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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 user to select the language on DWC

We usually set our browsers to use Portuguese language, but for DWC, and other specialist IT tools, we prefer to use the English language. Until version 9.4 it was possible to set the "Default Locale" on "Console Properties" screen to "en", so DWC...
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Possibility to mask GET values based on value of other parameter in websites

We would like to extend the functionality of GET url parameter masking. Currently, it is possible to specify directly name of the key, whose value will be masked. i.e. "/mykey/i" for url /?mykey=XXX will change to /?mykey=<redacted>. However...
about 2 years ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities / Real User Monitoring 1 Not under consideration

Infrastructure view - start with the choosen filter

Abilibility to set custom filter to start with it after user login
about 1 year ago in Instana / Infrastructure 1 Future consideration

Event handler email attachments

An Action to send an email should allow one or more file attachments.
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

To alert on CVEs, introduce a new event type in Instana for "Vulnerabilities Detected"

Instana should provide capabilites to create an event based on a vulnerability detected for the particular host/technology, so that the customer's support teams are alerted for the detected vulnerabilities. The event could be either a System Event...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Security and Compliance 1 Not under consideration

MultiChannelHTTP Transport should implement retry functionalities

MultiChannelHTTP Transport should implement retry functionalities similar to the legacy HTTP Transport. # retryLimit - The number of time for http client to retry connection if previously failed. # retryLimit = 2 # # retryWait - The amount of time...
about 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 2 Functionality already exists

Ability to see trough API the history of removed peers & HSA

Request is ability to see the information through API of HSA and Peers that were removed successfully previously. And in case of re-adding a repaved host, erase that information.
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Planned for future release

Ability to remove and then re-add a virtual appliance to an NMS cluster without re-imaging

Request is ability to remove and then re-add a virtual appliance to an NMS cluster without re-imaging to we do not loose server capacity when testing, since it is a painful process for us to get this.
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Planned for future release

Request for a cluster management API endpoint to give visibility of the data replication status when adding an HSA.

Request is to provide an API endpoint that provides data replication status during REPAVE process when adding an HSA, so we can automate procedure and comply with company DC requirements.
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Planned for future release

Provide improved options for searching LDAP groups when configuring LDAP based access.

Provide improved options for searching LDAP groups when configuring LDAP based access. Today group filter is using “*<string provided>*” as the group name filter. Given the scale of our AD environment this takes too long to respond or return...
about 1 year ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 3 Planned for future release