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Apptio

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Option to add External labor data which is not editable by planners

In current scenario, planners are able to edit Labor data. We just want users to be able to view the labor data but not edit it. Is it possible to have "external" lines in Labor tab (similar to external lines in Asset and Financial tabs)? Currentl...
12 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Enhancements to Variance Analysis

In addition to the capability to compare the variance for Full Year (FY) between to forecast plans (actuals + forecast) in Variance Analysis. We still need improvements before we can migrate from our current approach (outside of Apptio) to using V...
26 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Add compare feature for Labor

On other parts of the planning section in Apptio you can compare different plans to each other. Could we get that functionality in the labor section of the tool?
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

In IT Planning the client wants to see in one tab the ability to show labour activities and the financial outcomes without having to move between tabs

Because it means an easier UI experience for the user
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Totals filter functionality

The ability to filter/sort totals would be really helpful. Being able to select 0 value full year to delete rows or filter to a specific total or show over a certain amount would negate the need to export to excel to do this.
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Hi - Understanding that these fields were just recently added to the instance of IT Planning, and is a very welcome update. We would like these fields added to the processing, when publishing plans from IT Planning to CT. These fields will help identify updates made to our metadata. We were expecting these fields to be included in the push, as a majority of the other fields are included.

It would be beneficial as we can use these fields for additional processing in our reporting environment in cost transparency. In addition, I was basically expecting these fields to already have been included in the push, as all of the other field...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Technical service layer does not fit the use-cases of the current clients

The Technical Service Layer that the OOTB-model tries to use is too simplified for the use cases of our clients: More specifically there is currently not the possibility of allocating cost to a technology service by applying offering ID. In the wo...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 3 Planned for future release

Freezing of a Scenario in Costing Essentials

The ability to lock a scenario, so future changes does not affect the current scenario. The reason this is really needed, is for Finance and CIO to freeze a budget on both a financial level, but also on allocations throughout the year. This is wha...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 4 Planned for future release

Creation of date range filter so that the report will show the data for or from a given date

This is related to the ability of creation of a date filter which will have multiple selection view of dates from which the user can select the date for which he wants to see the reports.
3 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 1 Planned for future release

Customize Tag filter on the tabular reports

The Tags filter currently shows all the available tags. We only want to see the tags in dropdown filter, which are associated with a selected feature or a n entity. There are so many tags and more importantly, the teams will continue to add more t...
3 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 1 Planned for future release