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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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Generic Configuration-based SDK

Generic Configuration-based SDK When working with the Configuration-based SDK, customer wants to use each class-method pair under "sdk.targets" in a generic way, not individually. To summarize, Instead of this one: sdk: targets: - match: type: cla...
11 months ago in Instana / Extend Capabilities 3 Planned for future release

From Project Explorer's Tables list, add "Unused Object" option for filtering

As a TBMA, I would like to identify which objects are not used by any model. This would allow me to easily locate objects missing inbound/outbound allocations and determine actions (eg delete the object, add driver, add allocation). To identify th...
8 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

Integrate the Remedy BMC Gateway with Remedy ITSM

We have had several customers requesting the gateway integration for Remedy ITSM v20. There is only this information which does not address how the existing nco_g_bmc_remedy should be configured: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/netcool-integr...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 1 Future consideration

Both the v2 and v3 API's require customer facing documentation that covers the rate limits for the various endpoints contained where in.

Information such a rate limits for updates to API is a critical oversight in the SevOne published documentation. Customer uses api for a significant portion of SevOne functionality for large updates e.g. device adds, interface description updates ...
5 months ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 2 Is a defect

keep infrastructure metric history on activation of beeInstana

Please refere to TS015999019 Missing his torical Data after migration to beeinstana
5 months ago in Instana / Enterprise Applications 0 Future consideration

Place event id in alert header

Currently there is no id in email alert header. Please make e.g. event id part of email alert header to support automated and human processing
5 months ago in Instana / Alert 0 Under review

We need an alternative to the Hashicorp vault

I continue to run into more customers that demand a vault other than Hashicorp as a way to securely store credentials for the configuration.yaml file. Previously, I opened this idea, but it was rejected: https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/INSTANA-I-271 I...
8 months ago in Instana / Agent 0 Needs more information

we want to see the application pools as individuals applications

we dont want to see application pools, because we cannot make dashboards of the ones that are inside the application pool.
over 1 year ago in Instana / .NET 1 Not under consideration

Add support of TSRM Gateway for Maximo for IT

Maximo for IT is the successor of the current version of IBM Control Desk and needs to be supported with the TRSM GW which allows incident creation and synchronization. The Target Maximo for IT minimum version is 8.1.4 (as part of MAS/Maximo Proce...
11 months ago in IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps 0 Planned for future release

Publish version history for instana agent and k8sensor

When upgrading to a new version of the static instana agent we have no idea what changes there actually are in the new version. We would like to know what we're getting ourselves into, and to be able to chose whether to upgrade or not. Additionall...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Security and Compliance 0 Future consideration