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Apptio Essentials Portfolio

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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

Trigger automatic alerts in case of different figures across objects in the model

Trigger alerts in case of different figures across objects in the model without he need of TBMAs to go to the report checking the consistency of figures across Cost Source, IT Towers and Business Services!
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Future consideration

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

Unit Driver Names Guardrail for uniqueness across project

Currently, there is functionality that warns and prevents users from naming Unit Drivers (Allocation Lines) from an object to other objects using the same name.  This functionality seems to work within a single object only.  However, the...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Support needed for approach to ingest data coming through CDC connector into Apptio

We are in the process of automating the ingestion of different files from multiple data sources into Apptio, and in this regard, we have come across an automation approach of CDC (Change Data Capture) connectors from one of the data sources to App...
11 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted

Calc Management - Prioritization for Users

The idea is to add a user dimension in the Calc Management tool to prioritize calculations from specific user/group of users. 
8 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Submitted