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Apptio Essentials Portfolio

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Unique identifier to report names

The only unique identifier for a report is its name. This makes referring to in (in the discussion, feedback, etc) confusing and difficult. It also means that user organizations cannot create similar reports with the same name as OOTB reports. Sug...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Expand Cost Transparency Column Filtering Double Pipe Character

·    Who is the user or role?  Anyone using CT to view data in a screen, wanting to use a double-pipe character in the column filter, as well as other column filters.  At current, no other column filters can be used at t...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Mange totals at the bottom of a column

Some columns contain an average or a multiplier (eg, number of users) that doesn't make sense to make a total from. I wish we could right click in TBM Studio and choose "Total, Average, None".  Also happens on the Totals column, all Metrics a...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Disable irrelevant data in filters based on pre-applied filter

Is there a way for the filters in Apptio to be dependent on the other filters selection? Example, if we select Country = USA, the only states relevant to USA should be shown in States filter. States from other countries should not be visible or cl...
11 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Support printing separate table pages when printing full-page reports to PDF

Customers using CT/BoIT to email full-page PDFs to users (such as Billing invoices) need the full-page PDF export to include the separate pages of tables in the export. TBM Studio does not support printing full pages to PDF where individual compo...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Reports to be Accessed for Closed Time Periods

End-users who do not have admin access should be able to access the reports even for closed time-periods otherwise the reports might not be helpful to them and each time an admin would have to intervene to keep changing the time-periods.
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Filter to be included in links

The email function of sending a link (with Global Filters as part of the email link) to a user or sharing a report with a user would increase Apptio usage at a leadership level instead of taking screenshots in PowerPoint. Suggestion: allow filters...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Data visualization tools enhancements

1. No configurable colour palette. 2. Report size and text is fixed (and often too small) 3. Alignment of objects in a report has to be done manually.
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Ability for users to manage email notifications.

Ability for users to be able to opt in or out of receiving emails from Apptio.  
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Including Forecasts as a dimension in Reporting

Including Forecasts as a dimension in Reporting.
9 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Future consideration