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Add CPU count and memory metrics to go along with instance types.

Withe the instance type information, adding a CPU count and total memory should be a easy metric addition that maps to the instance types. CPU count would be very helpful for licensing requirements.
8 months ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 1

Creation date for Snapshots and EC2 instances

Creation date for Snapshots and EC2 instances: We have several accounts with very high Snapshot Costs, and it will help us target where we can save the most if we can tackle the oldest resources first.
8 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Under review

Exclude idle time in IOPS and Throughput metrics

Consider excluding idle time when calculating IOPS and Throughput metrics used for recommendations or add it as an optional way to interpret and view recommendations. The current formula used is the sum of read and write operations dived by time p...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Treat Call and Trace metrics like any other time-series metrics

Regarding Application & Trace Data Retention policy, we claim that “Accurate metrics of applications, services, and endpoints are kept for 31 days.” After looking into this in detail, I have made the following observations: Call metrics with 1...
8 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 1 Future consideration

Create a new Presets button in the Time range Presets options for 'Last month' (or 'Last 28 days', something like this)

Simce Instana can show metrics up to 1 month why isn't there this kinda button in the presets. This can help with showing the 'Monthly overview' of the metrics f.e. in the Custom Dashboard section. Place where I imagine this idea to be developed a...
8 months ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Planned for future release

Show estimated end time of Caluclation

Although it is possible to check the progress status from Calculation Queue, sometimes it does not match the actual progress %. We would like a function to see the scheduled end time.

The Cost Savings Per Month field which is available in downloads - add it to the API

Large customers use the API to blend this data with Portfolio Management Data - the cost savings is a KEY prioritization parameter to get actions taken.
over 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / APIs 1 Not under consideration

Permit defining default width of table fields in Ad Hoc Component Configuration

As a TBMA, I would like greater control over defining the column width of fields I add to a table and have the width persist when time options (eg Months Year to Date, Current Month, Year to Date) and/or other fields are added as row/column fields...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Under review

Exclude entities from licensing based on tags, services etc. so not all entities are discovered for a specific integration.

For a given integration such as AWS, exclude specific services such as EMR that is underpinned by EC2. This allows Organisations flexibility with regards to entities that need to be discovered and optimised for the target account.
12 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 3 Future consideration

We need to get savings ($ number) details for each AKS cluster

We need to get savings ($ number) details for each AKS cluster, currently we are able to create dashboards for all/each cluster with saving details but we are unable to download saving number for individual AKS cluster. Please create dashboard to ...
8 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Container Platforms (K8s & OpenShift) 2 Future consideration