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Remove Send Email functionality from Apptio Admin and Apptio Partner roles

Our IT team has identified the email functionality in Apptio as being a risk for users outside our organisation e.g. Support using Apptio Admin role or Apptio Partner role. We have spoken to the engineering team about this and they confirmed that ...
about 18 hours ago in Apptio / User Management & Login Submitted

Add SharePoint Connector to Datalink

Background and Reason for Request: Currently, it is possible to integrate data from SharePoint folders using the existing "REST Service" connector. However, this method only supports Client Secret authentication and does not support Certificate-ba...
11 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) Submitted

Add word wrap or hover over capability to new view

There are many columns that can have a lot of text and adding word wrap would help so that you dont have to expand the column which then makes it farther to scroll.
12 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Add an option to disable workflow approvals for those of us not using the approval workflow.

We do not use the approval workflow in Planning.  In the old version of planning the alert icon on the banner pages showed up but did not display anything.  In the new version the icon is expanded with a description of how may cost objec...
20 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Add a Refresh button for each tab to quickly update changes and recalculate

There are two distinct scenarios for this Refresh button idea. The first is for making changes to existing data, like changing the account so it aligns to its related actuals, updating a vendor name, etc. When changes like this are made, it does n...
20 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Enable configurable Hover Tooltips for Row Values in Reports

Add the ability to display configurable hover tooltips on row values within reports. This would allow users to view additional context, descriptions, or commentary without leaving the report, improving usability and reducing report clutter. Exampl...
7 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted

We update Labor allocation rule as per the financial year, depending on the changes, so is it possible to make an implement similar to what we have out FX rate updation.

a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } The reason for this request is that whenever new labour allocation data is updated and the corresponding structure become...
8 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 ...
2 months 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 ...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning Submitted

Ability to use the same color in bar chart more than once; expansion of the color spec box to accommodate this idea

This is useful when many records in a bar chart/or any type of graphical representation needs to use the same color, it provides the ability to visually see data grouped using color, it provides a visual representation of like items, for example i...
11 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted