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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?

Instana

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Enable to exclude entities from built-in events by DFQ (Dynamic Focus Query)

Users cannot configure any conditions of built-in events. However in some cases, built-in event could be opened even though it is not harmful. Users would be happy if you can exclude entities from built-in events by using (single or sometimes mult...
4 months ago in Instana / Alert 2 Not under consideration

Need databases names as services

Dear colleagues, our customer monitors self written application which connects to local database. We had permission issue which caused to create separate service instance for every database from received calls and customer liked the presentation. ...
6 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Under review

Integration DPOD - Instana

DPOD allows to see in depth what happens with the transactions on the datapower, instana does not have this functionality and it would be complementary to have this information at the application level, trying to have a complete end-to-end view.
4 months ago in Instana / Integrations 1 Not under consideration

Instana Azure sensor should support proxy configuration

Instana Azure sensor should allow to configure proxy. Exactly the same approach should be taken as for the AWS sensor described here https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=agents-amazon-web-services-aws#through-agent-confi...
6 months ago in Instana / Azure 0 Planned for future release

Instana needs to send notifications/alerts when active directory certificates expire in OpenShift on Z

Without this notification, it's a manual effort to keep checking for expired certificates
2 months ago in Instana / IBM Z 1 Submitted

create API token for particular Application Perspective.

Requirement is ability to restrict API tokens which we create in Instana UI to a specific deployment/namespace in k8. For example: If we use a token for 1 deployment we should be able to check or retrieve data only for that particular deployment. ...
2 months ago in Instana / Kubernetes 2 Submitted

SAP ABAP Sensor - Built In Event if Transport has failed

SAP ABAP Sensor - Built In Event if Transport has failed
2 months ago in Instana / Automation 0 Submitted

SAP ABAP Sensor - Built In Event if a configuration change has occurred

SAP ABAP Sensor - Built In Event if a configuration change has occurred
2 months ago in Instana / Automation 0 Submitted

SAP ABAP Sensor - Display RFC Connection Errors

SAP ABAP Sensor - Display RFC Connection Errors
2 months ago in Instana / Automation 0 Submitted

SAP ABAP Sensor – Display Tables irrespective of it having Payload

SAP ABAP Sensor – Display Tables irrespective of it having Payload
2 months ago in Instana / Automation 0 Submitted