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Apptio Planning

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ITP Asset Import from CT also possible for External Assets

Existing assets can currently only be imported from CT in a automated way, if these are not marked as external Assets. Use case: ITP Existing Assets should be importable to ITP from the most current asset register, also if they are marked as Exter...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Add Additional Custom "Employee Type" Values for Labor

As a TBMA supporting a broad implementation of IT Planning to other orgs, I would like to be able to allocate Labor using employee type values beyond "Internal" and "External". We have other categories/subcategories of resources that need to be al...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Give the possibility to copy/duplicate several budget lines in one action

Currently, we can only duplicate one line. Goal is to be able to copy/duplicate several lines in one action. Maybe possible to implement it with the new view thanks to the CheckBox selection present at each line ?
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

ITP – Department Drop-Down

Expand the Department drop-down box to allow for more characters, improving visibility for all users.
12 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Hide or customize Expense View Tabs (Labor, Contract, Asset, Other)

We want to improve user experience by hiding unused tabs (e.g. planned Labor). Renaming of Tabs would be a plus, as we could easier add notes for our IT Managers during planning - such as 'do not use'. This would additionally reduce efforts for ou...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

Incorporate variance analysis into an inline plan/forecast activity

In our business process, I would like to open a forecast or plan, and based on changes made by the Cost Centre Owner, variance driver capture is triggered/becomes mandatory based on the changes made going outside a set tolerance. The basics of the...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0

ITP Respect Cost Object Permissions for Group Cost Centre Editors

In ITP today, we use group cost centre owners in the division heirachy for both editing, review and rollup purposes. These group cost centre owners only have Editor access in Cost Object Permissions, and do not have Owner access. However, when a g...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0

ITP Expenses Assets tab: Date Picker for Purchase/In-Service Date

Idea: Adding the possibility to select Purchase Date & In-Service Date via a Date Picker rather than manually typing the date in ITP Expenses -> Assets tab. Why: current process of filling Date manually can cause confusion, as different us...
9 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Calculated / Dynamic Columns for Rate * Quantity

Similar to Service Demand Planning, it would be very helpful to have the ability to add calculated columns to ITP for services that are rate * quantity. Currently the dollar amount for volume driven services have to be manually calculated in ITP.&...
8 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Add automatic creation/modification system fields for to each plan row

Clients often ask for fields that are easily viewed in the expenses table view to identify who created or modified the row and when. Please add the following automatic system fields to capture that detail. Audit logs are only available to admins a...
8 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release