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Apptio Planning

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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 13 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

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 18 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

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 18 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Save Expand/Collapse State in Expense View Layout Presets

Currently: Layout presets in the Expense view do not retain the expanded or collapsed state of grouped columns. When a preset is applied, only column arrangement, grouping, sorting, and filters are restored, while expand/collapse settings are rese...
about 18 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

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 19 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Need the ability to turn off widgets that are not being populated

We are currently launching our Planning instance with cost center owners and our environment only contains OpEx expenses with no labor data (due to some finance team concerns) so we have an empty Labor widget on our dashboard. I understand that TB...
9 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

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...
21 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 2 Submitted

Plan-level permissions should have a way to sync with the global permissions

Currently (Planning v 1.x) when a Plan is created, it takes the global permission set as a temlate, and keeps it. When we do an update - adding a new user, removing users, changing who edits which Cost Object, etc - this has to be made in every op...
24 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

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 ...
25 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

An enhancement to allow users to land on the last edited or last viewed plan by default.

Currently, Apptio Planning defaults to the Active plan upon login, which disrupts workflow continuity. We propose an enhancement to allow users to land on the last edited or last viewed plan by default. This change will improve usability, reduce n...
26 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Not under consideration