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Manage all costs objects owned at one time

People who manage multiple cost objects have to manage each cost object separately today.  Customer would like the ability for users to manage all of the cost objects that they own at once.
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0

Add "Carryover data" option for defining custom Data Freshness Rule

As an Admin of TBM Studio, I'd like to define which of my custom Data Freshness Rules will allow for data to carry forward into future periods by adding a [Carryover data] toggle option on the Define New Data Freshness Rule dialog. This will allow...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

Language Expansion

At this time, only English and Japanese are offered as language settings in Apptio. It would be extremely valuable for the Spanish language to be added as well.
11 months ago in Apptio / Usability/UX 0 Submitted

CostAllocationRuleName to be added in Cloudabilty mapping for Datalink

CostAllocationRuleName field should be added to the Cloudability mapping for the cldy_monthly_azure Datalink connector. This field is included in the Usage Details Amortized and Actual Exports which is scheduled daily.
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Ability to add variance comments at the full year (FY) column in Variance Analysis or Compare Shortcuts

Add the capability to add comments when comparing an annual forecast plan to another annual forecast plan (actuals + forecast) and save the comments in a layout. Currently, there is no ability to add comments when using the compare shortcuts featu...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 2 Functionality already exists

Give ability for user to see all reports they have access to

There is no way to see a complete list of the reports that you have access to in Apptio BI. This is because the "All" option doesn't actually show all reports as one would naturally assume from the name. It only shows reports created by the user o...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

Single Unique Identifier Column

Currently plans contain unique identifier information in two fields when on the summary page. UID for Other Expenses are tracked in the "Line Item Code" field while Contracts UID is tracked on the "Source Line Item Code" field. Please provide the ...
11 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Ability to pin left navigation panel open in IT Planning.

Admin related sections of IT Planning (e.g. Configuration), and CT report collections panels can be pinned open using the double arrow near the top of the left panel.   This is not the case for Reporting sections of IT Planning (e.g. Pl...
almost 3 years ago in Apptio / Usability/UX 0 Future consideration

Additional detail around schedule available on main page

Gives us the ability to know what connector to click into. We run ADM scheduling three times a day so we have to label schedules to include the time to know which one to click into to edit or check. With having the extra columns of time and plan w...
6 months ago in Apptio / Data Sharing (ADM) 0 Future consideration

Dynamic Result row for Reporting Tables

Result row for reporting tables is always at the very bottom of the visible table area. No matter if the table has 20 entries or just 2.  Can you add an option in the table settings where the result row is dynamic and shows directly under the...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 1 Planned for future release