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Apptio Planning

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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...
4 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 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...
6 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 ...
7 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...
9 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Not under consideration

Ability to Filter by Location

Add the ability to filter by the Standard Dimension: Location
21 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Functionality already exists

Improve Extension Adjustment on Contracts tab for YoY Changes

Currently, when applying the extension adjustment in coordination with the Extend feature on the contracts tab, it is applying this percentage to the first extension, but not future years. This means that if clients are trying to multiyear plan an...
21 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Functionality already exists

Determine the Summarization for Contracts Tab

Being able to determine the level of granularity that is brought into the Summary tab from the Contracts tab, similar to what is possible for labor. When there is a custom dimension that is a unique identifier, it is being left off of the summary ...
21 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Spanish language support in Preferred Language options

Possible globalization to Mexico in the upcoming fiscal year. Would be extremely beneficial to include functionality to support Spanish language as well. Would allow for global users to utilize Apptio IT Planning for cross-country collaboration.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Add confirmation pop-up before publishing a plan to Apptio Costing

If I select Plans in Apptio Planning and select "Publish to Apptio Costing..." in the three-dots-menu, the publishing process starts immediately.As there is a high risk to click on this command by accident, it would be great to have a confirmation...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Under review

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 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration