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Support for multiple database hosts for Docker Compose deployments

In the Docker Compose setup for IBM Workload Automation (TWS and DWC), the DB_HOSTNAME variable accepts only one host. We have a database with a primary and backup host for failover, and in non-container setups (e.g., CLIConfig.properties), multip...
about 5 hours ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Ability to subscribe to report with preconfigured filters

We have some generic reports. We would like to be able to offer users the ability to subscribe to those reports, but where they select the filters identifying the parts of the dataset that are of interest to them (and we have a single report to ma...
about 8 hours ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Expose container name as part of Kubernetes cost information

We would like to be able to generate dashboard based on Kubernetes costs and we need finer granularity than cluster name. It would be really helpful to also have the container name.
about 8 hours ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Enable users to retain visibility of the current view in Apptio BI while scrolling down

When navigating through large datasets or dashboards, the view context often disappears as you scroll, making it difficult to know which section or filter you are currently in. Maintaining the view would improve usability and reduce errors when an...
10 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 2

Possibility to create (more) interactive Boards at Dynamic Workload Console

To increase acceptance and usability of IBM Workload Scheduler the graphical user interface (Dynamic Workload Console) should be enhanced by the possibility to create (more) interactive boards. At the moment it seems not to be possible to create b...
11 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Correct the vague error messages output from twsinst

While upgrading FTAs from IWS 10.1.5 to IWS 10.2.3 we received the following vague and totally unhelpful output from the backup step. Wed 05 Nov 2025 01:38:39 PM MST backupInstance begin Wed 05 Nov 2025 01:38:39 PM MST /usr/lib/maestro/TWS/LINUX_X...
4 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Provide "Effective" Rate reporting (not just on demand)

In both ABI and Cloudability rather than just show the potential "on demand" rates for rightsizing opportunities, show the "effective" rate taking into account the customer discounts / EDP / RI / commitments to make the outcomes more real for cust...
5 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration

Please include Custom date range in the custom metric timeline

Currently the custom metric in apptioBI has only standard timelines like : "this week", "last week", etc.. and the only option of customization is inherit date from visualization, but when we use multiple custom metrics in the report for different...
12 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration

Version field for Instances in Cloudability

Multiple tenants requested the OS Version field of the Instances as they will use the below combination of dimensions and metrics to create custom KPI's for reporting. This was already used with our previous tool and the lack of the OS Version inf...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 3 Future consideration

List of all ApptioBI Reports to which logged in User is subscribed

This would either be a new menu item that provides a list of the reports that the user is subscribed to, or a new filter on the reports page that enables you to select those reports that you are subscribed to (ideally in conjunction with other fil...
6 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration