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Apptio BI

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Incorporate Calendar Month in Custom Formula Calculated Metric

Calculated Metrics are being used to define the budget for a given month. We take a value and multiply it by the number of days in the month. We would like to be able to configure a calculated metric to be able to dynamically determine the number ...
1 day ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Freeze Environment and Settings When Scrolling Down

When in a BI report and scrolling down to various visualizations you lose the Environment box, along with the Current View box. Need that to stay in place/be visible when scrolling down.
7 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Make AWS ARN available in Cloudablity Datasets

Problem: Right now the Resource ID is available in the Cloudability data sets such as Cloudability Cost & Usage, however AWS ARN (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference-arns.html). The ARN combines a lot of metadata into a ...
8 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

It would be useful to have a "View by Week" grouping

It would be useful to have a "View by Week" grouping so that users can compare "Week on Week" costs.
8 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Ability to “exclude” checked items in Apptio BI report global filter

Problem: Currently global report filters only have "include" functionality. That is items checked in the filter are included in the report summaries. However, there are cases where users want to exclude all but a small number of options. Right now...
12 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Ability to share a link to a report that automatically applies global filters, date selections and tab selection

Problem:Right now if a colleague asks me a question that can be answered by an Apptio BI report with certain filters applied and looking at a specific tab, I need to:Sh Share the link to the report itself Tell them what tab to go to within the rep...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Data export that triggers download directly in browser instead of having to wait for an email link

Problem:Right now when you generate a csv data export for a visual in an Apptio BI report, you get a pop up message to check your email. Then you have to go to your email and wait for the link to the download to arrive. Then open that back in your...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Ability to expand the size and full-screen of the drill table results popup

Problem:Right now the size of the drill table pop-up in an Apptio BI report is fixed. Drill tables with many columns are difficult to read and navigate in the current pop-up size. Request:Allow a report view to drag a corner of the drill table pop...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 1 Submitted

Ability to download csv data export of drill table results from Apptio BI reports

Problem: Right now a report view can access a configured drill table, update as needed if it's an exploratory drill table, but there's no easy way to get a copy of the results. Not all drill tables even allow them to save a copy in Apptio BI itsel...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Show specific data range included as “previous period” in visuals with a previous period comparison enabled

Problem:Right now when you have a visual with a "compare" to "previous period" enabled, the previous period metric in the visual is just labeled "previous period" and doen't state what the previous period includes. Request:To provide clarity and r...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted