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Data Connectivity (Datalink)

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Ability to export list of datalink connectors

I would like the ability to export the full list of datalink connectors and the relevant summary data related to the datalink connectors. This would be helpful in making a list of datalink connectors that might need to be reviewed for different pu...
about 5 hours ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Ability to add additional columns to Connections summary

As a TBMA, I often need to review my datalink connectors and how they are set up. For example, when closing time in Cost Transparency (Example, I want to remove 2024 from CT) I may need to review all my datalink connectors that are set to drop tab...
about 5 hours ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Add "Product/Capacity Management" field to CDI data feed for complete cost management reporting

Third required field to complete JPMC's CDI migration requirements. This field works in conjunction with Product Family and Product/Physical Processor fields to support their comprehensive cloud cost reporting framework.
2 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Add "Product/Physical Processor" field to CDI data feed to support comprehensive cloud cost analysis

This additional field is required alongside Product Family to complete JPMC's reporting requirements during their migration from MCC to CDI/ADM. The field supports their advanced cloud billing setup described as "the most advanced" implementation.
2 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Add "Product Family" field to CDI data feed for enhanced cloud cost reporting and categorization

JPMC requires the Product Family field in CDI to support their highly customized cloud billing reports. This field is critical for their cost allocation and reporting framework as their cloud spend continues to grow dramatically (currently $50M/mo...
3 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Add a column to the Connections page to show the Time period the data loads to so it's easier to update connections to the next Fiscal Year

We have over 225 datalink connections, some of which post the ingested data to a specific month (the beginning of our Fiscal Year). Since there is currently no column to show which month the data will post to, we have to review every connection in...
2 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Schedule Datalink on multiple days in a month

More scheduling flexibility please. I'd like to be able to schedule on multiple days in a month e.g. days 1-20. Currently I'd have to create 20 schedules for this. If the monthly schedule function allowed you to select multiple days instead of one...
about 2 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Apptio DataLink Adaptor for Planning Analytics (On-Prem)

Hi Team, Clients today are having to manually extract and load up data from Apptio into their Planning Analytics instance on-prem. Currently there is no intention to move to using Planning Analytics Cloud (SaaS). The client has strict data soverei...
6 months ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Not under consideration

Datalink: "Time Period" selection should be available in the front page

There are connectors which need to run monthly for multiple months due to changes in the previous periods. In order to load this in Apptio we need to either adjust manually each time the name of the file (with the month and year) or to go inside e...
over 2 years ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Future consideration

Enhance the cloud file ingress Datalink connector to support importing parquet files from AWS.

Enhancing the cloud file ingress connector to support parquet format would bring it closer to the level of functionality companies had with the multicloud connector in Datalink (Classic). The multicloud connector supported parquet format and many ...
4 months ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted