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Consolidate Resource Name across all CSPs into a single dimension

AWS uses the "name" tag, Azure needs a regex business mapping and GCP/SaaS platforms use Resource Name. Consolidating all vendors into the Resource Name field would make it easier to report on and use in business mappings.
about 11 hours ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Prevent Instana from Auto-Closing ServiceNow Incidents When They Are In-Progress

Description: Currently, Instana–ServiceNow integration automatically creates and closes incidents based on the lifecycle of Instana alerts. Behavior today: When an Instana event is triggered, an incident is successfully created in ServiceNow. When...
6 days ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Submitted

Allow Instana agent sending metrics to both Instana backend and our streaming layer, e.g. Kafka

We propose that the Instana agent should be capable of transmitting metrics not only to the Instana backend but also to our streaming layer, specifically Kafka. This dual transmission capability will enhance our data processing and analytics capab...
6 days ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Submitted

Create a custom Field in the Incident Details Overview to save the ITSDM Ticket Number

We have a customer that uses the generic WebHook to integrate with an ITSDM (CA Service Now). Today we don't have any rastreability at Instana, when a ticket is create in the ITSDM. Our first request would be to create a custom field at Incident D...
3 months ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Submitted

Enable customers to upload Excel/CSV/JSON files directly in the UI to automatically create or update Business Mapping statements with built-in validation and one-click rollback

Today, users cannot upload Excel/CSV/JSON files directly in the UI to create or update Business Mapping statements.Because of this limitation CSMs/TAM/Admins must manually convert customer files into statements. Large Business Mapping updates (doz...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Enable Alerting on Business Metrics in Instana

Instana currently supports the ingestion of business metrics via OpenTelemetry (OTLP), which is a powerful way to correlate application performance with business outcomes. However, there is no native mechanism to create alerts based on these busin...
19 days ago in Instana / Integrations 0 Submitted

Could 'AWS Cloud WAN' be assigned to ATUM Service Category 'Network'

It is currently 'unallocated'. Therefore WAN (wide area network) charges are NOT picked up in the Network section as they should. This makes all reporting based on ATUM Service Category 'Network' incomplete.
21 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Support for AWS Cost Categories

We currently have AWS cost categories in place and is extensively used to reflect our organisation structure, ownership and allocation for our costs. Rather than redoing this work via Business Mapping it would be great if Cloudability could import...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Add "Product Family" field to CDI data feed for enhanced cloud cost reporting and categorization

JPMC requires the Product Family field in CDI to support their highly customized cloud billing reports. This field is critical for their cost allocation and reporting framework as their cloud spend continues to grow dramatically (currently $50M/mo...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Add "Product/Physical Processor" field to CDI data feed to support comprehensive cloud cost analysis

This additional field is required alongside Product Family to complete JPMC's reporting requirements during their migration from MCC to CDI/ADM. The field supports their advanced cloud billing setup described as "the most advanced" implementation.
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted