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Enhanced Budget Variance Functionality in CFP

We would like to propose an enhancement in CFP to align the Budget Variance Details tab with the functionality currently available in the Forecast Variance Details tab. Specifically, we request that the same dimensions used when creating plans in ...
17 days ago in Cloudability / Planning 1

Updating monthly amounts in the Forecast

When you hit the pencil to edit a forecast and then type your information into the month you want to change, the total doesnt change until after you close out. Can it instead update immediately so that you can see your new total. This is especiall...
12 days ago in Cloudability / Planning 0 Submitted

Quarterly forecasts should not auto calculate unless you physically put a new number in that field

If you put different dollar amounts in Jul, Aug and Sep but then accidentally click in the Q3 cell, it automatically totals those three months and then peanut butter spreads the average erasing your custom amounts! This function should only work i...
12 days ago in Cloudability / Planning 0 Submitted

Updating Alerts

Keep alerts up to date is incredibly painful. People come and go and roles change. The process to ensure alerts are going to the right key stakeholders is incredibly painful. I have several suggestions. Option 1. Ability to keep alerts automatical...
16 days ago in Cloudability / Planning 0 Under review

See the sustainability impact of using AI/ML tools in the cloud

As a FinOps lead trying to influence my colleagues to use things responsibly, I need accurate sustainability metrics for AI/ML usage, to get my colleagues to use AI/ML with due care. The sustainability metrics are not available for the majority of...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

View-Based Filtering for Cost Ownership Accounts in Forecast Summary

Overview: We request the implementation of a filtering mechanism in the Forecast Summary page that limits the "Cost Ownership" dropdown to display only the accounts relevant to the selected planning view. Current Behavior: When creating a plan ...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Planning 2 Planned for future release

Filters in Cloudability financial planning

When building a plan in Cloudability Financial Planning, we want the ability to include or exclude specific elements—such as credits, marketplace charges, taxes, and others—just like we can currently do in Apptio BI Finance is building the budgets...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Planning 2 Planned for future release

Backing up of Apptio BI Reports

Hi , my suggestion is that thru report collections to include also filters and insights meaning to include 100% of the information of Apptio BI reports in the export Json file . maybe with a way to export these thru an API (for further automatizat...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

3+ Object Reporting

Currently reporting is limited to only 2 objects in one report but there is an increasing ask for multiple object reporting for CIO/CFO detailed reporting. The ask is to increase the number of objects to 3 at the least to enable more granular vie...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Refresh Forecast/Actuals/Estimate in CFP Plan without needed to create a new plan

When the base cost dimension changes, there is no way to update the forecast/Budget/actuals with that new information without creating a new plan.For instance, if the base dimensions are created from Account number and new accounts are created, yo...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Planning 0