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Apptio

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Include .Zip format in Datalink File import and export connections

Datalink Classic used to allow files provided in '.zip' format to be imported and exported from Apptio Cost Transparency. This file format has been dropped in Datalink. This is a blocker for us to migrate from datalink classic to Datalink as our u...
about 16 hours ago in Apptio / Data Connectivity (Datalink) 1 Submitted

Retain user filters and formatting when production refreshes

When Production updates, filters, column pickers etc are rest to default. This is resulted in a bad experience for our users, they lose the focus on the data they were analyzing. In Demand Planning we collect data from thousands of users and this ...
about 12 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Ability to Nest Contracts through Parent Child Contract Relationship

Business Need: We need the ability to nest contracts within Apptio Planning Contracts. We are looking for the ability to have a parent contract line showing the contract date for the enterprise and then the child entries split out by our divisions...
about 11 hours ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Add Totals for Number Columns in IT Planning

There are many times that I would like to see a sum at the bottom of the page when I am entering a value that is not associated with the budget numbers. This is used for a Fund Balance, a working number, budget request that has not been funded yet...
4 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Undo Feature

Adding undo step functionality would be super helpful!
4 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Totals filter functionality

The ability to filter/sort totals would be really helpful. Being able to select 0 value full year to delete rows or filter to a specific total or show over a certain amount would negate the need to export to excel to do this.
4 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted

Create role permission to disable right click options for end users

End users can right click on any table in any report and select "Show Full Data Path", "Create Published Table", and "Trace Lineage for this component" - screenshot attached. These are not options that our end users should have the ability to use ...
30 days ago in Apptio / User Management & Login 0 Submitted

Add user role(s) as column in user table shown on Apptio Access Administration home page

Problem:Right now you to determine what role a user has you need to click into an individual user record to see their details. There is no way for an admin to easily retrieve a list of all users in a particular role from the Access Administration ...
6 days ago in Apptio / User Management & Login 0 Submitted

Add non calendar Financial Year Date Range options

Apptio BI only has a concept of a calendar year at present. Typically customers want to report by Financial Years. Where the customer's financial Year is not the calendar year this is not currently possible hence a core use case cannot be met. Thi...
about 1 month ago in Apptio / Apptio BI 0 Submitted

Hi - Understanding that these fields were just recently added to the instance of IT Planning, and is a very welcome update. We would like these fields added to the processing, when publishing plans from IT Planning to CT. These fields will help identify updates made to our metadata. We were expecting these fields to be included in the push, as a majority of the other fields are included.

It would be beneficial as we can use these fields for additional processing in our reporting environment in cost transparency. In addition, I was basically expecting these fields to already have been included in the push, as all of the other field...
7 days ago in Apptio / Apptio Planning 0 Submitted