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Expose billing measure variable

The client wants to add a column that shows the billing method for that resource, whether it is per GB, GB/Month, etc. So that they can get more details in their reports.
3 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Under review

Feature to convert "Global smart alert" to "Application smart alert" when we do it from application perspective !!

For instance, if we have a global smart alert for 404 errors with a static threshold of 5%, and there are 50+ applications that require different thresholds, the ability to convert the global smart alert to an application smart alert from within t...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 1 Not under consideration

Option to stop auto resolve events or smart alerts.

Having the ability to disable auto-resolution for smart alerts or events would provide greater control over how they are closed. For example, if I want HTTP 500 smart alerts to remain unresolved until I've added all the case notes, gathered necess...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Agent 4 Future consideration

Add v3 endpoint equivalent to GET /api/v2/devices/{deviceId}/objects/{objectId}/indicators/{indicatorId}/data

POST /api/v3/metadata/indicators (using filter) is listed as the v3 replacement for GET /api/v2/devices/{deviceId}/objects/{objectId}/indicators/{indicatorId}/data However, this endpoint does not retrieve the same information as the v2 counterpart...
2 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Is a defect

AIOps Incident Lifecycle - User Config Option for Incident Closure Resolved State for Incident

The current lifecycle process doesn’t allow users to control when or how an incident should be marked as resolved or closed—it’s fully automated based on the Netcool alert status. This becomes an issue in certain use cases, especially when inciden...
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Require DNC appliances to support much higher FPS than supported limit of 80KFPS on single appliance

DNC appliances are spec'd based on the Number of Interfaces and FPS (Flows Per Second). Different devices can be distributed to multiple NMS appliances (DNC's) for handling large FPS. However, how can the NMS monitor single devices that far exceed...
2 months ago in SevOne / Dedicated NetFlow Collector (DNC) 1 Needs more information

AD/LDAP Integration with Client's certificate for bind

LDAP integration (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/1.0.300?topic=configuration-configuring-ldap) accepts client's certificate for binding, additional to Bind DN and Password. It should be another configurable option.
2 months ago in Instana / Access Control 1 Not under consideration

Self-Service capability to Postpone Scheduled Parking Shutdown

Introduce a self-service feature similar to Azure’s "Auto-shutdown" mechanism. Before a scheduled VM parking event, send an email notification to the designated VM owner. This email should offer the option to postpone the shutdown by 1 hour, 2 hou...
4 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 2 Future consideration

Instana integrate or monitor the network to see a single infrastructure map

Currently, platforms such as appdynamics, dynatraces, datadog and others such as solarwinds, nagios, which are free platforms, have the ability to add and view both the networks and the servers in a single infrastructure map, which means that when...
7 months ago in Instana / IBM Networks 1 Future consideration

I want it to also support Microsoft.Data.SqlClient

I would like Microsoft.Data.SqlClient to be supported so that I can get SQL stack traces for instana.
about 1 year ago in Instana / Tracing 5 Planned for future release