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Apptio Planning

Add word wrap or hover over capability to new view

There are many columns that can have a lot of text and adding word wrap would help so that you dont have to expand the column which then makes it farther to scroll.
12 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Add an option to disable workflow approvals for those of us not using the approval workflow.

We do not use the approval workflow in Planning.  In the old version of planning the alert icon on the banner pages showed up but did not display anything.  In the new version the icon is expanded with a description of how may cost objec...
20 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Add a Refresh button for each tab to quickly update changes and recalculate

There are two distinct scenarios for this Refresh button idea. The first is for making changes to existing data, like changing the account so it aligns to its related actuals, updating a vendor name, etc. When changes like this are made, it does n...
20 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

We update Labor allocation rule as per the financial year, depending on the changes, so is it possible to make an implement similar to what we have out FX rate updation.

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } The reason for this request is that whenever new labour allocation data is updated and the corresponding structure become...
8 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Changes for Creating a plan name

Since a plan name changes based upon selections under the Plan Name field, our suggestion is to move the plan name to the be the last field a user fills out prior to selecting the "Create Plan" option. Selections that modify the name include Plan ...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Multi-Value Paste Filter for Table

Currently, IBM Apptio does not allow users to paste a list of values (such as IDs, Names, Project Codes, Cost Center IDs, or other fields) directly into a table filter in a single action. A highly valuable enhancement would be the ability to copy ...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Apptio Planning - Cost Object Permission Hierarchical View missing on Plan Level

We would like to have a Hierarchical View available within Plan Level Permissions, similar to the functionality provided for Cost Object Permissions. This enhancement would allow users to easily navigate the hierarchy and identify cost objects tha...
12 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Include the capability to hide or customize the naming of KPIs in the IT Planning expenses tab.

This would be useful, as several of my clients have requested this functionality because they do not plan exactly in the OOB template intended process by IT Planning. It would be helpful and less confusing if users could hide the CapEx KPI when th...
13 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Show Read-only Variance Analysis for Forecast Plans in Final State

Currently Variance Analysis data and commentary is hidden when a forecast plan is moved to the Final state. A message appears saying "Variance Analysis is only available for Forecast plans in New and Open states.". Please change this to show the v...
5 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Functionality already exists

Ability to rename subtabs on labor

Would like to be able to rename the data filter tabs (existing and planned) on the labor tab.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted