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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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Enhance AIOps-AWS Observer to use single IAM user to gather data from multiple EC2 instances tied to a single Application

we have hundreds of accounts, and require key rotation. having to manage so many tokens is impossible.
3 months ago in AIOps Integrations 0 Under review

Terraform support for Infrastructure Smart Alerts is needed

There is currently no terraform code available to creating Infrastructure Smart Alerts. This capability is missing but needed for a customer engagement.
3 months ago in Instana / API-C / Infrastructure 0 Future consideration

Support monitoring "IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL"

[Background] The customer is developing the system on IBM Cloud, and uses a lot of "IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL" instances.The customer wants to monitor all IBM Cloud services on Instana, but Instana doesn't support monitoring "IBM Cloud Databas...
3 months ago in Instana / IBM Cloud 1 Future consideration

Datalink Connector List Export

The current connector list in DataLink only offers limited information. In order to see what tables connectors load into, source and destination time periods, and other details, you need to click into each connector. Attached is a mockup showing t...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Support for Over 1000 Grouping Rules Under IBM's Scope-Based Grouping Mechanism with Telus Customization

The 1,000 grouping rules have been established by the business team based on their expertise and understanding of events within their technical domain. These rules help identify real problems, reduce noise from events, and prevent the creation of ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Support for OAuth for topology observers like Dynatrace

Since customer security doesn't allow basic authentication or direct API token bases authentications, customer is updating Dynatrace API authentication to support OAuth using centralized FedSSO token provider. this toke in expires every hour. Curr...
about 2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Monitor on message types

Hi, We have some requirements where instead of putting a certain message id to monitor. We monitor all *INQUIRY messages which has not been responded within a certain period of time. If an INQUIRY message is still waiting for a reply for more than...
about 2 months ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Under review

Turbonomic Target for Riverbed NPM.

It will help with more management and visibility context on the supply chain
about 2 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Target Support 1 Not under consideration

Need an alert configuration for Instana License expiry

Hi Team, We would like to have an alert configuration to notify us on the license expiration. It will be helpful for us to renew the license on time. We request you to please consider this request into consideration.
about 2 months ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement Request: Ability to Set 'SHOW ALL' as Default for Rerun Instances

It would be beneficial to have a configurable option to set 'SHOW ALL' as the default view for rerun instances in the job workload monitor. Currently, the default is set to 'Show Only Last,' which requires manual adjustment each time users need to...
about 2 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration