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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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BI - Re-sort Tabs

Ability to re-order tabs created in BI report.
19 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 2 Planned for future release

Support for Apache Tomcat Sensor on native IBM i agent

This is beneficial to support tracing on Tomcat for java based web applications.
12 days ago in Instana / IBM i 0 Submitted

Support for Node.JS Sensor on native IBM i Agent

This is beneficial to expand tracing to applications utilizing Node.JS.
12 days ago in Instana / IBM i 1 Submitted

Azure HD Insight Monitoring Support

Now, Instana can't support HD Insight Service monitoring via Azure API. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/hdinsight/ Many customer have HD Insight usecase of IoT environment.
12 days ago in Instana / Azure 0 Submitted

Change units in downloaded csv file with recommendations

The units appear in KB and the client requests GB. It is a much more manageable and realistic unit given the current sizes.
23 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 2 Submitted

Provide new metadata summary widget that displays number of unique values by type for a metadata attribute (e.g. number of ports that are down, up, disabled)

Operationally and for Management reports, it is useful to be able to summarize items of interest, such as the number of ports that are up, down, disabled, etc. Or summarize number of devices by type, operating system, etc.
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 0 Future consideration

Show the SQL query on traces from CICS transactions to DB2/z

Shows a real E2E which includes the query at the end.
3 months ago in Instana / IBM Z / Tracing 0 Under review

Provide ability to expand tables within PDF Report

Provide the ability to expand on the tables embedded in the PDF report. Specifically for tables that have subtotals configured
4 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Provide a Concurrent Count of VMs

This will help determine an accurate count of non-ephemeral workloads, which will help with software licensing requirements etc.
5 days ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 0 Submitted

Allow for the customization for additional months of data refetch

Credits are often issued for charges further back than the current or previous month. Allow for the customization to refetch data back multiple months by default, preventing a manual refetch process
5 days ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Under review