are not cached by Instana so they are downloaded repeatedly. For big applications this means millions of downloads of files which are...
about 6 hours ago in Instana / Common 0 Submitted

Utilization metrics not appearing for Azure subscriptions

The Azure util data is not supported currently and hence the issue and we would like to know if you have planed a timeline to enable these for Azure Utilization metrics.
about 6 hours ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Partner access that removes access to see fully loaded costs and work out the enterprise discount

Within my client they work extensively with external entities [TCS, CTS, WIPRO etc] to manage their infrastructure. They do not want to allow these partners to see the full costs in cloudability that are shown in the dashboarding and insights pane...
about 9 hours ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

To customize HTTP Header for the native OAuth Provider.

For the API Connect native OAuth flow, after the completion of the authentication by AU/AZ server, API Connect will trigger an API call to the AU/AZ server to confirm the confirmation code. However, we found that the HTTP Header of the API is empt...
about 16 hours ago in Instana / API-C 0 Submitted

TWS compatibility with Cloud Block storage

Hi Team, We raised a case TS018127615 to check IWS compatibility & performances with Pure storage Cloud Block Store (CBS) Our Business Team is exploring options to migrate the storage from Cloud Native to Cloud Block Storage. We are using IWS ...
1 day ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Focus Option for Folders

I appreciate the improved search functionality and its clear results display. I frequently use it when concentrating on specific tasks and associated views. However, as a Targetprocess administrator, my left-hand menu becomes cluttered. Adding a "...
1 day ago in Targetprocess / Navigation/Menus 0 Submitted

Roadmaps without actual start date display

Our company creates high-level product roadmaps at the beginning of each year, using packages as a key component. Currently, the roadmap displays both planned and actual start dates for each package. While tracking deviations from the plan is valu...

Instana trying to log into databases as "root@localhost" when the configuration.yaml hasn't been set for the database. We would rather there be an error stating the configuration has not been setup instead of trying to login as root.

We have MySQL hosts and instrumented with Instana. However, when I click on the database in the available database, it is showing error: Access denied. Instana trying to log into databases as "root@localhost" when the configuration.yaml hasn't bee...
2 days ago in Instana / Agent 1 Submitted

The NOI included OpenLDAP should allow authentication against a local repository as well to one or more remote LDAP repos in parallel

The NOI included OpenLDAP does only support standalone OR proxy mode, but not both in parallel. Common OpenLDAP implementations do allow this hybrid mode easily. Especially technical users like impactadmin are often not allowed in LDAP repos, only...
2 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Submitted

Integrate Alibaba Cloud SAAS monitoring data collection

Many users use Alibaba Cloud SAAS or PAAS services, and we need to use Instana to integrate Alibaba Cloud related indicator data for alarm and AI analysis. IBM official development is required to integrate Alibaba Cloud service data.
3 days ago in Instana / Business Systems / Portal 0 Submitted