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Search results: Apptio Planning

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Labor Adjustment % rate

I would like to raise and enhancement request for the Labour Adjustment % to be auto filled, driven by the labour reference data by location and employee type of internal. This would save any % not being filled out when users are adding new labour...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Delivered

Request variance explanation when line item does not exist in comparison plan

On behalf of Bjarne Sandholdt from Danfoss, I request the following enhancement on ITP Variance Analysis: Require providing an explanation for the variance in a project, when it falls within designated threshold, also when the line item exists i...
almost 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Delivered

Ability to have one role for Submit and one role for Edit. Currently they are combined

We often have delegation whereby the input users are not ultimately the submitters, and we don't want to accidently submit bulk plans where there is no authority to do so. A system control to prevent this, would be helpful for edit and submit duties.
7 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Delivered

Add automatic creation/modification system fields for to each plan row

Clients often ask for fields that are easily viewed in the expenses table view to identify who created or modified the row and when. Please add the following automatic system fields to capture that detail. Audit logs are only available to admins a...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Delivered

ITP – Custom Department Drop-Down

In my company we limit access to cost center of own responsibility. We have cost center managers with cost center reponsibilities in different Hierarchies. Those don't have no possibility to review all cost centers in their responsibility with Pla...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Delivered

Add exclusive edit permission for specified columns to Controlling / TBMO

Our Controllers and TBMAs want a custom column that is only editable for them and not to other users. This would allow to add comments and annotations that cannot be overwritten.  Or simply a yes/no flag that says "checked by Controlling" tha...
about 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Delivered

Multi-level approval flows that is independent of the department hierarchy

We would like multi-level approval flows that is independent of the department hierarchy. In our state authorizing environment, we have certain use cases where there are 2 approving agencies. Currently, you can set 2 users as the cost object owner...
8 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 2 Delivered

ITP Variance analysis - Export possibility for admins & report of variance driver populated by users

1. Admins need to be able to export the Variance analysis details.2. There needs to be a report that shows a snapshot of the variance drivers populated by users.
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Delivered

Variance Analysis Report

There needs to be a report available in IT-Planning or CT to display the summary of Variance Analysis.  1) Summary of Analysis or comments that users provided 2) Summary of users that missed to update the Analysis even after the threshold for...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Delivered

Variance Analysis grouped by Account Category Code but showing Account Category Name

As Variance Analysis is grouped by Account Category Code but showing Account Category Name it can create lines that look like duplicates to end user.  If different Account Category Codes share the same Account Category Name, currently a separ...
over 1 year ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 1 Delivered