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Add a column to the Connections page to show the Time period the data loads to so it's easier to update connections to the next Fiscal Year

We have over 225 datalink connections, some of which post the ingested data to a specific month (the beginning of our Fiscal Year). Since there is currently no column to show which month the data will post to, we have to review every connection in...
4 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

The new Datalink function in Apptio is missing Functionality that DL Classic had

We are currently migrating all of our automated datalinks from Datalink (Classic) to the newer Datalink feature. In doing so, we found a feature restriction that we had in the legacy datalink that the newer one does not have.  Background: Se...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Datalink Connector List Export

The current connector list in DataLink only offers limited information. In order to see what tables connectors load into, source and destination time periods, and other details, you need to click into each connector. Attached is a mockup showing t...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Default Dashbaord Assignement at Scale

Customers need the ability to set default dashboards at scale, either globally for all users or by user group. The current system requires manual configuration for each individual user through the UI, with no API support for automation. Proposed S...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability MSP 0 Future consideration

Enhance the cloud file ingress Datalink connector to support importing parquet files from AWS.

Enhancing the cloud file ingress connector to support parquet format would bring it closer to the level of functionality companies had with the multicloud connector in Datalink (Classic). The multicloud connector supported parquet format and many ...
6 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Ability to delete files from Datadrop directly

At the moment we are unable to directly delete files from our DataDrop viewer and need to raise a support ticket. It would be great if this was an option for us to self-serve. Background of our issue: many files get copied into DataDrop each day...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Schedule Datalink connectors multiple times per week

Datalink should allow connectors to be scheduled multiple days per week.  Currently, I can only run once per week on the day that I choose, or every day.  For example, I have no way of running a connector every Sunday and Wednesday. ...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Datalink Connection For Non-Billing GCP BigQuery Data Ingestion

As a TBMA, I my organization ingests GCP Billing data into TBM Studio for reporting. We also have other GCP-related costs from vendors, such as Kafka and MongoDB, that are not included in the GCP BigQuery Billing table. We need an automated TBM St...
7 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

change of column from Azure CSP cost report for customer price

We have an environment where the end customer pricing is already configured in Azure CSP. The Azure cost exports contain a column AX "paygCostInBillingCurrency" with the end customer pricing. Cloudability currently only uses the column AU "costInB...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability MSP 1 Future consideration

Accommodate multi-tier MSP model - Distributor-Partner-End Customer

Ingram Micro is looking for the capability to manage public cloud costs at their Org level (root), partner level (intermediate), and end customer level. Right now they're offering Cloudchekr free of charge to their partners for AWS, but charging t...
8 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability MSP 0 Not under consideration