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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

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Ability to extract and subscribe to Commitments based on Account name or ID

Data extracts do not contain account name. No way to subscribe to expirations based on account name. would be helpful to have this data available so its easier to manage.
13 days ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization 0 Submitted

Map Azure Resource Name in the Resource Name Dimension

Populate the Resource Name Dimension in with the Resource Name provided by Azure
13 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization 0 Submitted

Consolidation of user roles, permissions, and row level security into one place

We would like the selection of user roles, permissions, and row level security to be under the access administration tab. Specifically in the access wizard, we would like to be able to add the user roles, permissions, and row level security all in...
13 days ago in Apptio / User Management & Login 0 Submitted

Propagating 'Cost Sharing' module to Dashboards through filters

We would like to be able to leverage the Cost Sharing module to propagate the same results to widgets for any dashboards. I think this should be easily achievable through adding filters on the dashboard page to toggle between 'Cost Sharing' and 'N...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Cost Allocation and Sharing 0 Submitted

Bring Cloudability up to the levels of its competitors in sustainabiity reporting

I have reviewed the carbon reporting capabilities of Cloudability and realised that there are some huge gaps when compared to market leaders such as Sopht, Greenpixie, Tailpipe and even Cloud Carbon Footprint. Cloudability doesn't seem to report o...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Planned for future release

A Jira ticket should be unlinked after it has been closed.

Once a Jira ticket for rightsizing has been cancelled/closed/deleted it should be unlinked from the resource in Cloudability. Currently tickets are not automatically unlinked from recommendations even once the Jira ticket is moved to a resolved or...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization 0 Submitted

AI-Powered Chatbot for Cloudability Assistance

One of my customers - DLA Piper, proposed adding an AI-powered chatbot (similar to ChatGPT) to assist users with Cloudability-related queries and tasks. This chatbot would provide real-time, step-by-step guidance, improving user experience and red...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

Ability to sort reference data as related to dropdown lists

I would like the ability to sort reference data (cost center, department, accounts, and projects) by code or names. Most of our codes are alpha and numeric (ex: C4310, C3320, I26B, I78A) but the dropdown lists usually sort by name resulting in a w...
25 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Managing Plans - Grouping and Access

To help with useability of Planning especially if you have multiple plans - 1) Have a grouping of plans - would allow the drop down to have the group first and then open to see the plans within the group 2) Allow users to be given permission and o...
26 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Logs Enhancement - Smart Alert should have more grouping , Log file mentionning and log body

The New Log integration is functionnal within instana , but the smart alert integration lack key component to send alerts with the rightfull data for notifications. It currently will only tell you that you exceeded the set threshold regarding the ...
3 months ago in Instana / Logging 0 Future consideration