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Git proxy functionality on backend for agents in DMZs

Hi, When we install agents in production they are not allowed to connect to the internal Github to receive their configuration. Gitops is only possible if the requests could be routed through the backend. Any change in production also needs a long...
7 days ago in Instana / Self Hosted 0 Submitted

Custom colour palette in ApptioBI and Cloudability widgets

As a report builder in these two products I struggle to highlight what I want to, due to the standardised default colour palete. We get no ability to change whatever colours the widgets decide on. I work for a group of companies. Each has it's own...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Adding natural logarithm function to TBM studio

Adding a natural logarithm (ln) function to TBM Studio would enable users to perform Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) analysis for cost allocation decomposition. LMDI is a widely-used method in decomposition but requires natural log calculati...
13 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Allow for Users to Remove Themselves as View Owners if there is another owner.

Currently, users who have been added as owners to views for trouble shooting purposes (like portfolio admins or other support staff) are unable to remove themselves from the same view. As a view owner, I need to be able to remove myself from any v...
14 days ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Agent restriction to SaaS Backend

In an Instana SaaS environment where application server owners can onboard agents to the backend: Mechanisms to restrict what agents are allowed to report to the SaaS backend. A process to detect and remove any rogue agents that have been onbo...
14 days ago in Instana / Automation 0 Submitted

Continuously sending alerts (or expiring alerts) past a defined threshold to avoid overlooking.

We have encountered a critical operational challenge: When a single alert is triggered and then overlooked or ignored, there is currently no built-in capability within Instana to continuously resend or reissue that alert past a defined threshold o...
27 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

Ability to recover a workload estimate (if deleted) in Workload Planning. 

Hi, the ask here is to have an ability to recover a workload estimate (if deleted) in Workload Planning. Or as an alternative, to have an archive option instead of just delete. Thanks
7 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Planning 0 Submitted

Add resource id on Anomaly alerts/subscriptions

Idea : Is to add resource id on Anomaly alerts/subscription so that customer's can get an idea of the affected resources just through the subscription alert. While I do understand that link provided in the alert (redirecting to CLDY page) provided...
8 days ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Submitted

Extend Cost Sharing functionality

Better Cost Sharing functionality multi-vendor. Cost Sharing in multiple Business Mappings but filtered in one view.
8 days ago in Cloudability / Cost Allocation and Sharing 0 Submitted

Overlay graph with stacked bar in base layer and column in layer 1

Currently, the overlay chart doesn’t function as expected when selecting stacked in the base layer and column in layer 1, as it displays all three metrics as separate bars. It would be valuable to have a feature that supports stacking two metrics ...
8 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted