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Functionality to export,edit,import IWS Database Objects in Excel (or some other form of spreadsheets)

This is an idea to add a functionality to export/import IWS Database Objects to/from IWS DB. Many IWS customers are requesting a functionality to export IWS Database Objects to a spreadsheet, edit them, then bulk import the objects back to IWS DB....
4 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Apptio Costing:::Expand the ability to use Map Columns

The Map Columns transform step can only be used with what are called Master Datasets which only exist in components. This should be changed so that the Map Columns step can be used with any data transform. One of the main reasons for this is that ...
2 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Apptio Costing:::Ability to rename metrics in TBM Studio

Currently without any way to rename a metric, if users dislike the initial name, a new metric needs to be created and all allocations and model objects added to that metric. Additionally all report components need to be updated to use the new metr...
2 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Costing 0 Submitted

Update the Workstation definition during manual switchmgr

Whenever you run a switchmgr to move the MDM from one server to the other, it should automatically update the workstation definitions. This is already done during an automatic failover, just not a manual one.
about 4 hours ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Apptio Costing:::Allow hierarchical slicer in TBM Studio report subscription

Currently if a report uses hierarchical slicers, those slicers are not available to be selected in the report subscription dialogue. This forces configuration changes on the report (removing hierarchical slicers and replacing with normal slicers) ...
2 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Submitted

Apptio Report Studio:::Allow searching in hierarchical slicers

Hierarchical slicers are very useful in reports to layer hierarchical data by bringing in a carefully created perspective. However, their values cannot be searched the way a normal slicer would work. This idea is to make hierarchical slicers searc...
2 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Report Studio 0 Submitted

Apptio Costing:::Improve enumeration and display of error message in transform pipeline

The error message in transform pipeline will often only surface a single error, even if there are multiple errors. This leads to an inefficient experience of clearing one error, only to be notified of another, and then another. Instead, the user i...
2 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Apptio Datalink:::Make datalink fiscal calendar aware to improve configuration experience

When selecting a source or destination month in Datalink connectors, all selections are in calendar month/year. This can cause mistakes and confusion for customers that have fiscal calendars other than Jan through December. The most common error i...
2 days ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 0 Submitted

Apptio Costing:::Default time period roll forward options

This idea is to add a configuration to automatically roll forward the default time period in TBM Studio projects. Currently this can only be done manually. It would be helpful to be able to set a rule like current month - 1, or current month, so t...
2 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted

Apptio Costing:::Allow weighting by fields with mix of positive and negative numbers

Currently within TBM Studio, if you create an allocation, it is really tempting to choose "weight by number" or "weight by metric" to allocate a quantity. However, if there is ANY chance that the column providing the weighting will have a mixture ...
2 days ago in Apptio / TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio 0 Submitted