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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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More detailed error messages in Datalink Financials

A similar enhancement idea already exists for Datalink Classic, but the error messages for Datalink Financial are also inscrutable. Example: Failed connector details: "Error while calling Async Post API. Code: 500 , Message: Error message rece...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Under review

ASM Topology Dashboard Favorites Inner Status Coloring

When I create a topology dashboard template and set it as favorite, a nice bubble icon with status colors appear for topology drill down. The pie chart around the icon is actually showing status severity of all topology related objects. Which basi...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Planned for future release

Instana kubernetes container memory monitoring improvement

What is your recommendation for monitoring memory usage for kubernetes pods/containers? So far we are using this in Instana: Kubernetes -> Container -> Memory Usage. (Prefer this as compared to pods because sidecars can get in the way) The p...
over 2 years ago in Instana / Kubernetes 4 Future consideration

Bi-Directional Gateway b/w 2 instances of AIOPS for HA/DR

It would be very useful if there exist a Bi-Directional g/w between 2 instances of AIOPS to have a active-active pair.
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Support for one objectserver to serve as data source for multiple AIOPS via Connectors

If we have one netcool objectserver which is injecting alarms in one AIOPS, currently is can not send to another instance which could be helpful in maintaining Active-Active setup.
2 months ago in AIOps Integrations 0 Future consideration

Export and Import Al Model across CP4AIOps instances

Current Situation: CP4AIOps uses various AI models for tasks like anomaly detection, event grouping, and incident prediction. These models are typically trained and optimized within a single CP4AIOps instance. There's limited information about dir...
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Custom event fields mapping - Netcool Probes (without dependency on ObjectServer)

Implementing this feature would significantly enhance CP4AIOps' ability to ingest and process diverse event data, particularly in environments where direct probe integration is preferred or where ObjectServer is not used. It would provide more fle...
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Capability to assign incidents by application/resource groups

Current Situation: Incidents are typically assigned based on individual alerts or general routing rules Assignment is usually done manually or through basic automation rules Resource groups exist but aren't fully leveraged for incident assignment ...
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review

Support multiple instances of the same OOTB connector (such as SNOW) for ticketing

Implementing support for multiple instances of the same OOTB connector (like ServiceNow) for ticketing in CP4AIOPS would be useful for several reasons: Multi-tenancy: Allows different teams or business units to use separate ServiceNow instances wi...
2 months ago in AIOps Integrations 0 Future consideration

Support for installing multiple instances of CP4AIOps on the same OCP cluster

Implementing multiple instances of CP4AIOps on the same OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) cluster could be useful for several reasons: Environment Isolation: Separate instances for development, testing, and production environments on the same clu...
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Under review