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Close build early

Some builds take a long time, around an hour or more. For such builds if there is a problem with input like the uploaded file is not correct and there is an error reading file then the build should not start and error out or finish early. This wil...
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Under review

Disk usage metric for EBS and GPD

Currently we cannot look at the disk usage data for EBS and GPD, most of the disks are over provisioned and we pay for what we allocate than what we use. Cloudability is showing these metrics for RDS in AWS, why cant we do it for EBS and GPD with ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Resource Inventory 1 Planned for future release

Can coloured bar charts have the same colour per dimension for each widget?

Useful for comparing costs across widgets.
7 months ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

In IT Planning the client wants to see in one tab the ability to show labour activities and the financial outcomes without having to move between tabs

Because it means an easier UI experience for the user
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Punctuation in TBM Studio

In TBM studio in regular tables all sums below a table are shown without comma or dots between three digits. That means when you have 10000000 is hard to read. I would like to have 10.000.000 or 10,000,000 or even spaces would be okay. 
over 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

ADM Scheduling for Ref. data and actuals

Would it be possible to add scheduling functionality for ITP reference data and actuals in ADM? Currently, all connectors run independently, which can cause failures when dependencies exist. For example, Department reference data depends on Cost C...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Data Sharing (ADM) 0 Submitted

Run rate in ITP

It would be good to have a KPI in IT planning which displays the run rate. This would be helpful in forecasting. Run rate is the expected future cost if the current pace continues. For example: If your actual costs for January are $100,000, the an...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Planning - combine actuals and planned values in Forecast

Currently, in the forecast plan, actuals are displayed as separate non-editable lines (for both past and future months), while planned values are maintained in separate editable lines (with actual months greyed out). Planners have shared that this...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Option to generate and export monthly billing statements in PDF format using Datalink

In Apollo, Apptio solution the solution is adopted for billing process and invoices delivered in a pre-defined format (pdf). However, during each monthly cycle, exporting PDF invoices and placing them into the correct folder for auditing and Accou...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Billing 0 Submitted

Additions to the OOTB-reports - Budget

Currently, the service and consumer reports does not include budget figures. This is an important part for the IT-department to compare their actual cost and understand how the underspending of certain labor & vendor cost affects the services ...
7 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 4 Needs more information