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Request to Remove the 400-Topic Limit for Kafka Metrics Collection in Instana Agent

Currently, Instana Agent imposes a limit of 400 topics for Kafka metrics collection. We would like to kindly request that this restriction be relaxed or removed. In the system we are currently building, the number of topics is expected to reach ap...
2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 1 Future consideration

Enable Export of Logs Collected via OTEL Collector from Instana UI in File Formats

Currently, logs collected via the OTEL Collector cannot be exported from the Instana UI in formats such as CSV or XLSX. At present, it is possible to copy individual log messages using log links or by copying them to the clipboard. However, there ...
2 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Future consideration

Increase days for retention for traces and calls

Currently Instana allows to keep the history of calls and traces for 7 days, however, due to business requirements and policies that the entity must comply with before other areas and governmental entities, Instana is requesting to extend this ret...
8 months ago in Instana / Metric Store 2 Future consideration

Increasing the largest selectable timeframe in dashboard more than 1 month

Hi, Is there any way to expand the timespan for more than one month? If not, this is a clear needs for all of our customers. BR
about 3 years ago in Instana / Metric Store / User Interface 1 Future consideration

Case Summary post indicates the current values of these fields, not the values as they were submitted

From: IBM Support (do not reply) <ibmsupportnoreply@us.ibm.com> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2025 11:47 AM To: Read, Sam <sam.read@landg.com> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Case closed - TS019792655 - Apptio - 0355650 Case closed - TS019792655 21 July ...
3 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

Enhancement Request – Bulk User Management in Admin Console

Enhancement Request – Bulk User Management in Apptio Admin Console We are also requesting enhancements to improve the multi-user management capabilities within the Admin section: Bulk Search / Last Login Visibility: We also need an easier way to: ...
3 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

Adding a feature to display Oracle metrics in Instana

The Oracle metrics that can be displayed in Instana are listed at the following URL: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=technologies-monitoring-oracledb#metrics-collection Since "temp db" and "temp tablespace" are not ...
over 1 year ago in Instana / Metric Store 0 Planned for future release

Deployment of CA-signed certificate

As a customer, our internal compliance policies require a CA-signed certificate to establish a connection with vendor products for the purpose of role assignment automation. Only a self-signed certificate is currently available for Apptio products...
3 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

Add this new idea creation link as one of the tile in IBM support main portal

I would think adding the new idea link to the IBM Support portal main page as one of the tiles would be super beneficial for all. I sometimes in the need to be able to submit such and would be great to be able to find this link on the page ,well o...
4 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

The idea is to restrict users from accessing a branch.

More specifically, users can only access the branch assigned by the admin. For example, Employee A can only work in Branch A and cannot access Branch B or C.
9 months ago in Apptio / Other 0 Submitted

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