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Apptio Planning

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    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...
    about 18 hours 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...
    about 20 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

    Add Forecast Details Tab next to Summary and Actuals tabs in the Variance Analysis Variance Driver and Comments screen

    The Variance Analysis Variance Driver and Comments screen currently includes a Summary tab and Actuals tab. The Summary tab is a waterfall of Budget to Forecast by the selected dimension, but users would like to easily view relevant budget detail ...
    10 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Future consideration

    VAT Feature, but Allocated in the Monthly Forecast Columns

    The enhancement would work like the VAT feature but would adjust the monthly forecast by the tax adjusted amount. For example, the contract’s location is selected, the rate is multiplied by the contract amount, then the new tax adjusted contract a...
    18 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

    Review the impacted forecast lines updated & deleted by reference data changes

    When reference data changes, could we add the ability to see the impacted forecast lines prior to updating the reference data? This would allow users to easily review and approve the changes. Currently, the only process I'm aware of is to create a...
    22 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

    Variance Analysis functionality by Department & Vendor

    Right now I understand that Variance Analysis for Forecasting in Apptio Planning can only be performed by Cost Center & Account Category. Allowing Variance Analysis to be configured based on different data would be tremendously helpful! For ex...
    24 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

    Add a extra set of Variance Drivers and Comment to Variance Analysis so we can explain deviations year to date and also for the FY forecast

    We are doing a monthly forecast and Variance analysis YTD so we can explain (add comments) to deviations from Budget to Actuals, In example Jan-Sep in October Forecast. But it will also be very helpfull if we also could do it for the Full Year to ...
    about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

    Closed Project Codes non-selectable in Plans

    This would be useful because Project Codes close during a fiscal year and need to be retained in reference data for the associated line items in the plan. However, if end users are unaware that a code has been closed, they can still plan expenses ...
    about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

    New Process for Adding a Contract?

    To add a contract, users currently need to navigate to the relevant tab, scroll to the bottom, or right-click to insert a row above or below. Suggested Improvement: Instead of manually inserting rows, what if a form popped up when cost centre owne...
    2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

    RFE: Customer would like the ability to input comments that is over 1600 characters OR provide a threaded comments at the line item level for their Asset impairment process

    Customer needs to keep historical decisions for their Asset Impairment process as the asset goes through yearly impairment of useful life. The impairment is at the asset level. The comments serves the propose of tracing the decisions for impairmen...
    2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

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