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Make column pinning possible in template report

When creating table reports in BI, it is desireable to be able to pin certain columns to the left hand side. This can be done per user, but as a report creator this is ot possible. It can be selected, but this is not saved.
9 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

COIN Score cannot be incorporated into Apptio BI without purchasing TBM Studio

I want to use the COIN score from the new optimization dashboard but I can't get it in the Apptio BI dashboard without purchasing the TBM studio software. Please add a way to incorporate parts of the optimization dashboard into Apptio BI.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Set own quarters in Calendar for reporting

We track all costs depending on fiscal year starting in April of each year. We need to be able to set our own quarters and be able to set start time with no distinct end date.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Being able to edit the buttons on a dashboard

This is useful for the user to be able to customize the dashboard to better fit results.
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Timeframe Reporting - set future end dates

Timeframe reporting would be much more useful to me if I could set my own Fiscal year and show spend from april 2025 to april 2026. At the current rate, I have to hard set each date to the end of 2025 and scramble to add the new months once januar...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Add Quantity data into visualizations like resource count

I want to show compliance in the Bi dashboards to show how many resources in an account are rate optimized or using AHUB benefits or are generally under management by a specifed owner. Please add unit metrics into Apptio BI
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Lock widgets from dynamic filtering

I would like the ability to lock widgets from the global filters. I have my dashboard separated by the reporting timeframe and I want to keep them from changing with the global filter. Same with selecting custom dimensions from the global filters....
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Show Underutilized RIs and SPs

I need a master dashboard to show all savings achievable, completed, and exclusions. I would like to use the data from the other tools within apptio to create widgets that show the utilization of reserved instances and savings plans, much like i w...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Show spend variance based off of day adjusted months

I need to see how much is spent as a daily average for the month to show real change. Its not useful to see February spending 10% less than January simply because theres less days. Id like to see the real variance on the day to day operations.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Allow date order to be reversed in tables, when using View by Daily/Weekly/Monthly

At present the most recent data is to the far right of the table; for many users it makes more sense to have the most recent columns first in the table with the oldest data off to the right.
15 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted