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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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Sankey diagram for Custom dashboards

Instana ingests lots of data and we need different ways to represent it, one of the things that can be helpful is to have a Sankey diagram for Custom dashboards.
8 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Future consideration

Set alert to monitor Kubernetes Nodes CPU and Memory Usage

Please add option to set the event/alert to monitor Kubernetes Nodes CPU and Memory Usage in Instana events section.
4 months ago in Instana / Kubernetes 6 Functionality already exists

Sensor version and info per API

Currently it is not possible to query the version of a sensor being used by an agent. For many on-prem customers, the ability to get information programatically as seen in the screenshot (Sensor Info via the Agent Dashboard) will help automate tas...
12 months ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Future consideration

Logging integration with Grafana Loki

Feature Request: We would like to connect our Instana with Grafana Loki, so we can benefit from a centralized (Instana) place to view and analyze logs and metrics. Currently Instana supports ELK,Splunk, Coralogix, Humio and Mezmo. Any considoratio...
4 months ago in Instana / Logging 3 Needs more information

Db2 custom workload's metrics

Current Instana supports only Db2's default workload (SYSDEFAULTUSERWORKLOAD). In many cases, Db2 users create custom workload(s). Such users would be happy if Instana can collect these custom workloads' metrics.
4 months ago in Instana / DB2 0 Under review

Dark Mode

Instana needs a dark theme for the browser.
8 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Future consideration

Show alerts using Mobile App

Options to view Instana Alerts using a Mobile App
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert / Real User Monitoring 1 Not under consideration

Smart Alerts for Infrastructure and Kubernetes.

I can configure the smart alerts on the Application. I cannot however configure the smart alert on the Infrastructure components. How can I achieve it? If it's not possible I would like to request this as a feature since it is quite a helpful feat...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Alert 2

Implement support for SNS -> Lambda or HTTPS in the Node.js tracer.

Implementing support for SNS -> Lambda or HTTPS in the Node.js tracer is useful because it will extend the functionality of the system, allowing integration with additional services that are not currently supported. This will benefit developers...
4 months ago in Instana / Tracing 0 Under review

Support for AWS Cognito User Pool Identity Provider (IdP)

We are in discussion with potential customers that want support for AWS Congnito User Pools. We already support several IdPs and this is a very popular one we currently don't support. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/cogni...
8 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Functionality already exists