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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 job time dependency to be set relative to job stream input arrival to fix timezone DST issue

Allow job time dependencies to be set relative to the job stream input arrival time rather than from the Plan start time as it is currently. This is important for scheduling where the time zone of the workstation has different Daylight Savings tim...
almost 9 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

For HA workloads (consistent resize), allow Match Cores

Today Turbonomic matches utilization based on MHz. There are use cases for when teams would want to have all their vms have matching core counts. Please add functionality to match by core count for Consistent Resize capability.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Planned for future release

Variance Analysis grouped by Account Category Code but showing Account Category Name

As Variance Analysis is grouped by Account Category Code but showing Account Category Name it can create lines that look like duplicates to end user.  If different Account Category Codes share the same Account Category Name, currently a separ...
11 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

ScopeID and Policy information on Alerts detail

Customer wants to have more datail about how alerts are grouped and what policy was used for that. This help to improve policies and it's configurations, and a better understanding when they are troubleshooting incidents.
11 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Planned for future release

Instana fix pack upgrade directly from one version to any version should be possible

Currently we are using 1.239 version which is 6 months old than the latest version 1.263. Currently Instana doesn't support direct upgrade from one version to any version. We have to upgrade atleast 6 times to reach to the latest version 1.263. In...
11 months ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Not under consideration

The Transformation maps should be in Persistent volume or there should be config maps to define transformation maps.

Currently, Cloud Native Watson AIOPS have no stable way to add wires, as custom transformation are deleted with WebGUI pod is restarted. There has be better way tom manage custom wire for user defined dashboards.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Future consideration

add a rm /tmp/rm$$ stanza in a rmstdlist command

because a rmstdlist command does not clean there temporary file.
almost 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Extended jobname in DWC

Customers running both the mainframe and distributed workloads often search for extended jobnames and require a view to display it
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Future consideration

Comparison should be more granular in IT planning

Hi, our company just started to use apptio. Our IT division use IT planning at budget process and forecast process. At forecast, we create forecast plan based on original budget. Actually we would like to input forecast value while watching b...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

allow using groups based on virtual machines as a scope for volume policies

at the moment, volume policies are only configurable by resource group. we want machines that in lots of different resource groups to be in scope for a policy
almost 2 years ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 1 Not under consideration