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Apptio

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Do not throw error for unneeded columns in imports that are present in the export file

Importing a file directly produced by the export data action should not throw any errors. The system should be able to export and immediately reimport with no issues or alterations to the data required by the user. I understand that cost center co...
6 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Variance analysis in the Contracts tab

Variance analysis in the Contracts tab would be a useful feature to include, to mirror existing functionality in the Labor and Summary tabs. This would allow us to see what changed vs prior plans at the detailed contract level.
11 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Add a "pause" option for scheduled connector groups

It would helpful if there was an option to pause a scheduled connector group instead of having to completely remove the schedule when you don't want it to run and then add it back when you do. There are times when we need to bypass just one day of...
12 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Versioning function

It would be great, if developer could see, immediately and without checking out the table, the table version including FROM date info and version history.
12 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

In Sankey Diagram, customer needs YTD for cost metric and not just month.

Hi All, ADIA is prime Middle East customer for us. They moved into Apptio from one of our competitors. They feel Sankey Diagram is the best thing on reporting side, but they need option to have YTD cost and not just monthly which is provided by ou...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

System Integration between Apptio Planning and IBM Cognos Analytics/Prism

We are using both IBM products (Apptio Planning and IBM Cognos Analytics/Prism). Apptio Planning is our IT Finance forecasting tool while IBM Cognos Analytics/Prism is our global centralized forecasting tool for the company. At the moment we are s...
14 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Export Layout Feature - maintain column header layout but do not consolidate underlying data

Current when you export, the data below is grouped and text shows as " 2 Unique, 5 Unique". Idea is that all data would be expanded to it's lowest level while maintaining the header formatting. Expanding each column individually is not an option u...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Under review

When build finishes it can say finished successfully or with error

Sometimes a build takes a long time, around an hour, and finishes but we do not know if it was successfully. We need to check the table to know if the build failed with error or completed successfully. When the build finishes it should give status...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Sankey Diagrams / Three Object Limitation – the ability to view the value chain from cost source all the way through to the product offering understanding the major steps in the journey.

Sankey Diagrams / Three Object Limitation – the ability to view the value chain from cost source all the way through to the product offering understanding the major steps in the journey. I point you to what other financial analysis tools can do he...
28 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Billing 0 Submitted

Trigger an email to remind customers that their Single Sign On (SSO) Certificate needs to be refreshed within Frontdoor.

Apptio SSO Certificates are now refreshed by the Customer, self served via Domain Management within Access Administration on Frontdoor. This refresh needs to take place annually and if not completed in time the customers end users will no longer b...
7 months ago in Apptio 1 Future consideration