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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Instana
Categories User Interface
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 23, 2026

Improve Transparency of Built‑in Event Evaluation Logic

Problem Users cannot clearly determine:

  • Difference between “fraction of requests” vs “all requests”
  • Whether multiple thresholds are evaluated with AND vs OR
  • Full evaluation logic behind built‑in events

Requested Enhancement

  • Explicit evaluation logic documentation in UI
  • “Effective rule logic” preview
  • Tooltips explaining percentile semantics
Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    Máté Návay
    Apr 7, 2026

    Some of these were answered as part of the support case (fraction of is 50th percentile vs all requests is 99th percentile of worst values)
    Full evaluation logic is proprietary sensor code and is not considered to be released.

    Will provide feedback to sensor teams to add more detail to built-in event descriptions.