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Allow customization to the container cost allocation algorithm

Currently the cost allocation is based on the instances used in the cluster. Customers would also like to be able to tailor the cost allocation for specific clusters or be able to assign their own weight for some workload types. Possible configura...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Container Reporting 0 Under review

Ability for Cloudability to support more than one currency per environment

Currently, Cloudability supports multi-currency for customers if they need to convert all cost to one single currency, but there's no ability to toggle between multiple currencies. This is a struggle for customers with users in multiple countries ...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Not under consideration

See totals at the bottom of a report

See totals at the bottom of a report
4 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 1 Functionality already exists

Increase number of rows available in a report

Increase number of rows available in a report
4 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Future consideration

Ability to show the dollar amount and percentage of change

Ability to show the dollar amount and percentage of change
4 months ago in Cloudability / Other / Reports, Dashboards 2 Functionality already exists

Support for Plotting Cost Variation (% or Absolute) in Widget Charts

Request Type: Feature Request Description: As a FinOps team member, I want the ability to visualize cost variation—either as a percentage change or absolute value change—rather than only viewing absolute costs on widget charts. This would help me ...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 1 Functionality already exists

Enable Views to be shared based on role assignment rather than named users.

Support Case Ref:00355348 This applies to Apptio TOTALCOST including Cloudability and TBM Studio/Cost Transparency. Our access management approach is such that we expose certain features to our end users based on their Mission Organization. A Mi...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration

Allow more than one Insight per Apptio BI report

This would allow more insight benefits to be obtained and more conveniently. Otherwise multiple reports need to be spawned in order create required Insights.
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Cloudability integration with Gen AI agents

Gen AI agents, combined with a Multi-Cloud Platform (MCP) server, are incredibly useful for FinOps because they enable proactive, automated, and intelligent cost management across complex cloud environments. Multiple personas will benefit from it ...
4 months ago in Cloudability / AI/ML in Cloudability 2 Planned for future release

Apptio AI Assistant to assist on Conversational Reporting

Apptio AI Assistant is an AI-powered IT finance expert that simplifies reporting, insights, and budgeting. Users can ask questions in plain language and get real-time, data-driven answers. With Generative AI and advanced analytics. Use Cases1. Con...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Under review