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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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WAS Sensor - Enable an Application Status metric for each deployed Enterprise Application

We must be able to create a Custom Event for the Application Status.
3 months ago in Instana / WAS 0 Under review

Function to allow the controlled display of an allocated value from a lower object

Being able to set the Columns of a table to be the column of a lower object (i.e. a drill table) is extremely useful in showing the makeup of costs - eg the Cost Pools contributing to an application, you see the values at Cost Source categorised b...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Under review

Out-of-the-box vs Custom Reports

As a TBMA, I'd like to be able to pull a report that shows me which of our existing reports are out-of-the-box vs custom. We are building out a report dictionary and this is a field we'd like to have available. This will also help us work around u...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Under review

Report Collections - Move OOTB Reports

https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/APPTIO/UploadedImages/qEsfhSaQZ6GlQxNK9E8m_2023-02-15_9-51-11-L.jpegCurrently, OOTB reports assigned to collections are not able to be moved. The only workaround to this is to copy the report, move it t...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Under review

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...
26 days ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Topology REST API for the Service Now

We need to expose the Topology REST API for the Service Now team to consume. However, the authentication of the API is limited to HTTP Basic, and current the only available username/password pair is from a K8s secret. As confirm by this support ti...
about 1 month ago in AIOps Integrations 0 Under review

Custom Dashboard -use metric per Database (schema) already available under MSSQLServer

We have valuable metrics under MSSQLSERVER server monitoring in instana. but it is not possible to create a widget with these metric. I need to be able to put in a custom dashborads for example: "Connections & Users" for a specific Schema on a...
2 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Under review

Enable Internet Service Monitoring protocols in Instana

We must be able to monitor more protocols with less effort like an ISM Agent: DNS resolution, DHCP, FTP, LDAP, NTP, TCP PORT, SNMP simple, Synthetic Check sensor supports HTTP and ICMP ping. We can ensure a seamless migration of customers from ITM...
3 months ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Under review

WebGUI runwaapi.sh Password Parameter uncrypted

runwaapi.sh from WEGGUI has a password parameter, which need the password in plaintext. While the command is running the password can be seen in the process table, which typicaly will be seen by monitoring tools. The password parameter should not ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

consolecli.sh no plaintext password as parameter

consolecli.sh from JazzSM has a password parameter, which need the password in plaintext. While the command is running the password can be seen in the prozess table, which typicaly will be seen by monitoring tools. The password parameter should no...
about 1 month ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review