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Container Cost Allocation Based on Labels Instead of Namespaces

The customer has over 40 Kubernetes clusters with numerous shared resources within a single namespace across different cost centers. They would like the Kubernetes cost allocation feature to support allocation of resources based on labels, rather ...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Cost Allocation and Sharing 0 Submitted

Request to Remove the 400-Topic Limit for Kafka Metrics Collection in Instana Agent

Currently, Instana Agent imposes a limit of 400 topics for Kafka metrics collection. We would like to kindly request that this restriction be relaxed or removed. In the system we are currently building, the number of topics is expected to reach ap...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 1 Submitted

We want the ability to configure or override default retention period for Instana backend data dabases for traces/metrics data. For example: We want to store only 7 days of data, and free up EBS space on 8th day.

Hi Team, Current Installation Type: We have installed custom edition of Instana, and we have below datastores installed in our AWS EKS cluster. These backend datastores are using EBS volume. Day by day the data volumes are keep on increasing, and ...
27 days ago in Instana / Real User Monitoring 0 Submitted

Hide system-generated message in the validation rule UI

Amex raised this idea of improving the validation rule UI to have an option to hide the system-generated message that appears below the business-oriented error message, which currently shows the native entity name and ID? While the rule ID is grea...
5 days ago in Targetprocess / Other 0 Submitted

Allow for manual save on Rich text Fields or Disable autosave

In certain usecases clients wish to restrict certain characters i.e ($%#) from being used in rich text custom fields. We are able to build VRs around restricting these characters, however from a UI perspective users are stuck in a VR message loop ...
5 days ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Submitted

Allow for manual save on Rich text Fields or Disable autosave

In certain usecases clients wish to restrict certain characters i.e ($%#) from being used in rich text custom fields. We are able to build VRs around restricting these characters, however from a UI perspective users are stuck in a VR message loop ...
5 days ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Submitted

Currency doesn't show in charts

Issue is with metric: Even if you tag the currency, it won't show in the charts and if currency is Euros, it also won't show the Euro sign.
5 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

Apptio tables Show Values not working when RLS Applied

Show values does not work in the RLS Step and users see different row count.
5 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

Option to Filter or Suppress Specific Recommendations in Policy Enforcement

In Turbonomic, we often encounter scenarios where certain recommendations (such as resize, move, or suspend actions) are not immediately actionable due to operational dependencies, planned change windows, or business decisions. Currently, within t...
5 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Submitted

Enable Image Attachment in Comments on Rightsizing ROI Screen

Customer wants the ability to attach images (e.g., screenshots) in the comment section of the Rightsizing ROI screen. Background: When sharing the status or context of a detected resource, it would be helpful to include screenshots for clarity. Th...
6 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted