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Use the value "Actuals" for the Source Plan field for actuals rows appended into forecast plans instead of the forecast plan name

Currently, when a forecast plan is created, actuals rows use the plan name in the Source Plan field (e.g., “FY2025 November Forecast”). To improve clarity between actuals and forecast data, we request that actuals rows appended during plan creatio...
4 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 2 Planned for future release

Be able to indicate a false positive for an anomaly

As a FinOps manager, I would like to be able to assess an anomaly in the anomaly detection feature.Currently on AWS, it is possible to evaluate an anomaly based on several criteria :True anomaly: the cost is unexpected and the error must be analyz...
about 3 hours ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Submitted

Ability to assign and track investigation status of Cloudability cost anomalies in Cloudability UI

Problem:Right now in the Cloudability Cost Anomly you get a list of alerts for unusual/unexpected cost increases. The content of the alerts themselves is useful and provides the information needed to dig deeper. The challenge comes when trying to ...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Under review

Add a extra set of Variance Drivers and Comment to Variance Analysis so we can explain deviations year to date and also for the FY forecast

We are doing a monthly forecast and Variance analysis YTD so we can explain (add comments) to deviations from Budget to Actuals, In example Jan-Sep in October Forecast. But it will also be very helpfull if we also could do it for the Full Year to ...
6 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Display Account ID and Region Columns in Anomaly Detection List

Customer Feedback: Currently, the Anomaly Detection list only includes the account name. The customer requests that the Account ID be displayed in the list to make it easier to identify accounts when multiple payer accounts are registered. They fo...
12 days ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Under review

Apptio Planning: Map Forecast Actual into Other Tabs

Currently actuals only appear on the Summary tab when Forecasting, it would be beneficial to see actual data in the other tabs, as well. Ideally, there would be a way to separate the actual data by tab when it flows into Planning, so actuals/forec...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Apptio Planning: Save Budget/Forecast Comparisons in Layouts

BACKGROUND: I created comparisons in my forecast for current and future years against another budget. Due to my plan length (5 years), I had to add comparisons via the individual columns (right clicking column header - Add Comparison...) and not t...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Functionality already exists

Include Unusual Spend chart in the anomaly email notification

Currently, unusual spend is reported via email alert - but there is no daily spend and a visual of a cost spike available, unless one goes to Cloudability anomalies and clicks on alert detail. It will be very useful to have that anomaly chart incl...
26 days ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 1 Under review

Customer would like to request the ability to leave comments in the Anomaly Detection screen, similar to the functionality available in the Rightsizing ROI screen.

In some cases, they need to record the analysis process or results, and assign follow-up actions to specific team members. Since not all users utilize tools like Jira or ServiceNow, having a way to manage such tasks directly within Cloudability wo...
20 days ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Future consideration

Request for Granular Filtering in Anomaly Detection Alerting

While Cloudability does allow for specified anomaly detection alerts through customizable business dimensions, the process is overly cumbersome. The customer has requested that anomaly detection alerts allow for more granular filtering by default,...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Anomaly Detection 0 Under review