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Help functionality improvements.

Currently, the only help available takes you to the generic Apptio hello screens. This is not useful for our users because it in no way reflects the CBA model or reports or with CBA specific information. Suggestion: Ability to add field descriptio...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Usability/UX 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

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

Review Details on Apptio Planning Maintenance Only Releases

As a tool owner, I'd like to be able to review the details on maintenance only releases in the Recent Releases Help section, so that I can see what changes are coming and if they might impact our daily operations.  Currently, the maintenance ...
5 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Report Visibility permissions looking at all a user's roles

We have a single landing page report for a large number of users in our Apptio. This landing page includes links to a range of different reports - some of which are available to all users with access to the system, but others which are restricted ...
5 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Include End of Current Fiscal Year in Data Time Period Selections for Tables in TBM Studio

When creating a data table in studio, I've often had the need to show data that pertains to the end of the current fiscal year.  Under the properties option for tables, there is an option to select multiple data time periods but none of them ...
4 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted