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My ideas: Apptio Costing

Ability to bulk update the specific period selected for Editable Tables

In TBM Studio, when creating a Table based on an Editable Table, there are four options for the time selections: 1) No Reoccurring Updates2) Previous Month3) Current Month4) Specific Period Note that the Previous Month and Current Month options ar...
13 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted

Ability to filter the rows with errors in Editable table

Currently, users input data into editable tables and often rely on the ‘Upload’ functionality for bulk data loads. However, when there is any error in data loaded, the portal does not provide a consolidated or prominent view of these issues. Inste...
26 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio / Usability/UX Submitted

After a failed login, user should be able to see information how to request access to the tool

Admins should be able to define in the error message what information users will see after a failed log in so that users know how to request access
15 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted

An Out Of the Box report containing Table Names and Table Description on the Source Step in the table in Studio.

Description of the Idea: Our team has recently started using the “Table Description” field within the Source Step of a table to capture important documentation details. As part of this effort, we attempted to generate a report in CT that lists all...
20 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted

Ability to rename branch

when a branch has been created, we would like to be able to rename it (and not to delete and create a new one)
20 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted

Formula similiar to today() in TBM Studio

Today there is no way for us to calculate the time remaining on a contract in relation to the current date. Using the currentdate() function causes confusion as it is dependent on the date picker. It also does not accurately reflect the time remai...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted

Logging and Display Features for "Send Mail" in CT Report Export

Currently, the "Send Mail" feature does not keep logs of sent emails. For the client I am responsible for, the inability to review the sending history of emails makes it difficult to properly handle user requests for sending confirmations. Proposa...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Planned for future release

The ability to generate a unique URL for each report tab and date range within the same report

In Apptio Costing, report URLs can currently only be shared in the default tab and date range state. We would like to request an enhancement to allow issuing unique URLs for non-default tabs and date ranges. Because the lack of these features is l...
5 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted

Enable advanced monthly scheduling options (e.g., first Monday, second Wednesday) for Email Subscriptions in Apptio Cost Transparency, consistent with Apptio BI capabilities.

Currently, Email Subscriptions in Cost Transparency only allow monthly scheduling by fixed calendar dates (e.g., the 1st–31st of the month). This creates limitations for teams that operate on business calendars or need reports aligned to specific ...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted

Email RLS subscription

The new Email RLS subscription feature has been improved which is good. But the info to the end user via the email is on PDF only, it will be better if the actual email body contains specific KPIs and insights rather than a PDF to improve traction.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing Submitted