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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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Multiple sorts in Apptio BI tables

In Apptio BI, the current table visualization allows sorting by only one column at a time. The requested enhancement is to enable multi-column sorting. For example, in a table with three columns—Account Name, Service Name, and Cost Total—users sho...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 1 Future consideration

Data Insight Performance Report - Allow Color Range for multiple columns

I have a report I created that shows HC In Octet, HC Out Octet, In Octet and Out Octet for a couple hundred interfaces. Right now I can select one column, and set a color for a specific value. I would expect to be able to select all of my columns ...
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 0 Future consideration

1. Incorporate CSV Attachments in Email Reports & 2. Ensure Full Feature Parity Between Data Insight and NMS Reports

Incorporate CSV Attachments in Email ReportsIntroduce the option to include raw data in CSV format as an attachment when generating and sending email reports through Data Insight. This feature is already available in NMS (vPAS) but is currently ab...
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 1 Future consideration

Improve Right Sizing ROI policy to filter out different types (e.g. ignore EBS gp2/sc1 recommendations)

Currently seeing lot's of recommendations to change EBS to GP2. AWS is strongly recommending moving GP2 to GP3 so it's bizarre to recommend the reverse. Want to alter the policy to ignore such options, or only show GP3.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Request for Policy limit Increase and Consolidation Option

We are unable to create a new policy for rightsizing because we have reached the policy limit target (30 policies). we have multiple Line of Business (LOBs), and each LOB requires three policies-one for each service: Compute, Disk, and SQL. We kin...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Pareto chart - Cost Transparency

The Pareto chart is one of the most popular charts, as it allows users to quickly grasp the rate of the top X at a glance. This will enable TMBO to leverage Apptio for C-level reporting.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Future consideration

ITP: Need bulk upload ability to input Targets in a Plan

Users need ability to bulk upload Targets in ITP rather than having to enter manually, especially in the case of Cost Center level targets. Our organization has hundreds of Cost Centers that require a target.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Enable SSO account provisioning on NMS

We want new users who authenticate via SSO successfully to be able to access SevOne NMS without explicitly needing an account previously created and mapped to that same user. Currently your system only allows users with manually created accounts t...
about 1 month ago in SevOne / Network Management System (NMS) 0 Future consideration

Can we create an ApptioBI report with a dropdown filter that would have options to show Total Cost, List Cost and Amortized Cost?

Useful to have a dropddown that shows the different costs.
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 3 Future consideration

Missing 'Select All' option in Apptio BI Report level filters

The report level filters in Apptio BI lack the option to select all values filtered using the search functionality. Having a "Select all" would avoid the cumbersome task of selecting each item individually.
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration