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New timing period selection used to set when 'data is available' (e.g. sustainability)(offset)

Take Sustainability data. It is not made available until mid month, for the previous month.i.e. around 16/17th July the June sustainability metrics become available.i.e. around 16/17th August the July sustainability metrics become available.At pre...
about 23 hours ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

ApptioBI custom calculated metric functions like average, count, min, max

I would like to be able to use normal excel like functions in custom calculations in ApptioBI calculated metrics.i.e. Count, Sum, Avg, Min, Max, etc e.g. Average monthly( Cost(Total) ), Count(RDS instances), etc
about 23 hours ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

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.
12 days 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.
16 days 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.
18 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Apptio BI Report Filters improvement

When filters are added to an Apptio BI report using the 'Manage Report filters' optionthey operate independently and are not linked. This means that applying one filter does not dynamically narrow down the available options in other filters. This ...
24 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Apptio BI Filters

Unlike Dashboard Report filters, which uses grouped ‘OR’ logic, Apptio BI applies filters using grouped ‘AND’ logic. This means that achieving the same filter outcome in Apptio BI often requires multiple, repeated statements, making the process mo...
24 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

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