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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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All historical updates must be retained on entities

Historical updates are not retained for each update unless the updated field is entity state The update is not retained unless 5 minute is passed after the update is made, the idea here is to change the behavior to retain all udpates made on the s...
4 months ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Under review

Allow for the customization for additional months of data refetch

Credits are often issued for charges further back than the current or previous month. Allow for the customization to refetch data back multiple months by default, preventing a manual refetch process
6 months ago in Cloudability / Other 1 Under review

To not share the sensitive column data to Costing while using CTI or ADM.

To not share the sensitive column data to Costing while using CTI or ADM.
6 months ago in Apptio / Data Sharing (ADM) 0 Under review

Business Monitoring: Display the actual endpoints under Services tab instead of showing the JVM under Top Services

In IBM Business Automation Workflow, we usually create business workflows/processes at the top level. A workflow contains human, system activities and gateways. A human activity usually contains Script blocks to execute code, service flows for sys...
6 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Under review

Custom Attributes on Roles

We would like to add a custom checkbox to Roles for our use? Our intent would be to reference that Boolean field in reporting and other automation rules.
over 1 year ago in Targetprocess / User Management 0 Under review

More granular authorisation to execute impact policies via the REST API

As of Impact 7.1 Fix Pack 23, Impact policies can be triggered using the REST API. This is great and we have some use case where our Netcool users could benefit from this feature. Unfortunately, a user must have the impactAdminUser role to access ...
8 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Spark Worker Nodes PVC Storage

Currently, spark worker nodes use ephemeral storage instead of a PVC, possibility to run into issues with filling up worker nodes storage. Eliminated by using a PVC. Makes system require a high pod storage limit as well (specifically for these wor...
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Add customer branding to the User Interface

The idea is to allow configuration of custom logo and theme colors across the UI (and alerts like Email). Since Instana has a wide range capabilitiles, some customers use Instana as a stand-alone tool without other dashboarding solutions. The UI b...
4 months ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Under review

Allow To Make Project Required Field For Team Creation

Please make it possible to set Project as a required field for creating a new Team.
over 1 year ago in Targetprocess / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) 0 Under review

Ability to hide "Visualization Default" option in Environment Name drop down menu from specified roles

Problem: As part of a recent release the Environment Name menu was made visible to user when accessing Apptio BI reports via the Cloudability Standard tile. In addition a new option "Visualization Default" was added for all users. This "Visualizat...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Under review