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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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Global filter/ Manage user views

If users go into Cloudability we would want them to easily be able to view all data relevant to them. We have a tag that could be used for this, however we would then have to create lot of views in order to manage this (basically for each user), w...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Views 0 Submitted

and or statements in filter

When creating filters in Apptio BI you are unable to create a combination of and en or statements. Hence you need to create several statements to achieve this. As an example i have this statement below. It would me much more efficient if we can ne...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

The compare function in Reports is not configured correctly

The compare function is designed to work the way by default, considering the "Previous Period" date range. Previous Period, here refers to considering the number same of days (period) in the current selection for the comparison. Hence the results....
3 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Submitted

Enable vCPU Usage Metrics for Azure in Cloudability

Currently, Cloudability supports vCPU tracking for AWS and GCP, but Azure data lacks this metric. Since vCPU is crucial for Reserved Instances (RIs), Savings Plans, and overall FinOps decision-making. Without this feature, Azure customers lack vis...
6 days ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 0 Submitted

Enable the System Uptime metric in the events for all hosts

Enable the metric to create events when a server has been rebooted recently, e.g., when its uptime is less than 5 minutes.
29 days ago in Instana / Agent 0 Submitted

Ability to embed Targetprocess Reports/Dashboards as iFrames in an external webpage

The ability to embed Targetprocess Reports/Dashboards as iFrames in an internal company webpage (i.e. Sharepoint, Confluence, etc.) would help keep stakeholders informed as it relates to the execution of strategic initiatives or projects without t...
9 days ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Allow reporting on Cloudability Right-sizing recommendations based on last 30 days in addition to 10 days in Apptio BI

The "Cloudability Right-sizing" data set in Apptio BI is locked on showing the recommendations that have been generated using the last 10 days of utilization data. There should be an option to either use the 10 days or 30 days utilization data bas...
9 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Enable a mobile application to extend monitoring and observability functions beyond the desktop.

Clients want to view their applications and infrastructure from their smartphones on Android or iOS.
29 days ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 0 Submitted

Trigger an email to remind customers that their Single Sign On (SSO) Certificate needs to be refreshed within Frontdoor.

Apptio SSO Certificates are now refreshed by the Customer, self served via Domain Management within Access Administration on Frontdoor. This refresh needs to take place annually and if not completed in time the customers end users will no longer b...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Other 1 Submitted

Session Duration Tracking in Instana

Currently, Instana does not provide a way to determine the duration of a user session, either via the UI or API. This feature request proposes adding functionality to track and retrieve session duration, including the total time a user spends logg...
4 days ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 0 Submitted