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Can we get the sustainability metrics like CO2 emissions and power consumption in Kwh directly from Cloudability into TBM Studio as part of the existing cloudability connector (cldy_monthly_**) ?

Right now you are providing cloud sustainability API supported by the cost reporting endpoints, but once used, it will lead to another extra table with our Apptio model. Also, I see that these 2 sustainability metrices ( but with blank values) are...
19 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Introducing automatic instrumentation for WebSphere Application Server

Hi Team, We are struggling with configuring website monitoring for a core banking system deployed using IBM WebSphere application server. And we are not getting support from the core banking vendor to add the ieum script provided by Instana and we...
20 days ago in Instana / WAS 0 Submitted

Month Picker while Importing reference data from Costing to Planning

We are using Costing integration due to some features we need missing in ADM. While importing reference data via Costing Integration, we would like the option of having month selection as an option to bring in Ref data from Costing into Planning
3 months ago in Apptio / Data Sharing (ADM) 0 Submitted

Add Native Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) Support for instana-agent-k8sensor in Instana Helm Chart

The Instana Helm chart for instana-agent-k8sensor currently does not support native Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) configuration. During a recent incident (Case TS020011638), a memory usage spike occurred post-AMI update, reaching 140% of the co...
3 months ago in Instana / Kubernetes 0 Submitted

2 Step Authentication

I was unable to connect to Tableau since it uses 2-step authentication (POST, then a GET request). It would be useful if Apptio added this feature so I could connect in-house.
20 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Can we have Load time indicator or progress bar to set expectations.

At times, reports in Apptio take significantly longer to load without any prior indication. For example, during a live screen-sharing session where we’re reviewing financials, switching to another report can trigger a long ‘Calculating…’ phase. In...
20 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

Improvement of Overlay Charts

The overlay charts contain Columns, Stacked and Trend. My idea is to add three options to the OVerlay charts 1: Add the option to add rows 2: Allow adding columns or Rows in Level 1 to a stacked graph in level 2 - Overlay has a stacked bar with a ...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

Adding natural logarithm function to TBM studio

Adding a natural logarithm (ln) function to TBM Studio would enable users to perform Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) analysis for cost allocation decomposition. LMDI is a widely-used method in decomposition but requires natural log calculati...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Add "Product Family" field to CDI data feed for enhanced cloud cost reporting and categorization

JPMC requires the Product Family field in CDI to support their highly customized cloud billing reports. This field is critical for their cost allocation and reporting framework as their cloud spend continues to grow dramatically (currently $50M/mo...
21 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Add "Product/Physical Processor" field to CDI data feed to support comprehensive cloud cost analysis

This additional field is required alongside Product Family to complete JPMC's reporting requirements during their migration from MCC to CDI/ADM. The field supports their advanced cloud billing setup described as "the most advanced" implementation.
21 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted