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Apptio Planning

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Asset Class in Summary Tab

Currently asset class column is only part of Asset tab, so dropdown values will be shown only in Asset tab. You can use Project and Description to help identify the assets but not all assets have a Project ID or a unique description. Could this be...
8 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

ITP / Labor KPI metric to show both the current MEC's actual and YE forecast

In ITP, labor/KPI currently shows only the year ending headcount. We want to be able to see both the current month-end that has actual available and also year-end forecast/target. This basic workforce status view will be meaningful to upper manage...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

ITP Module: Add comparison options to ITP>Expense>Labor Tab (similar to Expense>Summary Tab)

ITP Module: Add comparison options to ITP Expense Labor Tab (similar to Expense Summary Tab)
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

ITP Module: ITP> Expense > Summary/Labor/Contract/Other Tabs: Add Undo Option

ITP Module: ITP Expense Summary/Labor/Contract/Other Tabs: Add Undo Option
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

ADM disable load of actuals into closed months

The possibility to disable load of actuals into closed months can prevent loss of actuals that is currently happening by design in 2 different ways:    1. As Cost Object Ref Data is taken from last Period of CT that is open AND at th...
7 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Enhance Planning Bulk Delete Functionality

Recommend enhancing the bulk delete functionality in Planning to add a button to the 'Other' tab that allows users to select all available rows. This would save time in that users would not have to either select all lines individually or scroll th...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Not under consideration

Consolidate Reference Data table entries into one entry via Change Identifiers or similar new process

As a Planning/Finance Administrator, I would like Planning (the tool) to to find and replace and, where appropriate, consolidate (the new feature) indicated identifier for all plans across time, regardless of whether the plan is open or closed. Th...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

Sharing Private Layouts in IT Planning

We have a layout in the labor tab that is used periodically throughout the year when exporting out of IT Planning.  In order to prevent our user base from editing it, I have marked the layout as private.  However, this limits other admin...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

ITP - Contracts tab - Extension adjustment is only calculated once even for multi-year contracts

Extension adjustment for contracts is only calculated once. So if the original price is 100 euros and extension is +3% it will be 103 euros for all the following years instead of compounding annually.There needs to be an ability to compound the in...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0

IT Planning Selective Edits to External Data

As a TBMA and user of IT Planning, we would like the ability to selectively edit certain columns within an External data set.  An example would be that we import External data into IT Planning and make all columns read-only with the exception...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release