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Need ability to refresh token within REST 2.0 API call

Need the REST Service 2.0 Beta to request and refresh the authentication 'bearer token' for an API call so that I don't have to manually request the token using a service like Postman.
10 months ago in Apptio 0 Submitted

Map Visualization for reporting

Workforce accounts for a majority of spend and being able to view it in a map view to understand footprint and cost per area would be very helpful. View attached image for a reference. Would like granularity not just based on country but by states...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

Reporting that shows the financial impact of Changes at Towers, Services Business Units

As an Apptio Developer I would like to be able to see the impact of my changes in a report BEFORE I check in, against the cost metric at Resource Towers, Business Services and Business Unit allocation. Then I know that the changes I am making are ...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Under review

Enable Views to be shared based on role assignment rather than named users.

Support Case Ref:00355348 This applies to Apptio TOTALCOST including Cloudability and TBM Studio/Cost Transparency. Our access management approach is such that we expose certain features to our end users based on their Mission Organization. A Mi...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration

Modelled Reports

As TBMA a lot of our time is consumed explaining to  our stakeholders via various means- reports, ppt slides, endless meetings, comms, diagrams how cost flows from the bottom of the model ie cost source through all hierarchies to the Service ...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

IT Planning Event Log : open function for Cost Center Owners

Currently Event Log is useful, but it is only visible for Admins. Especially for cost centers managed by multiple users, these cost center owners want to see who eventually has done a change.
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Add Project Setting to Enable/Disable Case-Sensitivity

As a TBMA, I would like the ability to disable case-sensitivity in CT. I often resort to forcing columns I use for lookups or data relationships to upper case to ensure they will work. However, I have never had a case where I wanted data to match ...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Future consideration

Set the default location to the same page when copying a visualisation

When copying a page in Apptio BI, the default page is the next page. To copy to the same page you need to scroll all the way to the bottom of the list to select 'Current Page'. I would like the 'Current Page' to be the first item in the list, maki...
10 months ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Add Project Setting to define an alternating row color for non-report tables in TBM Studio

As a TBMA, I would like to see alternating row colors for all non-report tables displayed throughout TBM Studio. The setting would be applied to any table not displayed on reports (inclusive of those displayed in Object views, Allocation Strategie...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Future consideration

Schedule Datalink connectors multiple times per week

Datalink should allow connectors to be scheduled multiple days per week.  Currently, I can only run once per week on the day that I choose, or every day.  For example, I have no way of running a connector every Sunday and Wednesday. ...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration