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Apptio Planning

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Align Cross‑Charge deduction to the Resource’s default Project (Labor tab) instead of the activity Project

In Apptio Planning, when a cross‑charge is generated from the Labor Activity tab, the resulting charge and chargeback lines on the Summary tab both correctly reflect the Project selected on the Labor Activity entry. However, this creates a project...
3 days 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 ...
9 days 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...
9 days 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...
9 days 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...
9 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Plan with column for Budget/Forecast Remaining Number

We do have YTD actuals in the plan but not budget or forecast remaining. If we could add that column in the plan will help us immensely.
5 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

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

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...
9 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted