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Support HTTP Parameter Filtering in Adaptive Threshold for Smart Alerts

Currently, Instana Smart Alerts allow HTTP parameter filtering only in static threshold mode. However, dynamic thresholds — which offer adaptive baselining and anomaly detection — do not support filtering by HTTP parameters Proposal:Extend adaptiv...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Alert 6 Future consideration

Dynamic Tag support for process environment variables in actions needed

Hi, We use Webhooks to trigger events in our central alerting console. The messages are then routed to the appropriate team/workflow based on tags which are delivered as environment variables with the process. Currently those environment variables...
2 months ago in Instana / Alert 2 Future consideration

Entity Split Screen Fields

As a person splitting an entity, I want all fields that are frequently used automatically populated. At this time, the fields on the split screen are predetermined. We would like the ability to manage which fields show for our users when splitting...
4 months ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Future consideration

Include Process Details in Email/Msteams Alert

1. Currently, in Instana, the alerts we receive via email or Teams do not include information about which process is consuming high CPU. However, when we check the event details within the Instana UI, the specific process name is available. 2. It ...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Alert 1 Future consideration

Possible filters in History tab

With automation rules and metrics putting a lot of records in history, it’s very difficult to find who changed a field in the past. I think it would be perfect if we had the possibility to have a dropdown where you select a “field” which you want ...
8 months ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Future consideration

Add the Ability to Create Alerts on Usage

Customer is using CRIO They are asking for the ability to create alerts on the following: Namespace: stg-cp4i-ace Pods: contains stg1* 1. CPU: 95% usage of cpu requests 2. Memory: 95% usage of the requests Checked with @Jayanth Putta and confirmed...
8 months ago in Instana / Alert / Kubernetes 4 Future consideration

On date selectors, it would be nice to have a "Today" button

When selecting a date on the calendar date selector, it would be nice to have the option to jump to today's date.
3 months ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 0 Future consideration

Dark mode in target process

Would be nice to at least have the option for a dark mode in target process to reduce eye strain. Thank you
about 1 year ago in Targetprocess / User Experience 1 Future consideration

Add Alert Channels as scope option in Maintenance Windows

Context: Instana's Maintenance Windows feature offers, at the moment, either Application Perspective, Selected Entities (Dynamic Focus) or Synthetic Tests as scopes in order to generate silence windows. Problem: Maintenance Windows is the only fea...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Alert 1 Future consideration

Add filter capability to entity tab lists

Current Limitation: In TargetProcess, tabs often contain list views populated with a large number of work items. However, there is currently no built-in filtering functionality within these views, making it difficult for users to quickly locate re...
5 months ago in Targetprocess / User Experience / Views (Lists, Boards, Roadmaps, Dashboards) 0 Future consideration