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Ability to view logs after agent loss

It would be interesting to be able to view an agent's logs from the SaaS in order to analyze the reason for its loss. Currently, logs can only be viewed when the agent is reporting to the SaaS, but it would be good to be able to analyze the last m...
8 days ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

Smart alert for log volumetry

Create a smart alert based on log volumetry. The idea is to have an alert before reaching the threshold of logs in context add on which is 1 TiB / month
about 3 hours ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted

VAT Feature, but Allocated in the Monthly Forecast Columns

The enhancement would work like the VAT feature but would adjust the monthly forecast by the tax adjusted amount. For example, the contract’s location is selected, the rate is multiplied by the contract amount, then the new tax adjusted contract a...
2 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

IBM supported OpenTelemetry collector for Windows Platform

GlobeLife is a windows platform organization. All of their applications run in Windows platform. They want to send logs from applications both in-house developed or COTS to Instana for best use for analysis. Currently there is a LINUX OpenTelemetr...
about 2 months ago in Instana / Logging 1 Submitted

Review the impacted forecast lines updated & deleted by reference data changes

When reference data changes, could we add the ability to see the impacted forecast lines prior to updating the reference data? This would allow users to easily review and approve the changes. Currently, the only process I'm aware of is to create a...
6 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Variance Analysis functionality by Department & Vendor

Right now I understand that Variance Analysis for Forecasting in Apptio Planning can only be performed by Cost Center & Account Category. Allowing Variance Analysis to be configured based on different data would be tremendously helpful! For ex...
8 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Integration with AWS Cloudwatch logs

Currently, Instana's Otel Collector does not support integration with AWS Cloudwatch logs out of the box, which means that its integration with AWS service logs and event functions is inferior to that of its competitors.
about 2 months ago in Instana / Logging 4 Submitted

Include Location as a field that's available in the Filters

We are currently unable to filter by location and that is something that the State of Massachusetts cares about.
13 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Improve Email Notifications for Multi-level Approval Workflow

When testing the multi-level approval workflow, we encountered the following two issues: 1. A submitter of the Cost Object will never know if the plan is returned or approved via email notification. So, the owner of that level would need to commun...
14 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Add Otel tags in log volume Analysis

Add Open Telemetry tags filter group in log volume to facilite analysis volumetry sent directly to Instana Backend (without passing through Instana Agent)
14 days ago in Instana / Logging 0 Submitted