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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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Add metadata to events

It would be great if it was possible to add some data to the events we check in our tenant. At least, we would like to have the chance to add a long description with an explanation of the RCO, and a two-or-three length words custom label with a ca...
8 months ago in Instana / Alert 0 Future consideration

Server and Agent SSL certificate management through the DWC

SSL certificates have always been an important requirement for IWS/IWA. This continues to increase as organisations move toward public cloud infrastructure. This is especially true of cloud kubernetes services such as AKS, EKS & GKS. Most cust...
about 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Integration > Dynatrace(DT) > events load: to-include associated ticket (DT# P-)info

AS-IS: ====== Integration > dynatrace > event load > post-load event: incident & alerts page > no dynatrace P- info found, P- is dynatrace side ticket# info. Note: current cloudpak seems to grab the events from {dynatrace-SAAS-...
about 2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Support oAuth for integration with 3rd party platforms

Unlike Basic Auth, OAuth doesn't provide the weakness in sharing password data. oAuth uses authorisation tokens to verify an identity. Many vendors that provide platform access, provide an optional or mandatory mechanism of API access. Versa for e...
about 2 months ago in SevOne / Software Defined WAN (SDWAN) 0 Future consideration

Add Network Diagram type functionality to Maps visualizations

Customer is requesting, in addition to the "canvas" and "maps" type of visualization for map device/object data and metrics, to add a network diagram type visualization with the ability to use standard icons for network elements (Routers/Switches ...
6 months ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 0 Future consideration

Ability to customize built-in rules

Ability to customize built-in rules
about 2 years ago in Instana 1 Not under consideration

Quick add, drag&drop, prioritization, customization of columns and filtering for fourth level (sub-level) in lists

Currently quick add and drag&drop are only available for entities selected in view setup (lets call this first "three levels", when both axes are selected). So called "fourth level" (which user cannot select, as it is hardcoded in the system) ...
over 10 years ago in Targetprocess / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) 0 Under review

Support for GraalVM

We have plans to use GraalVM https://www.graalvm.org/ for some of our microservices. Especially for cloud native applications GraalVM is a very interesting project. Spring Boot is working on supporting GraalVM with spring-native project: https://g...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Java 1 Planned for future release

ITP Automated Notifications - Ability to change their verbiage and logo

At every main phase of an IT Planning plan (opening, closing, etc.), communications are sent to cost center and department owners. In order for these emails to be more impactful to customers and for them to not be categorized as spam (or even as p...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

Asset Depreciation

Currently selecting straight line by depreciation the calculation is Purchase Price divided by Asset life (in months). Is there a way the calculation could be Net Book Value divided by Remaining life.  This is way Oracle calculates and to upl...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted