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Data Connectivity (Datalink)

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Datalink Classic Cloudability connector -request for selecting dates for connection

Hello,  can you please add functionality to allow selection of the days of the month on which the connection should run? The request is for functionality that allows selection of the days on which the connection should run until the end of ti...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

ServiceNow Datalink for fm_expense_line and cost_plan

Customer (global leading trading company) is requesting to add standard datalink with ServiceNow fm_expense_line and cost_plan tables with date range. The customer is designing to create budgets and actuals in SNow and need automatic connection wi...
10 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Datalink: Multiple Year Copy

We are using a dedicated project to report data from Planning and copy reference data from CT to to Plannig CT. Today we have to set-up multiple datalinks to push data for multiple years. Our demand is a capability to copy a full table including a...
10 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Add last day of month as variable like {DD}

I want the ability to run a datalink connector on the first of the month to retrieve data from the previous month, with the added capability to have {DD} variable specified as the last day of the last month. For example in a REST connector connect...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

REST Connector to be able to make 2 calls

We need the Datalink REST connector to support making 2 calls. This is impacting our Workday Authentication with a new security requirement at our company.  The first call is to get the Bearer token. The Bearer token is active for 15 minutes....
8 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Datalink (New) "Test Table" Button Behavior and Placement in Apptio Connector

The current behavior and placement of the "Test Table" button implies that you should be able to simply provide a source API and click the link to run a valid test. The link is disabled at first. But as soon as you provide a URL, the link becomes ...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Under review

Coupa connector missing in Datalink.

Coupa is not supported in Datalink , but it is present in Datalink Classic. It will be the advantage if it is integration is available in   Datalink same as like Datalink(Classic)
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Datalink Strict Upload - Status Message

Datalink Financial provides strict upload feature, it would be nice if the error message / status message shows the information more precisely. It should show "Failed" in case of the connectors which have failed other's should be "Halted" or som...
3 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Apptio Authorization with GCP Service Account

Objective User Role: System User Goal: Enable secure authorization for Apptio with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using service accounts. Ideal Approach: Implement authorization via workload identity, if not possible at least using service acc...
10 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Ability to add filtering to ServiceNow OOTB Connectors

The ServiceNow OOTB connectors pull in more data than required and do not support the ability to filter. Allowing the user to select column(s) and pre-defined values would reduce the unnecessary data being ingested and reduce the need to use the c...
7 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted