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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...
2 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Future consideration

Reports on dashboards are scale to fit and do not have an option for scroll bars

The TargetProcess dashboard currently lacks a horizontal scroll (left-right) functionality, which makes it difficult to view reports or data with large content or multiple columns. This limitation impacts usability, especially when handling with w...
18 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Submitted

Retain user filters and formatting when production refreshes

When Production updates, filters, column pickers etc are rest to default. This is resulted in a bad experience for our users, they lose the focus on the data they were analyzing. In Demand Planning we collect data from thousands of users and this ...
3 months ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Submitted

Ability to open select lines on 'external financials' to make small edits (Admin Only)

We use the 'external financials' function heavily in our Planning environment, and we find it is very helpful in maintaining transparency and data quality control, as the lines cannot be edited by the user. We have ~87,000 lines of centrally agree...
19 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Ability to import 'external financials' for "Labour" and "Assets" tabs in the "Planned" section, just like "Other" tab

We complete a large amount of centralised loads of data for forecasting purposes into "Other" tab, and it allows for greater transparency and control of data quality as these lines are locked for editing by a user. Unfortunately, the same function...
19 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Option to add External labor data which is not editable by planners

In current scenario, planners are able to edit Labor data. We just want users to be able to view the labor data but not edit it. Is it possible to have "external" lines in Labor tab (similar to external lines in Asset and Financial tabs)? Currentl...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Planned for future release

Freezing of a Scenario in Costing Essentials

The ability to lock a scenario, so future changes does not affect the current scenario. The reason this is really needed, is for Finance and CIO to freeze a budget on both a financial level, but also on allocations throughout the year. This is wha...
4 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 4 Planned for future release

Subscription emails

Leverage more than one global filter on the email feature for Costing
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

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 0 Planned for future release

Email Subscription of Reports: Increasing Character Limit, adding various fonts, hyperlinks and dynamic date in email body

University of Pennsylvania is looking to set up an email subscription to more than 200 users who can view the email in a specific format (which includes a different font of the email body- with bold, hyperlinks, dynamic dates, font options). The c...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Planned for future release