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Status Future consideration
Workspace Cloudability
Categories Reports, Dashboards
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 19, 2025

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Colour (color) control in chart-type widgets Merged

We are finding that some users are becoming confused with the colours in chart-type widgets in Cloudability Dashboards, particularly when tracking differing timelines.  I have attached an example where for a given timeline, AWS ECS was the primary cost driver, which is typically always blue. In the second example, we have exactly the same widget, but a shorter timeline where the primary cost driver is now CloudWatch for this shortened timeline, but is also blue.  Some users assume that the colours track to a particular value in a dimension. 

Some control over the colour scope in these widgets would also be beneficial, rather than being locked into the colour pallette provided. 

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  • Guest
    Feb 4, 2026

    Please merge with CLOUDY-I-918, CLOUDY-I-195, CLOUDY-I-159

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  • Guest
    Feb 4, 2026

    Please implement any kind of colour control/configuration in Apptio BI dashboards. Not only that the colours are not consistent between the same values within a dashboard, but they are also very confusing and difficult to "read"/observe when the same colours are used for different values. Example attached. The standard in BI reporting is Tableau and PowerBI. Lacking any kind of colour control/customisation in 2026 is a bit of a pain.

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  • Guest
    Nov 24, 2025

    I fully agree with this improvement! We face the same issue, especially in dashboards that show instance coverage. Once the coverage crosses 50%, the colors change, which is very confusing for users. During meetings, we always have to explain the color change.

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Custom colour palette in ApptioBI and Cloudability widgets

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As a report builder in these two products I struggle to highlight what I want to, due to the standardised default colour palete. We get no ability to change whatever colours the widgets decide on. I work for a group of companies. Each has it's own...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Apptio BI 0 Future consideration

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