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Need “Overwrite” capability in the Custom Calendar feature in Time Settings

Time Settings -> Custom Calendar feature only has “Append” option available to update dates.If we have to change the custom calendar dates(that we have already included in the file and checked in), we always have to rollback several days/months...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

ITP Expenses Assets tab: Date Picker for Purchase/In-Service Date

Idea: Adding the possibility to select Purchase Date & In-Service Date via a Date Picker rather than manually typing the date in ITP Expenses -> Assets tab. Why: current process of filling Date manually can cause confusion, as different us...
12 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Map Visualization for reporting

Workforce accounts for a majority of spend and being able to view it in a map view to understand footprint and cost per area would be very helpful. View attached image for a reference. Would like granularity not just based on country but by states...
about 1 year ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 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 ...
5 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

ITP Automated Notifications - Ability to change their verbiage and logo

At every main phase of an IT Planning plan (opening, closing, etc.), communications are sent to cost center and department owners. In order for these emails to be more impactful to customers and for them to not be categorized as spam (or even as p...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Ability to "Freeze" rows for Actual Labor Headcount

Currently, under Labor Tab,  any Existing/ Actual Labor Headcount that is published to a Forecast Plan is editable by the Cost Center Owners. In some cases, these rows were inadvertently being updated or deleted by CC Owners that increases th...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Cost Transparency - Custom Calendar Request to Match Fiscal Calendar

Currently when we build a query for a fiscal month, ApptioOne will show or apply the calendar month. We would like to see the option of the formula to be the Fiscal month time period and not the calendar month. So February would be  Current D...
10 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Future consideration

Calculated / Dynamic Columns for Rate * Quantity

Similar to Service Demand Planning, it would be very helpful to have the ability to add calculated columns to ITP for services that are rate * quantity. Currently the dollar amount for volume driven services have to be manually calculated in ITP.&...
10 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

IT Planning Event Log : open function for Cost Center Owners

Currently Event Log is useful, but it is only visible for Admins. Especially for cost centers managed by multiple users, these cost center owners want to see who eventually has done a change.
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Targets KPI Section in ITP - Multiyear view, add/custom columns, filter capabilities

Targets KPI Section in ITP - As Administrators, we would like to be able to view multiyear target data. Also, the feasibility to add columns in the Target plan and the ability to filter column data by year, region and cost center. Update** 1/10/25...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration