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TBM Studio - Report Studio

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

Ability to use filename of loaded data in HTML component

We have some automated file loads which include a timestamp in the filename. The timestamp is relevant for teams during critical month-end periods to understand what numbers they are looking at in Apptio reporting. We would like to be able to add ...
6 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Functionality already exists

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

Ability to create Gantt Chart in Reporting Studio

Many customers use Apptio for project and delivery reporting, application rationalisation & transformation initiatives reporting. While Reporting Studio has some strong features, there is currently no native Gantt chart visualisation for displ...
12 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted

Enable TBM Studio UI and API to provide a deep link that with the settings of all of the slicers/filters that can be shared to point a user to a Dashboard on TBM Studio with slicers/filters set to that value filtered for them

If a team is only interested in DATABASE costs for a specific CLOUD ACCOUNT that is shown on a TBM Studio dashboard, then the ADMINS/FinOps should be able via the UI and/or the API get get a deep link (sharing link) to that dashboard URL that has ...
2 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted

Allow recipients to be CC'd in Email Subscriptions

Currently we select recipients for Email Subscriptions for a report. Apptio ends up sending individual emails to recipients. There are cases where we want to send monthly Cost Center reports to respective Cost Center Owners, and keep the FBP/Finan...
4 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted

Decimal Formatting Control for Waterfall Charts in TBM Studio

We are requesting the ability to suppress decimal values on Waterfall chart data labels within TBM Studio's reporting views. Specifically, we would like monetary totals (e.g., Total Monthly Spend) to display as whole numbers rather than with decim...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted

Request for the addition of a feature in the treemap report that allows the tile size and the amounts displayed on hover (actual amount and variance) to be aligned based on the same fiscal year.

Regarding the treemap report, due to Apptio’s current specifications, it is not possible to align both the tile size and the amounts displayed on hover (actual amount and variance) based on the same fiscal year. Therefore, we would like to request...
8 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Planned for future release

Apptio Costing:::Allow hierarchical slicer in TBM Studio report subscription

Currently if a report uses hierarchical slicers, those slicers are not available to be selected in the report subscription dialogue. This forces configuration changes on the report (removing hierarchical slicers and replacing with normal slicers) ...
11 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio

the font size of the column-picker slicer customization feature

the font size of the column-picker slicer customization feature, this will be really useful to align the UI as per the report size specially in New reporting studio.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio Submitted