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Customize KPI header within the plan

Hi - There are 2 idea's that are inter-related. Our accounts are not used to differentiate between OpEx and CapEx so the KPI's have become confusing with the terminology that it is using. this is causing confusion and we like the ability to adjust...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Clustered columns on Spend Trend Visual in Summary View

Currently: In the Spend Trend visual on the Summary view, totals are only visible when hovering over the bars. This makes it harder to quickly interpret values, especially when different breakdowns are applied. Proposed Improvement: Display total ...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Save Filter Presets for Summary and Dashboard Views

Description: Currently, there is no option to save layouts or applied filters in the Summary View or Dashboard View. Each time users access these views, filters must be reapplied manually. Proposed Improvement: Introduce the ability to save preset...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Custom delimiter symbol

Enable the definition of a custom delimiter during data export and/or restrict the use of predefined delimiters within input fields used by the tool. The currently used delimiters (; and ,) are also commonly present in description fields, which ca...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Variance Analysis Grouping Adjustment

On the Variance Breakdown chart under Variance Analysis, the Group By drop down should be able to pull from the lowest level of the hierarchy. Currently, the Account Code and Account Name pull the Account Category. The Cost Center Code and Cost Ce...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 2 Future consideration

Adding in the ability to use formulas in Apptio Planning.

I would like to discuss the idea of adding in the ability to create formulas within Apptio Planning. In NatWest we would like to be able to use our the Labour and associated cost data to calculate an internal day rate cost for our staff, this Day ...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Determine the Summarization for Contracts Tab

Being able to determine the level of granularity that is brought into the Summary tab from the Contracts tab, similar to what is possible for labor. When there is a custom dimension that is a unique identifier, it is being left off of the summary ...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Spanish language support in Preferred Language options

Possible globalization to Mexico in the upcoming fiscal year. Would be extremely beneficial to include functionality to support Spanish language as well. Would allow for global users to utilize Apptio IT Planning for cross-country collaboration.
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Amortization that starts based on a date field for a line entry

Our finance users would like to see an option to start amortization based on a certain date entered for an existing line item or a newly created line item. It would work like the existing Amortize check option, but a new field that looks to the da...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Plan level mandatory fields/settings

We have different users in the tool with different processes and forecast types. One set of users has specific fields created in Planning for their process that aren’t required in other user’s processes. It would be nice to have the option to crea...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration