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Status Functionality already exists
Workspace Instana
Categories Alert
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 22, 2026

custom querying option in the alerting/events section

it would be helpful if we could enter our own custom query as its difficult to map to the default options and we could enter any kind related to infra/logs etc.

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Máté Návay
    May 4, 2026

    While the filtering is done through a DFQ query, it is possible to filter the list to only certain infra entities already.
    We're planing to add more filtering options, including an easier search in the triggering entity name and will eventually use the Tag filter expression structure already available in Unbounded Analytics view.

    Please let us know if the DFQ option is not possible to use.