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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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[python-sensor] - Instrumentation

Please add support for the following python libraries: - stomp.py (Stomp QA) - aioamqp (AMQP) - zeep (SOAP) - spyne (SOAP Server) Currently they are not supported.
over 2 years ago in Instana / Python 3 Future consideration

Publish version history for instana agent and k8sensor

When upgrading to a new version of the static instana agent we have no idea what changes there actually are in the new version. We would like to know what we're getting ourselves into, and to be able to chose whether to upgrade or not. Additionall...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Security and Compliance 0 Future consideration

iOs with Netfox library

We propose that Instana consider supporting the NetFox library for iOS applications. This would involve ensuring that Instana's monitoring capabilities can work seamlessly alongside NetFox without causing conflicts or errors in the application's o...
6 months ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Future consideration

Working hours also on Flow widget

Hi, we are in POC with HCL and they would like to have "working hours" setting also to work with flow widget. At the moment it works with "performance" widget but when we try to add flow widget to the report we cannot see working hours reflected i...
9 months ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 2 Future consideration

All pages that have a graph and filtering radio buttons should also filter the included data table below the graph

In an enterprise environment, focusing on the critical issues is the primary use case driver of using an APM. As such, being able to quickly, and easily sort and order issues is critical. On the various event graphs there is a radio button to hide...
3 months ago in Instana / Common 0 Future consideration

Need ability to properly discover device links when ifStack mib not enabled on device

We need the ability to get correct link information between devices in our environment
6 months ago in Tivoli Network Manager 0 Future consideration

Need to be able to assign tags to an integration node

Currently, tags can only be assigned to a Host or to some specific sensors such as MQ. Customers have a need to use tags for filtering, thresholding, etc. using tags for other sensors. Specifically, this customer needs to be able to use tags on an...
6 months ago in Instana / ACE/IIB 1 Future consideration

DWC - Viewing external dependency graphically from workload designer

It would be useful if the workload designer could show external dependencies between multiple chained jobstreams, to allow a better understanding of the scheduling network. Currently the designer only shows immediate predecessors for jobstreams. E...
almost 2 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

From Project Explorer's Tables list, add "Unused Object" option for filtering

As a TBMA, I would like to identify which objects are not used by any model. This would allow me to easily locate objects missing inbound/outbound allocations and determine actions (eg delete the object, add driver, add allocation). To identify th...
9 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

Metrics for Websites not stored for more than 7 days (historic data / representative sample)

Problem:------This is the case on the default Website Dashboard as well as for the Custom Instana Dashboards.When checking this in detail, we recognized no separate metrics and that the data is completely based on website (trace) data.Is this a bu...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities / Real User Monitoring 0 Future consideration