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Apptio Planning

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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...
5 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Limiting open plan access for users

Is there a way something can be built so that an open plan can only be visible to certain users. So if 10 users only need to complete updates in a particular plan, the open plan would only be available to those 10 users and not everyone. 
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0

Automating zero-value row removal to enhance efficiency & accuracy in forecast & budget plans in ITP

Requesting an enhancement to IT Planning (ITP) to improve efficiency and accuracy by automating the removal of zero-value rows from annual forecast plans and budget plans. The current manual process, conducted twice per year, presents opportunitie...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Snapshot Forecast Version compare across any periods in A1

As a Service Owner I want to be able to compare my forecast version across any periods (i.e. P01-P12) in A1.  So, that I can see what is my forecast version in any period compare to any other period.  In addition, the version should not ...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Department Filter Sorted by Department ID rather than Department Name

Currently Department Filter is filtered by Department Name rather than Department ID.  This can be confusing when searching for Departments, especially if user is used to work with IDs rather than Names.  The option to choose if Depart...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Asset Depreciation

Currently selecting straight line by depreciation the calculation is Purchase Price divided by Asset life (in months). Is there a way the calculation could be Net Book Value divided by Remaining life.  This is way Oracle calculates and to upl...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Being able to select a specific month to drop IT Planning files

Being able to select a specific month to drop IT Planning files vs only having it send to January and replacing monthly files. When loading files from ITP to CT would like the flexibility to have it drop in different months. For example Jan – drop...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Not under consideration

Ability to add variance comments at the full year (FY) column in Variance Analysis or Compare Shortcuts

Add the capability to add comments when comparing an annual forecast plan to another annual forecast plan (actuals + forecast) and save the comments in a layout. Currently, there is no ability to add comments when using the compare shortcuts featu...
5 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 2 Functionality already exists

Target file import possibility

Please add functionality that allows the import of the Targets file. In other parts of Apptio planning, such as 'Reference Data', we have similar functionality; for example, we can import 'Labor Rates' (screenshot attached).”
11 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Variance Reporting in IT Planning

Objective: Reverse the variance signs in IT Planning/Expenses to show a positive variance as a positive number and a negative variance as a negative number. Current State: Currently in Apptio, the variances in IT Planning/Expenses show that a neg...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration