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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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Instana Synthetics should support CyberArk to store the passwords

Instana Synthetics should support CyberArk to store the passwords
4 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Submitted

Customizable metric multiplier / threshold for rightsizing recommendation

In some production enviroments, workloads are intentionally overprovisioned to allow for burst capacity, stability or failover requirements.In most cases this is has to do with compliance and regulations bound apps. We propose addig a metric multi...
29 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Add Unit of Measure as a Dimension in Cloudability

While Usage Quantity is a metric, the corresponding Unit of Measure if not a dimension that is surfaced in Cloudability. Without Unit of Measure, it is not always possible to tell what is being measure/billed in Usage Quantity (hour, GB, core, etc...
15 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 1 Submitted

Update mappings instantly

When creating a Business Mapping or Business Metric, it is necessary to wait 24 hours for the metrics to be populated, causing delays in deliveries or data visualization. We want updates to be instantaneous or at least with a short update period, ...
15 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Move Visualization - Filter for Your Own

When moving a Visualization to another Report, provide a filter that narrows the Select Report dropdown to your own Reports, as rare that one would move visualization to someone else's Report.
5 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Monitoring of API Endpoints

Kindly consider implementing monitoring of API endpoints, considering all existing authentication mechanisms in place e.g. Bearer Token. We are getting requests from Business teams to onboard APIs for monitoring which use Bearer Token authenticati...
5 days ago in Instana / Synthetic 0 Submitted

Include .Zip format in Datalink File import and export connections

Datalink Classic used to allow files provided in '.zip' format to be imported and exported from Apptio Cost Transparency. This file format has been dropped in Datalink. This is a blocker for us to migrate from datalink classic to Datalink as our u...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 1 Submitted

Please add the effective cost in the downloaded file for executed actions (widget)

We are seeing the effective cost in the UI, however when the report / details are downloaded to in excel format, it contains the on-demand cost rather than the effective cost.
10 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Billing & Costs & Discounts 0 Submitted

Automatic CVE Resolution via CPE in SBOMs

Why is it useful? SBOMs often include CPEs, which are globally recognized identifiers for software components. Leveraging these identifiers enables IBM Concert to automatically discover associated CVEs using public databases, delivering immediate ...
10 days ago in Concert 0 Submitted

Instana ServiceNow Service Graph Connector API

Instana currently integrates with ServiceNow for forwarding the events. However, there is no capability available to integrate with the CMDB to sync data. One of our customer is looking for an Observability solution for their IT Infrastructure (50...
15 days ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Submitted