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Data Connectivity (Datalink)

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Datalink: "Time Period" selection should be available in the front page

There are connectors which need to run monthly for multiple months due to changes in the previous periods. In order to load this in Apptio we need to either adjust manually each time the name of the file (with the month and year) or to go inside e...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Datalink Connector List Export

The current connector list in DataLink only offers limited information. In order to see what tables connectors load into, source and destination time periods, and other details, you need to click into each connector. Attached is a mockup showing t...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Ability to delete files from Datadrop directly

At the moment we are unable to directly delete files from our DataDrop viewer and need to raise a support ticket. It would be great if this was an option for us to self-serve. Background of our issue: many files get copied into DataDrop each day...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Connectivity into Apptio via AWS

Hi I know Apptio is standalone application, and it could be possibly hosted anywhere. Now it's hosted on AWS. I work in large organization, and we are also using AWS, which is trusted partner for us. It makes it much easier from data governanc...
9 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Business or work day of month option for scheduling

(This is in relation to earlier idea https://community.apptio.com/idea/work-day-schedule, which was marked incorrectly as delivered.) Please add a recurrence option when scheduling connectors to use business or work days for monthly schedules. Be...
5 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Handling autogenerated columns such as .Count

When transferring data from one environment to another via Datalink - table to table, the autogenerated columns (ex: ".Count") are also transferred.  This generates an error that can't be eliminated as it would not be displayed in the Import ...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Schedule Datalink connectors multiple times per week

Datalink should allow connectors to be scheduled multiple days per week.  Currently, I can only run once per week on the day that I choose, or every day.  For example, I have no way of running a connector every Sunday and Wednesday. ...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

The new Datalink function in Apptio is missing Functionality that DL Classic had

We are currently migrating all of our automated datalinks from Datalink (Classic) to the newer Datalink feature. In doing so, we found a feature restriction that we had in the legacy datalink that the newer one does not have.  Background: Se...
5 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

More detailed error messages in Datalink Financials

A similar enhancement idea already exists for Datalink Classic, but the error messages for Datalink Financial are also inscrutable. Example: Failed connector details: "Error while calling Async Post API. Code: 500 , Message: Error message rece...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Under review

Ability to Send Data Validation Emails to Datalink Admins or Email list

Currently, in Datalink (Classic), there is a checkbox to validate the data.   This checkbox states that when validation fails, an email is sent to all users in the Datalink Admins role.    This is not true.   The emai...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Under review