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Add customer branding to the User Interface

The idea is to allow configuration of custom logo and theme colors across the UI (and alerts like Email). Since Instana has a wide range capabilitiles, some customers use Instana as a stand-alone tool without other dashboarding solutions. The UI b...
8 months ago in Instana / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Targets KPI Section in ITP - Multiyear view, add/custom columns, filter capabilities

Targets KPI Section in ITP - As Administrators, we would like to be able to view multiyear target data. Also, the feasibility to add columns in the Target plan and the ability to filter column data by year, region and cost center. Update** 1/10/25...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Be able to create parenthesis in filter and select if AND or OR

Be able to create parenthesis in filter and select if AND or OR. For example be able to filter for vendor AWS, usage family Storage and for Azure, usage family Instances (vendor=AWS AND usage family = storage) OR (vendor=Azure AND usage family=Ins...
11 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 3 Future consideration

Composer cmd to display Locked objects in the DB

We have a need for a new composer command that displays all objects in "Locked" status in the DB. Would like to have this ability for all the different type of objects that can get Locked in the DB. Jobs, Jobstreams, Resources, Variable Tables, Ca...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Enable VMEM and VCPU Minimum Thresholds for Cloud based VMs

When dealing with 3rd party products, support plans, and licensing, there are often constraints placed on systems for preserving a minimum specification. Same would be true for maximums when it comes to things like database licensing that is tied ...
11 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Policies 0 Future consideration

Provide out of the box reports on device/object discovery

As SevOne does auto rediscovery of devices regularly, provide OOTB reports on the following: List of new devices discovered over the past 24 hours or other pre-determined time frame List of new objects discovered by device List of deleted objects ...
8 months ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 0 Future consideration

Centralize Executed Actions between Turbonomic instances

If we want HA for any of the features that Turbonomic provides, our only option is to set up some sort of hot-warm configuration. With this configuration, actions are generated and performed locally only. If failovers have occurred in the past, it...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / APM & Applications & Databases 1 Future consideration

Allow custom events be created for IBM MQ MFT Agent status

Currently, IBM MQ MFT Agent Status is not available as a metric to create a custom event. Out of the box events can't be adjusted per customers requriement. The use case would be to create a custom event on IBM MQ MFT Agent status when they are in...
4 months ago in Instana / MQ / Sensor 0 Future consideration

can mass upload be disconnected from cost object permissions ?

People who are able to edit cost Centers can also perform mass upload. During mass upload, if wrong option selected not intended Cost Centers can be overwritten.Would it be possible to disconnect mass upload: Import: Contracts, Import: Financials,...
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Ability to add percentage column in allocation table reports to understand the allocated percentage of each item.

As of today, we can create a report taking a cost metric as Cost(amortized) or Cost (Total) for a selected dimensions to list all items under the dimensions with their allocated cost. Requirement is to have an option to also add a column which is ...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 2 Future consideration