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Workspace Instana
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Created on Sep 4, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Request for Numeric Event IDs in Instana

Title:
Support for Numeric Event IDs in Instana

Description:
Currently, Instana generates event IDs as alphanumeric strings (UUID-like). While this ensures global uniqueness, it makes integration with external systems (e.g., SIEM, ServiceNow, Splunk, monitoring dashboards) more difficult to track and correlate.

Many enterprise systems rely on numeric-only event IDs for:

Consistent alert tracking across multiple tools

Easier correlation with ticketing systems

Simplified parsing and filtering in downstream pipelines

Proposed Enhancement:

Allow users to configure event IDs as numeric values instead of alphanumeric.

Optionally provide an auto-increment numeric ID alongside the current alphanumeric event ID.

Or allow mapping a custom numeric field as the primary event identifier.

Benefits:

Easier event tracking and correlation across ITSM and SIEM platforms.

Improved user experience for teams that prefer numeric-only identifiers.

Idea priority High

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