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Cloudability

Apply dashboard level filters to only one tab and not the whole dashboard

When creating a dashboard level filter, it would be useful that it applies to only certain tabs as it permits the end user to switch between those tabs and not have that filter apply to it.
1 day ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Not under consideration

Expand Optimization and Rightsizing Coverage

Cloudability performs well for traditional optimization areas such as EC2 and RDS, but we continue to identify significant savings opportunities through other tools that Cloudability does not surface. During roadmap reviews we highlighted that ext...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Not under consideration

Additional Rightsizing Recommendation Types

The current rightsizing engine is useful but too narrowly focused. We would like to see: More recommendation categories beyond traditional instance resizing. Workload-aware recommendations. Rightsizing guidance for managed services. Optimization r...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Not under consideration

Count Metrics in Apptio BI

Count Metrics: Create a visualization/metric to display the total count of account numbers, including unique account numbers
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI Not under consideration

Expose Waste for GCP Resource‑based Committed Use Discounts (RCUDs) in Cloudability Reporting

Currently, it's not possible to accurately identify waste for GCP RCUDs in Cloudability reporting. This is due to limitations in how GCP exposes RCUD data via a credit‑based billing model, which prevents waste from being derived in the same way as...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) Not under consideration

Commitment support for migration from Azure EA to MCA Account

Start date & reporting period: Because Azure doesn't transfer historical billing data during an EA→MCA migration, Cloudability re-derives migrated reservations' start dates from the first records seen under the MCA account rather than the orig...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) Not under consideration

Report in user activity

We like a structured method of monitoring application usage to monitor the adoption of CLoudability as a tool to the users. Now the only way to do this is look in the tool at the last activity/login. We would like a report to do that, or be able t...
over 1 year ago in Cloudability / User Management & Login Not under consideration

Allow for more than 30 business mappings. Suggest 50 business mappings.

Due to complexities and groupings, it would be beneficial to have more than 30 business mappings allowed. Suggest 50 for a potential to utilize these for report granularity.
2 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Not under consideration

Searching a table you created in a Apptio BI Report

Searching a table you created in a Apptio BI Report
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI Not under consideration

Add dimensions to Apptio BI to mirror info from Rightsizing

Add more dimensions regarding Rightsizing data source in Apptio BI. Currently we have situations where in Apptio BI reporting we have only current and recommended instance type but that is not what is being recommended to be changed: for example, ...
about 1 year ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI Not under consideration