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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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Add a section for alerts in the host view

When searching for alerts set for a VM/host, you have to navigate to alerts and filter through all the alerts to see which may be applicable to that host. It would be easier if you could navigate to the host and see which alerts are tied to that s...
6 days ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

Create Orphaned resources menu to be able to track deleted resources savings

Savings generated from deleted resources or orphaned resource cleanup is one of categories that Business is asking Cloud teams to track.
6 days ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 0 Submitted

Cloudability | Optimize -> Rightsizing -> Filters -> Status

Under Optimize - > Rightsizing menu under Azure there are resources displayed which has tickets created and tickets are in Done state. Would be great to have opportunity to filter out (exclude alll Done tickets) tickets with status "Done". That...
6 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization 1 Not under consideration

Provide the Password and/or the Client Credentials Grant Types for the ServiceNow Connectors

The current OAuth 2.0 implementation for the ServiceNow Connectors in Datalink use the authorization grant type which requires an interactive login when the refresh token expires. This means that a user has to physically login when the refresh tok...
11 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Visualization of the top 5% (the part excluded in the case of 95pt)

I would like you to visualize the parts that are excluded in the case of 95pt (top 5%). This is to see the load conditions that are excluded from the optimization action considerations.I would like to use it as a reference for changes between 95pt...
11 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 0 Submitted

Delete actions, such as unnecessary snapshots and virtual NICs

I would like you to present actions to reduce waste other than VMs, Volumes, and DBs. I want to centrally manage wasted resources with Turbonomic.
11 days ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Public Cloud IaaS 0 Submitted

Monitoring Tibco BWCE

This idea proposes extending the existing TIBCO BusinessWorks (BW) monitoring sensor to also support TIBCO BusinessWorks Container Edition (BWCE). Currently, the sensor offers monitoring capabilities solely for on-premise environments, which limit...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Under review

Monitor Windows Task Status

Instana should be able to Monitor the status of Windows task
2 months ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Under review

Logs Enhancement - Smart Alert should have more grouping , Log file mentionning and log body

The New Log integration is functionnal within instana , but the smart alert integration lack key component to send alerts with the rightfull data for notifications. It currently will only tell you that you exceeded the set threshold regarding the ...
about 1 month ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

Define a group based on a tag

Customer wants to be able to create a scope/group based off a particular tag, and then assign a user to that group. To have RBAC based on tags.
12 days ago in Instana / Access Control 0 Submitted