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Apptio Planning

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...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Functionality already exists

Enhance the Extension depreciation method to support year-wise extension and allocation instead of applying only after the asset end date.

Currently, the Extension method only distributes the remaining amount evenly after the asset end date, which limits flexibility for multi-year depreciation planning. Adding support for year-wise extension and allocation would provide more accurate...
6 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Advanced Labor Allocation Rules - caps and floors on rules (eg x% capped at $2000, or y% but at least £30, etc)

It would be very useful to be able to specify minimum/maximum values for an allocation rule to produce Some percentage-based costs start or stop entirely at certain absolute £ values. EG we have a company car scheme worth 10% of salary, capped at ...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Advanced Labor allocation Rules - %age of another rule's result (eg add tax to pension)

We have a problem in our Labor cost allocations where some costs have National Insurance (assume 15%) applied on top, eg annual bonus. In most cases elsewhere in the company, this looks like this:(Salary * 115%) * (bonus%) = total bonus payment. I...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Add a look up feature for Currency in Planning.

We have over 70 currencies and it's difficult to find a currency. They are not in any specific order and the list is long. Adding a look up search feature would be a huge improvement for our end-users.
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Future consideration

Different Decimal Precision Option for Non-Financial Numbers in Apptio Planning

Our labor data on the labor tab shows full time equivalent (FTE) in the quantity field. We have our number format set to 0 decimal places in company profile as cents are not necessary when displaying our financials. However, due to this rounding, ...
24 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Filter option for waterfall charts in IT Planning

Being able to slice and dice waterfall charts in summary tab of IT Planning would be extremely useful and beneficial to view certain buckets of data. View uploaded file for which waterfall chart I am referring to. Just adding a filter option next ...
11 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Support service based planning (quantity * rate)

Most customer already are planning services either from external providers or even internally. A functionality similar to what is provided in Labor and Labor Activitity tab would be needed: Similar to Labor Tab: Allow user to enter a unit rate a...
25 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Planned for future release

Planning Extension Offset Update - Default to Next Month for All Amortization Types

I think it'd more aligned to user expectations if we were able to have the extension offset default to "Next Month" for all amortization types. We use Straight Line Even Periods, and even though the amortization calculation is not impacted by show...
27 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Enable Pre-Provisioning of Cost Object Permissions Before First Apptio SSO Login

Currently, when onboarding new users to Apptio IT Planning, the access provisioning process is delayed due to dependency on the first successful SSO login through the Apptio Front Door. Existing Process: User is added in the Nokia Identity Managem...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Not under consideration

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