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Composer cmd to display Locked objects in the DB

We have a need for a new composer command that displays all objects in "Locked" status in the DB. Would like to have this ability for all the different type of objects that can get Locked in the DB. Jobs, Jobstreams, Resources, Variable Tables, Ca...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Clickhouse Retention based on age of data

We would like to move the data on the clickhouse based on the age of the data. For a monitoring tool the most recent data is the most important. But older data gets not looked at as often. So in an effort to reduce cost for storage we want to be a...
11 months ago in Instana / Self Hosted 1 Future consideration

Reflect Sum of Highlighted Fields

To improve user experience when collaborating within the plan or forecast, have the ability to highlight fields in Expense Planning and Summary Tabs to get a sum of those fields (similar to excel functionality)
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Allow custom metric reporting without a primary dimension defined

Problem: I have several custom metrics defined in my Cost Transparency data set. I would like to be able to show both grand values and trended breakdowns per month for a selected time frame. Right now when I try to build that summary I get the err...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Allow for the use of 12:xx to be used in time fields

Since moving to v10.1, we have noticed that the Workload Designer does not allow us to use the "twelve o'clock hour" in any of the time fields. This has been tested by our team at stream level as well as within a run cycle, on the earliest start t...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Include a simple method to import AD/LDAP certificates for external authentication

The current method to import the LDAP certificate to allow for external AD authentication is extremely complex, cumbersome, time consuming, and error prone. Multiple troubleshooting sessions are needed at times to figure out how to get the certifi...
12 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Authentication & Security 1 Future consideration

Cloudability support Idle Load Balancer in Rightsizing service or in reporting

Today, there isn't a way to get this info of Idle load balancers in Cloudabiltiy the only way to do so, is by tagging resources in AWS to reflect in Cloudability.THis is not good for our organization' as we manage several AWS payer accounts with d...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

increase scope and usage visibility of Azure VM Reserved Instances

Currently Turbo recommends VI purchases at an Account/Subscription level. (it can also narrow in on Billing Families and Regions). Azure permits RIs to be limited to Enterprise, Management Group (that’s a collection of Subscriptions), Subscription...
over 1 year ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / Billing & Costs & Discounts 0 Future consideration

Data export that triggers download directly in browser instead of having to wait for an email link

Problem:Right now when you generate a csv data export for a visual in an Apptio BI report, you get a pop up message to check your email. Then you have to go to your email and wait for the link to the download to arrive. Then open that back in your...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

csv data exports from ApptioBIvisuals with more than one layers should be delivered in a single file rather than a file per layer

Problem:Right now if a data export is generated for a graph visual with multiple layers configured, the export email will contain one file link per layer. For example, the S3 Storage Cost by Tier Graph in the AWS Services Overview report has seven...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration