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Run rate in ITP

It would be good to have a KPI in IT planning which displays the run rate. This would be helpful in forecasting. Run rate is the expected future cost if the current pace continues. For example: If your actual costs for January are $100,000, the an...
23 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Planning - combine actuals and planned values in Forecast

Currently, in the forecast plan, actuals are displayed as separate non-editable lines (for both past and future months), while planned values are maintained in separate editable lines (with actual months greyed out). Planners have shared that this...
23 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Option to generate and export monthly billing statements in PDF format using Datalink

In Apollo, Apptio solution the solution is adopted for billing process and invoices delivered in a pre-defined format (pdf). However, during each monthly cycle, exporting PDF invoices and placing them into the correct folder for auditing and Accou...
23 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Billing 0 Submitted

The columns showing up in any step of a table is not alphabetically sorted. A functionality to sort / arrange them alphabetically would be great and it's required as soon as possible.

The columns showing up in any step of a table is not alphabetically sorted. A functionality to sort / arrange them alphabetically would be helpful
3 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Under review

Update Reference Data on Plans to provide details of line items that will be deleted/changed

If there are some missing entries in current reference data from earlier uploaded reference data, the customer would like the option to have the Update reference data panel on plans show even the details of which specific entries/line items/rows w...
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

IT Planning Multi-Year Reference Data Option

As a TBMA supporting IT Planning, we have a use case for enabling multi-year functionality as it relates to our reference data, specifically Labor Rates and Labor Allocation Rules.  Our FP&A team is currently forecasting 3 years within a ...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Planned for future release

Create role permission to disable right click options for end users

End users can right click on any table in any report and select "Show Full Data Path", "Create Published Table", and "Trace Lineage for this component" - screenshot attached. These are not options that our end users should have the ability to use ...
6 months ago in Apptio / User Management & Login 0 Submitted

Export All should use a fixed column order, and not vary with my Layout

The current functionality is confusing and non-intuitive, and interferes with many assumptions about how process flow should work. "Export All" should be a trustworthy 'I don't know what I need, give me everything' button that I can drp into Excel...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Planned for future release

When build finishes it can say finished successfully or with error

Sometimes a build takes a long time, around an hour, and finishes but we do not know if it was successfully. We need to check the table to know if the build failed with error or completed successfully. When the build finishes it should give status...
3 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 2 Needs more information

Ability to use email subscriptions with Row Level security

We have a need to be able to export a report into PDF by Business Unit and email that PDF to the Business Unit owner for our Bill of IT. We have a list of emails by Business Unit and have created a report that is the exact format needed. As we hav...
26 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Billing 0 Submitted