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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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disable the field mandatoy to both schulde

good day to safe the charge of cloud we need turn off the virtual machine or RDS instance, however the task request both schedules, like idea i considered that the task no must be selet both schedules, i know other providers that have it function ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Other 0 Submitted

Number widget comparison indicators need better visibility

Dashboard Enhancement request.... Please change the white-on-light grey text within number widgets with a comparison to be more readable (darker background, larger % number, outline of text....). Screenshots of these widgets do not emphasize the d...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards 0 Submitted

Get uptime report from Applications on Instana

We have configured Instana to monitor our applications and we would like to report on performance of the application i.e. CPU utilization memory, Disk IO and the overal uptime for the application, how can we get such a report from Instana or the A...
3 months ago in Instana / Application perspectives 0 Under review

Incorporate variance analysis into an inline plan/forecast activity

In our business process, I would like to open a forecast or plan, and based on changes made by the Cost Centre Owner, variance driver capture is triggered/becomes mandatory based on the changes made going outside a set tolerance. The basics of the...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0

ITP Respect Cost Object Permissions for Group Cost Centre Editors

In ITP today, we use group cost centre owners in the division heirachy for both editing, review and rollup purposes. These group cost centre owners only have Editor access in Cost Object Permissions, and do not have Owner access. However, when a g...
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0

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 such fu...
3 months ago in Apptio / Help & Training 0 Under review

Apptio BI - Formatting the Charts

It would be good if we have the option to change the color format of the Pivot and Bar Charts in Apptio BI. We have this functionality in Cost Transparency. Request you to implement the same in BI as well.
3 months ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Include date in projected end timestamp for schedules

If you set an end time of 1464 hours later, for example, you'll get a message like: Occurs once effective Tue, Aug 20, 2024 starting at 14:00 and finishing 61 days later at 14:00. This idea is for including a timestamp at the end time: Occurs once...
5 months ago in IBM Turbonomic ARM / UI & User Experience 0 Future consideration

Add Network Diagram type functionality to Maps visualizations

Customer is requesting, in addition to the "canvas" and "maps" type of visualization for map device/object data and metrics, to add a network diagram type visualization with the ability to use standard icons for network elements (Routers/Switches ...
8 months ago in SevOne / Data Insight (DI) 0 Future consideration

MULTI CURRENCY PROJECT SETTINGS ENABLED BY DEFAULT DPENEDING ON THE RELEASE

Hello, we are Australian company reporting in AUD only in Apptio. We work in highly regulated environment and all currency translations happens in the source GL/financial system that then converts multiple currencies and business entities into AUD...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Essentials Portfolio 0 Planned for future release