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Apptio Essentials Portfolio

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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

Include optimization options as dimensions in reporting

I'd like to generate a report on rightsizing opportunities and for that report to show me the various options (#1 #2 #3).  Currently, I can see data in the rightsizing UI and have to click on the three dots to see the other recommendations ou...
9 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Improve Comments functionality.

Comments alerts are not intuitive and it's not easy for users to know they have a comment waiting. Suggestion: 1) Comments should be displayed as soon as you open a report 2) Comments should be able to be linked to a group of users or an individua...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Changing labels is considered customisation.

Allow for a filed name and field display name to allow changes of field display names. Introduce "Language settings" which enable labels to be configured without customing and OOTB report.
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Download Source JSON Formatted Data

Apptio Datalink supports integration to JSON formatted data sources such as the ServiceNow OOTB connectors. This data is saved in Apptio One project tables in the upload step, however this JSON format differs to the original upload. It is not poss...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Feature needed to hold off a refresh of Editable Table report when calc gets finished ADIA

Currently, when calc gets finished, the Editable Table reports get refreshed and the user loses out on any work that may not be saved. This also causes frustration as the report reverts back to the saved state, hence user needs to apply filters an...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

User Experience - To get feedback from the user

  We are getting feedback from our new users via email by asking the simple questions whether the report met their expectations and if they have any ideas for enhancing or improving the reports. We are suggesting that if the Apptio can build ...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted