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Need a way to see details of executed actions

We have fully automated load-balancing of VMWare ESX cluster ...ie. Turbonomic is instructing VMWare DRS to move VM around when needed. But there doesn't seems to be a way for us to look at details for executed Move actions. ie. what is the utiliz...
25 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Submitted

Need a way to export/download the PLAN report in PDF

We are using the PLAN every month and have to send the report to the customer, but currently there is no way to export/download the PLAN report. We end-up using the browser print function to save it to PDF but the formatting is all messy doing it ...
25 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Submitted

Ability to specify component level PVC starting capacity for all supported stateful components (that require a PVC).

Multiple reasons, primarily though, improved install experience in an automated flow, and also in cases of public cloud deployments where configuring storage class IOPS and throughput settings for AIOps means enforcing a minimum volume capacity, e...
about 1 month ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Support the ability for an Operations Engineer / SRE to set VolumeAttributesClassName on PVCs and ensure the AIOps operators do not reset or override those settings.

This is important in Cloud storage environments, e.g. AWS, to be able to cost-effectively set and tune IOPS and throughput settings to meet AIOps component requirements and in a way that is supported by cloud provider storage solutions. Without th...
about 1 month ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

2 Step Authentication

I was unable to connect to Tableau since it uses 2-step authentication (POST, then a GET request). It would be useful if Apptio added this feature so I could connect in-house.
6 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Include Process Details in Email/Msteams Alert

1. Currently, in Instana, the alerts we receive via email or Teams do not include information about which process is consuming high CPU. However, when we check the event details within the Instana UI, the specific process name is available. 2. It ...
6 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

Can we have Load time indicator or progress bar to set expectations.

At times, reports in Apptio take significantly longer to load without any prior indication. For example, during a live screen-sharing session where we’re reviewing financials, switching to another report can trigger a long ‘Calculating…’ phase. In...
6 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

New Process for Adding a Contract?

To add a contract, users currently need to navigate to the relevant tab, scroll to the bottom, or right-click to insert a row above or below. Suggested Improvement: Instead of manually inserting rows, what if a form popped up when cost centre owne...
6 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Difficult to check what the changes have been made

Can we make group by in the top ? by the plan ?then by the amount ? so we can check how much amount was added or removed in the timeframe selected, filters of cost centre or others can be provided ( this should be visible to Admins and also for Co...
6 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Functionality already exists

Product Feature Proposal: GCP DBaaS Support

Objective: Enhance IBM Turbonomic's capabilities to include automated optimization for GCP's PaaS database services, such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Bigtable, Firestore, and Memorystore. Rationale: Diverse PaaS Database Offerings ...
5 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud PaaS & DBaaS 7 Future consideration