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Apptio Planning

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...
20 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.
27 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Future consideration

Enable Pre-Provisioning of Cost Object Permissions Before First Apptio SSO Login

Currently, when onboarding new users to Apptio IT Planning, the access provisioning process is delayed due to dependency on the first successful SSO login through the Apptio Front Door. Existing Process: User is added in the Nokia Identity Managem...
27 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Not under consideration

Coloration of lines in new view

There's a need to change the look of the new view so that you have coloration between the lines similar to that in old view because in the new view, everything's white.The gray, blue coloration helps them to choose the right line to forecast on.
21 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Filtering reference data in UI

It's not very easy to search for a specific line item in reference data tables, especially large tables. Adding a way to search/filter would be extremely useful to anyone who works with reference data. I'm envisioning something similar to the filt...
12 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Allow Apptio KPI summary (e.g., CAPEX Total and Project Total) to be configurable or replaceable with metrics that better match business usage

Apptio plan summary KPIs currently display fixed tiles such as CAPEX Total and Project Total, which are automatically populated based on forecast plan data. However, in IBM CIO organization these metrics are not actively used, resulting in dashboa...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Future consideration

Introduce a “Current Fiscal Year” default KPI display option in expense tab so summaries automatically align to the active fiscal year while still allowing users to change the timeframe as needed

Today, Apptio KPI summaries can display unexpected totals depending on individual user configuration (e.g., First Year of Plan, Selected Timeframe, or Rolling 4 Quarter Forecast). This often results in dashboards continuing to show prior‑year valu...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Under review

Allow greater flexibility for labor planning by allowing for flexible schedules by month, for example, by giving the ability to spread cost based upon number of Sundays in a month.

This would be useful because currently I have the 4 week versus 5 week months and I can only get around this by creating a report and importing the report into external financials. This prevents me from doing some analysis by person since my costs...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Future consideration

Add/Update/Delete Security Granularity in Apptio's Planning Modules (Labor, Contracts, Other)

The IBM Apptio Planning module does not currently support discrete add/update/delete permissions for individual users of the ApptioOne Planning modules (Labor, Contracts, Other). This limitation has led to challenges, particularly during our forec...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Future consideration

Calculated Forecast Fields

Currently, Employee Benefit Expense is automatically calculated based on benefit rates by location entered in the Configuration page of Apptio. The calculation applies those rates to the salaries. Example: If Chicago benefit rate is 20% and Salari...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Needs more information

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