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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...
1 day 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
1 day ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Add ability to lock View that a report runs on.

For certain reports, not being able to override the view on which it operates is highly desireable. We would like the ability to fix the view in the report rather than rely on the user to have the correct view selected, or to have to add Filters.
3 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Under review

Version field for Instances in Cloudability

Multiple tenants requested the OS Version field of the Instances as they will use the below combination of dimensions and metrics to create custom KPI's for reporting. This was already used with our previous tool and the lack of the OS Version inf...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 3 Future consideration

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 2 months 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.
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