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Allow for additional filter logic - combining attributes with OR as well as And.

In the current functionality, when filters are added, you cannot create logic that is (Account IDs = XXXX) OR (Account Names contain YYY). Not having the flexibility to combine data in this way results in creating additional business mappings that...
29 days ago in Cloudability / Views 0 Under review

Remove Limitation for `OR` logical operator When defining multiple metrics by pattern, only one rule is allowed to use a different matching operator from 'is'.

I believe, this functionality was by design when there is only one logical operator i.e., 'AND'. However, there was an introduction of `OR` logical operator recently between the rules/condition thresholds for metrics. It makes sense to restrict fo...
29 days ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Backing up of Apptio BI Reports

Hi , my suggestion is that thru report collections to include also filters and insights meaning to include 100% of the information of Apptio BI reports in the export Json file . maybe with a way to export these thru an API (for further automatizat...
29 days ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Add Oracle Database Driver Support (oracledb / ocdb) in Instana Synthetic Tests

Currently, Instana Synthetic Tests only support drivers such as mssql and mongodb, which limits the ability to directly test environments running on Oracle Database. Adding support for the official oracledb (and optionally ocdb) Node.js drivers wo...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Synthetic 0

Entities Grouping based on tag

While the IBM platform currently supports tag creation for entities, the grouping functionality is limited to predefined categories such as accounts, applications, or container platforms. This idea proposes enhancing the grouping feature to allow ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / SaaS 0 Under review

Improvement of the History Tab presentation

Dears, Reading and finding back information in any history tab can be come a nightmare when it comes to items with metrics & automation rules. We would find it more readable if the history can either be filtered or cut in section according to ...
2 months ago in Targetprocess / Other 1 Future consideration

Alarm Propagation Based on Topological Relationships for Telco Use Cases

In Telco environments using IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps, network infrastructure such as routers, switches, and access nodes is often modeled topologically as parent entities containing various dependent resources like physical interfaces, cards, and m...
6 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Planned for future release

Cloudability Access Logs / Report views by user

Much like how Apptio Costing has a usage project within an environment, The customer would like something similar for Cloudability / BI. Customer would like the ability to see which users are viewing which reports and at what rate (ex: John Doe vi...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards / User Management & Login 1 Future consideration

Request for Enhancement in Apptio BI Reporting Based on CFP Plan

We would like the ability in Apptio BI to create a calculated metric—similar to what is available in the CFP plan—that combines Year-to-Date (YTD) actuals with forecast data. For example, if we are in June, the YTD cost calculation should include ...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Ability to verify the expiration date of the “update access keys” from the Hardware Management Console

This feature enables the verification of the expiration status of the “update access keys” within the Hardware Management Console. It ensures that administrators can monitor and prevent interrupted access to system updates and hardware management ...
3 months ago in Instana / IBM Power 0 Under review