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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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Workbench mapping additions

Right now, the workbench mapping can somewhat be a exhausting and inefficient task I'll do an example of a solution offering in the FLS case, that needs to be mapped to the consumers to give a better understanding of the issue: We have a solution ...
14 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 2 Under review

Technical service layer does not fit the use-cases of the current clients

The Technical Service Layer that the OOTB-model tries to use is too simplified for the use cases of our clients: More specifically there is currently not the possibility of allocating cost to a technology service by applying offering ID. In the wo...
14 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 2 Future consideration

Need audit logs for Sevone NMS

Useful For debugging. To know details such as , what action was performed at which time by which user. Sample API log required: <User> <Time> <Request Type> <URL> <Status> - <admin> <10:45:00 IST> <POST...
27 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 3 Needs more information

Request for ec2 permissions be added: DescribeInstances permission to be provided for all AWS linked accounts, which would be needed to determine whether a given instance was explicitly terminated.

The client was experiencing an issue with the recommendations that Cloudability shows. In the Optimize section there is a subsection called Rightsizing, which is where we can see the optimization recommendations based on the resources we have in t...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Functionality already exists

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

Clients want to view their networks and infrastructure from their smartphones on Android or iOS.
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Configuration and Administration 0 Future consideration

Object groups & device groups should not be allowed to be deleted, if a policy uses that group.

How it works currently : Upon deleting a device/object group, the associated policy also gets deleted. How should it work: When trying to delete a device/object group that is associated with a policy, an error/warning should be thrown to the user....
27 days ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

1yr performance graphs

Expand time range for the largest selectable timespan to one year in the user interface. This allows customer's operations team to see long term performance and capacity trends. The yearly graph should have 365 daily datapoints which will speed th...
3 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 0 Under review

Enable the line breaks and wrap text options in report columns

In TargetProcess, text fields such as comments are often constrained by column width, leading to incomplete visibility of the data. This limitation hampers the ability to present comprehensive insights, especially at the executive level. To addres...
4 days ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Ticker or Flash page to announce unplanned downtime

There have been two zone-wide Apptio downtimes since Jan 2025. Both instances were long in duration, lasting more than 10 hours and it became a major problem for us fielding questions from users and our management teams. And the tool does not let ...
4 days ago in Apptio / Usability/UX 0 Submitted

Can coloured bar charts have the same colour per dimension for each widget?

Useful for comparing costs across widgets.
4 days ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Submitted