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Data Connectivity (Datalink)

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Ability to see more information about the connector without clicking in

Interested in seeing data on the home page in a new column or even hover that gives details such as what table is the connector linked to, time period and so on. It makes it difficult with a lot of connectors to have to click into each one to edit...
5 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Need ability to refresh token within REST 2.0 API call

Need the REST Service 2.0 Beta to request and refresh the authentication 'bearer token' for an API call so that I don't have to manually request the token using a service like Postman.
20 days 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

Datalink (New) "Test Table" Button Behavior and Placement in Apptio Connector

The current behavior and placement of the "Test Table" button implies that you should be able to simply provide a source API and click the link to run a valid test. The link is disabled at first. But as soon as you provide a URL, the link becomes ...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Under review

Copy connectors from one agent to Another OR Import & Export option

Admin should have the capability to copy a connector from one agent to another in on-prem implementation OR Ability to import and export connectors from one agent to another
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Schedule DataLink connectors by working days

Many of our customers manage the upload of the files in based on the working days, for example actuals are available on the 6th working day of the month Datalink allows this to be done only based on days and not working days, which can be affected...
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

Coupa connector missing in Datalink.

Coupa is not supported in Datalink , but it is present in Datalink Classic. It will be the advantage if it is integration is available in   Datalink same as like Datalink(Classic)
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

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