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Adding row count metrics to database query monitoring

By enabling database administrators to identify usage patterns and understand user interactions, it allows for optimization of inefficient queries that return a large number of records, leading to improved response times. This metric needs to be a...
about 1 year ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 1 Future consideration

Session Starts asociation with UserID in Mobile

Currently, in Mobile, Instana is not associating the UserID with beacons generated before the user logs in. This causes the first "Session Start" of a session to lack the linked UserID, affecting user count metrics and the accuracy of user trackin...
9 months ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 0 Future consideration

Cloudability API definition file

The ability to get api definition using either discovery document, swagger file or Postman collection.
8 months ago in Cloudability / Help & Training 0 Submitted

Provide more details on the Apptio help center

Rightsizing in Cloudability (apptio.com) Currently the apptio help center doesn't include a comprehensive explaination on idle resource, such as the how to define S3 idle percentage, which will affect the user experience.

AI Agent to help customer on API document understanding and helping in coding

An AI Agent for API Documentation Assistance helps customers understand API documentation and provides coding support. It can parse API docs, extract relevant details, and answer queries in natural language. Users can ask about endpoints, request/...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Help & Training 1 Submitted

Documentation for custom FOCUS data integration

Hi, There seems be lack of documentation on how FOCUS columns are being mapped to the visualisation in Cloudabillity (please see case TS019672206) Please can you update the documentation so we can use FOCUS data seamlessly.
4 months ago in Cloudability / Help & Training 0 Submitted

Auto Profile support for AIX

Auto Profile support for AIX https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=monitoring-profiles https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=processes-configuring-profiling From the above link: At the moment Aut...
almost 2 years ago in Instana / C / Team Proxies / Cross teams/areas 3 Planned for future release

Session Duration Tracking in Instana

Currently, Instana does not provide a way to determine the duration of a user session, either via the UI or API. This feature request proposes adding functionality to track and retrieve session duration, including the total time a user spends logg...
8 months ago in Instana / Cross teams/areas 0 Needs more information

Keep Apptio Gov Help Up To Date with Commercial

The gov version of Apptio Help seems to not get updated as often as Commercial. According to gov help on 2/10/25 (https://help-gov.apptio.com/cloudability/whats-new.htm), the last update to Cloudability was on September 30, 2024.
9 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government / Help & Training 1 Planned for future release

Add a link/button from Instana dashboards to our documentation with the context

We can’t fix all possible issues that may happen in customer environments. But we can add a link/button pointing to our documentation from the service dashboards. For example, when we discover an postgres database service, but it shows no calls or...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Application perspectives / Cross teams/areas 4 Future consideration