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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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override dependencies

override dependency like in SA z/OS
almost 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

lssam should display correct NodeName which was defined by preprpnode

Currently, lssam pulls its node names from the NodeNameList of the IBM.PeerNode resource attributes but only uses the shortname.This can lead to different NodeNames: lsrpnode, lsrsrc,... show the defined hostname in the long versionlssam shows a s...
about 12 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Encrypted EIF-Events

Encrypted EIF events would greatly enhance the security of the product.Why: Today it is possible to send faked EIF-Events to the SAAM. This could bring the SAAM Server to react in an unsuitable way.
about 13 years ago in Tivoli System Automation 2 Not under consideration

Variance Analysis between Forecast & Actuals at a line item level

1.Users want to see Variance Analysis between Forecast & Actuals at a line item level. Which means they want to see what lines in General Ledger are contributing to actuals vs what lines in forecast were used to compare. 2. We need invoice lin...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

User Experience - To get feedback from the user

  We are getting feedback from our new users via email by asking the simple questions whether the report met their expectations and if they have any ideas for enhancing or improving the reports. We are suggesting that if the Apptio can build ...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Submitted

Unit Driver Names Guardrail for uniqueness across project

Currently, there is functionality that warns and prevents users from naming Unit Drivers (Allocation Lines) from an object to other objects using the same name.  This functionality seems to work within a single object only.  However, the...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Under review

The actuals to be distributed across separate tabs based on a custom dimension

The actuals to be distributed across separate tabs based on a custom dimension. Unique numbers are assigned to our plan line items, and all actual line items are tagged accordingly. Currently, actuals are imported using these unique numbers, which...
9 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Support needed for approach to ingest data coming through CDC connector into Apptio

We are in the process of automating the ingestion of different files from multiple data sources into Apptio, and in this regard, we have come across an automation approach of CDC (Change Data Capture) connectors from one of the data sources to App...
11 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Under review

Review Details on Apptio Planning Maintenance Only Releases

As a tool owner, I'd like to be able to review the details on maintenance only releases in the Recent Releases Help section, so that I can see what changes are coming and if they might impact our daily operations.  Currently, the maintenance ...
5 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Report Visibility permissions looking at all a user's roles

We have a single landing page report for a large number of users in our Apptio. This landing page includes links to a range of different reports - some of which are available to all users with access to the system, but others which are restricted ...
6 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted