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ML: Auto JE Filtering in GL and Cost Pool Mapping Using Some Field Combinations

Some customers face challenges in identifying which journal entries are related to IT spend and in mapping cost pools within the GL, as the granularity of accounts and cost centers is insufficient. With following functionality, many customers coul...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Planned for future release

Freezing of a Scenario in Costing Essentials

The ability to lock a scenario, so future changes does not affect the current scenario. The reason this is really needed, is for Finance and CIO to freeze a budget on both a financial level, but also on allocations throughout the year. This is wha...
8 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 4 Planned for future release

Implement ADM for Line Item Filters, Cost Object Permissions and Project Permissions in ITP

It will benefit all customers as the data transfer will be automated without requiring any manual effort
8 months ago in Apptio / Data Sharing (ADM) 0 Planned for future release

Export All should use a fixed column order, and not vary with my Layout

The current functionality is confusing and non-intuitive, and interferes with many assumptions about how process flow should work. "Export All" should be a trustworthy 'I don't know what I need, give me everything' button that I can drp into Excel...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Planned for future release

Technical service layer does not fit the use-cases of the current clients

The Technical Service Layer that the OOTB-model tries to use is too simplified for the use cases of our clients: More specifically there is currently not the possibility of allocating cost to a technology service by applying offering ID. In the wo...
8 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 3 Planned for future release

In IT Planning the client wants to see in one tab the ability to show labour activities and the financial outcomes without having to move between tabs

Because it means an easier UI experience for the user
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Waterfall Chart in Cost Transparency

This enhancement request would allow us to view the full page of the waterfall chart in the Cost Transparency > Production environment and hide the data entry table that is only needed in TBM Studio > Development environment.  However, ...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 1 Planned for future release

Planning - combine actuals and planned values in Forecast

Currently, in the forecast plan, actuals are displayed as separate non-editable lines (for both past and future months), while planned values are maintained in separate editable lines (with actual months greyed out). Planners have shared that this...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

IT Planning Selective Edits to External Data

As a TBMA and user of IT Planning, we would like the ability to selectively edit certain columns within an External data set.  An example would be that we import External data into IT Planning and make all columns read-only with the exception...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Ability to import 'external financials' for "Labour" and "Assets" tabs in the "Planned" section, just like "Other" tab

We complete a large amount of centralised loads of data for forecasting purposes into "Other" tab, and it allows for greater transparency and control of data quality as these lines are locked for editing by a user. Unfortunately, the same function...
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release