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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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Please provide users with a summary of the release notes for the sensor version upgrade.

We would like a system that notifies users when updates occur for the sensors they are using, allowing them to understand the updates. It would be preferable if only the necessary information from the monitored data is notified to the users. Howev...
about 1 hour ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Submitted

Instana to support calls to ODBC driver from GO code

In our shop we have Db2 on z/OS, and we have many direct access to Db2z from distributed world via DDF from ODBC driver (not JDBC), which is called from an application written in GO. We need Instana to support this path as currently it does not su...
9 days ago in Instana / Go 0 Submitted

Obtain metrics for paging errors BD/NBD and PERM - TEMP addresses on the IBM i system

Clients have frequently inquired about the ability of Instana to provide additional metrics for IBM i environments. As we know, the current monitoring capabilities include key metrics related to jobs, subsystems, CPU and ASP capacity, history logs...
8 days ago in Instana / Sensor 0 Submitted

Want to be able to enrich data based on the entities involved in an Incident and application

I'm working with a customer. The use IBM ACE and MQ. Whenever they have problems with an application or with MQ or ACE, they want to have a screen where they can see and compare some of the key metrics. For example, they want to see the Input/Outp...
about 9 hours ago in Instana / Alert 0 Submitted

Make AWS ARN available in Cloudablity Datasets

Problem: Right now the Resource ID is available in the Cloudability data sets such as Cloudability Cost & Usage, however AWS ARN (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference-arns.html). The ARN combines a lot of metadata into a ...
about 12 hours ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Frequent TCP failure Error

The Frequent TCP fails built-in event checks whether the host has an unusual high number of TCP fails. The event inputs are: Metric - Network > Fail Metric - Network > Open/s Request - We need more details to understand the error and then on...
about 21 hours ago in Instana / Infrastructure 0 Submitted

It would be useful to have a "View by Week" grouping

It would be useful to have a "View by Week" grouping so that users can compare "Week on Week" costs.
about 22 hours ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Side slide button for the KPI ribbon

This is useful if we want to see or add more KPI's in limited space and is futureproof.
1 day ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Submitted

Ability to create groups of users to be used for Sharing

Right now you have to select individual people to share a dashboard, report, view with. And if a new person starts on that team, you have to know or remember exactly what things you need to share with that new person. It would be great if there wa...
1 day ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government 0 Submitted

Include a combobox on AP, Service and Endpoint panel to move to another App, Service o Endpoint easily

Why ?: because returning to the list of Apps, Services or Endpoints is annoying Whose benefit ?: All users of Instana. Should work as a simple combobox with the links.
1 day ago in Instana / User Interface 0 Submitted