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(Public) Support for gMSA accounts in IWS. Allow IWS to use gMSA accounts to execute jobs

(Public) gMSA for service accounts offer additional security and will not require manual updating of passwords. IWS currently requires standard user accounts (the Microsoft definition) to execute jobs, and not gMSA or sSMA accounts.
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Please provide users with a summary of the release notes for the sensor version upgrade.

We would like a system that notifies users when updates occur for the sensors they are using, allowing them to understand the updates. It would be preferable if only the necessary information from the monitored data is notified to the users. Howev...
5 months ago in Instana / Sensor 2 Future consideration

Additions to the OOTB-reports - Budget

Currently, the service and consumer reports does not include budget figures. This is an important part for the IT-department to compare their actual cost and understand how the underspending of certain labor & vendor cost affects the services ...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 4 Needs more information

Workbench mapping additions

Right now, the workbench mapping can somewhat be a exhausting and inefficient task I'll do an example of a solution offering in the FLS case, that needs to be mapped to the consumers to give a better understanding of the issue: We have a solution ...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 2 Future consideration

Technical service layer does not fit the use-cases of the current clients

The Technical Service Layer that the OOTB-model tries to use is too simplified for the use cases of our clients: More specifically there is currently not the possibility of allocating cost to a technology service by applying offering ID. In the wo...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 3 Planned for future release

Enable the "Apply Filters Dependency" for dashboard filters.

Currently, the dashboard filters do not apply filter dependencies, which forces user to type their options in the filters and sometime when the list expands beyond 150, it doesn't even appear.  Enabling this will elevate the user expereince....
about 1 year ago in Targetprocess / Filters 2 Future consideration

Using Mermaid Chart code to show the user how the entities are connected.

To keep my request easier if an admin can export a Mermaid Chart code (or something like it) that will allow the user to visual see how all the entities are connected. Than the user can use Mermaid to show users how all the entities are connected ...
about 1 month ago in Targetprocess / Other Integrations 1 Not under consideration

Ability to duplicate permissions for a Role (Roles and Permissions) or Entity assignments for a role (Roles and Assignments)

Settings for roles in these two areas - especially permissions - can be very time-consuming due to the (helpful) level of granularity. Often I want to create a new role that is very similar to an existing one with just a few differences. There is ...
about 1 month ago in Targetprocess / User Management 0 Future consideration

Collapse all view folders at once

I have many views and view folders. The list gets very chaotic as folders are opened. I would like to have a button or feature to collapse/expand all folders at any level from the very top as well as sub-folders. At minimum, the ability to quickly...
about 1 month ago in Targetprocess / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) 0 Future consideration

Keep parent/child entities together on roadmap views

I would like to be able to group related entities on a Roadmap view. If a roadmap contains parent entities and their children (or another related entity), there is no way I've seen to get them to stay together, which makes it visually very confusi...
about 1 month ago in Targetprocess / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) 0 Future consideration