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The visible columns in the Variance Analysis (Detailed Actuals section) need to be customizable.

My client (Flowers Foods US) has requested to see account number in the actuals section of the variance analysis. This section is not customizable. We need to have a "show hide columns" feature on this view to bring in the account number.
13 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Cost Center Owner access approval should be one and avoid manual addition

After a new user has got added to "Cost Center Owner" group the new user still does not have access. The new user needs to again request access to "Cost Object Permissions" which needs to be done manually by a Planning super user. This manual dire...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Trigger an email to remind customers that their Single Sign On (SSO) Certificate needs to be refreshed within Frontdoor.

Apptio SSO Certificates are now refreshed by the Customer, self served via Domain Management within Access Administration on Frontdoor. This refresh needs to take place annually and if not completed in time the customers end users will no longer b...
7 months ago in Apptio 1 Future consideration

Update Reference Data on Plans to provide details of line items that will be deleted/changed

If there are some missing entries in current reference data from earlier uploaded reference data, the customer would like the option to have the Update reference data panel on plans show even the details of which specific entries/line items/rows w...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

System Integration between Apptio Planning and IBM Cognos Analytics/Prism

We are using both IBM products (Apptio Planning and IBM Cognos Analytics/Prism). Apptio Planning is our IT Finance forecasting tool while IBM Cognos Analytics/Prism is our global centralized forecasting tool for the company. At the moment we are s...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Provide and option to adjust the display names for Departments and Projects dropdown in the ITP UI based on client's naming convention to make it more user friendly

We are facing a situation where we need to use two different hierarchies within Planning: a regional hierarchy and a product line hierarchy. The product line hierarchy will also be used for the approval flow, with product line owners and product m...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Option to ensure targets also get filtered by project hierarchy

Currently, there is an option only to set/view targets at department level. We need an option to give or at least show Top-down-targets for both projects and departments. Currently, project owners see the full target value at each level within the...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

can mass upload be disconnected from cost object permissions ?

People who are able to edit cost Centers can also perform mass upload. During mass upload, if wrong option selected not intended Cost Centers can be overwritten.Would it be possible to disconnect mass upload: Import: Contracts, Import: Financials,...
24 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Pareto chart - Cost Transparency

The Pareto chart is one of the most popular charts, as it allows users to quickly grasp the rate of the top X at a glance. This will enable TMBO to leverage Apptio for C-level reporting.
7 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Future consideration

Create an "Undo" button to allow users to revert a change

Create an "Undo" button to allow users to revert a change that was made in error
26 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration