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Apptio Planning

Functionality to Export Spend Waterfall Chart in IT Planning Expenses as Excel File to Support Multi-Language Feature

Currently, when exporting waterfall spend chart in the IT Planning Summary Expenses tab, it defaults to being exported as CSV file. This causes translation issues when selecting a preferred language outside of English. With the expansion to our Ja...
3 days 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 ...
15 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 ...
22 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Automating actuals update within a plan

We’re updating Planning data daily via this method: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/apptio-commercial/planning-standard/saas?topic=costing-import-baseline-plans-from-apptio Is there a way to automate this? Seems kinda silly to make a human press a but...
4 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Add multiple labor allocation rules for the same account.

Jabil is looking to add multiple labor allocation rules for the same account. Today, Planning does not support this feature of adding multiple allocation rules. From their plans going forward, they want to add a certain % to non-US employees for a...
8 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...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Functionality already exists

Multi-Year Planning with Dynamic Drivers & FY value Field Freeze

We currently lack the ability to apply standard percentage drivers when planning the subsequent 4 years of a cycle. The tool should allow users to input dynamic rates—such as a X% inflation rate increase for (country X, or account Y, or cost cente...
15 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.
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Future consideration

Increase scope of Line Item Filters

The customer would like an increased scope for Line Item Filters so that there is more flexibility and capability associated with this feature. Currently the customer cannot filter Roles by Employee Type, or vice versa, because there are only limi...
16 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

User filter should automatically restrict results after search

We are experiencing an issue for our customer in Apptio Planning within Plan Settings > User Permissions. When opening the filter for the User Name column, a popup is displayed containing a search field, a Select All option, and the list of ava...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted