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Server 12.11.15 - July 4, 2025

Introduced IBM Maximo Maintenance Cost Insights (MCI), powered by IBM Apptio Costing (v200). This solution provides Maximo customers with an out-of-the box bi-directional integration between IBM Maximo and IBM Apptio Costing. It empowers Maximo maintenance managers with visibility into their Total Cost of Maintenance across work orders, assets, and locations. Identifying key cost drivers such as labor, materials, tools, and services, the solution empowers financial accountability and improved planning across maintenance operations. See Overview for more information.  
Costing Standard (Templates v120)
- AI TCO & Usage report enhancements; solution added to Reference projects  
- Mainframe TCO enhancements (BETA) 
- Japanese language localization for Hybrid IT TCO Impact and AI TCO & Usage 
Costing Essentials Enhancements (v200) - Removed the ‘Global’ option from all slicers to better leverage Saved Views, removed a few advanced End User Device reports, added FTE Headcount allocation strategy. 
Calc Explorer now loads on scroll, improving initial load time.
The dashboards have been refreshed with the latest benchmarking data.

Fixed in this release

Fixed the error in Calc Explorer when searching under Show Dev Builds.
Fixed the issue where Sankey Diagram in Calc Explorer was disrupted when searching or paging before drilling.
Fixed security vulnerabilities.

Client 2.15 - July 4, 2025

Costing Essentials enhancements (v200) - Removed the ‘Global’ option from all slicers to better leverage Saved Views.

Server 12.11.14.1 - June 20, 2025

Fixed the issue with scheduled recurring jobs not triggering.

Server 12.11.14 - May 30, 2025

New Features

Introduced IBM Apptio’s AI TCO & Usage solution empowering CIOs, Business & Solution Leaders, and AI & Data Science teams with end-to-end visibility into their AI total cost of ownership and usage. By unlocking insights across AI models and AI solutions, it drives smarter decisions for AI investments, enables responsible scaling, and establishes the foundation for AI value conversations. See Overview, Gonfig Guide, and Report Collection for more information.
Costing Standard (v120) 
- Introduced Model overview reports to visualize cost flows, providing detailed insights and enhance transparency.
- Added new Hybrid IT Impact Admin reports with Copy Table button to simplify the setup and remove the need for Apptio-to-Apptio datalink connectors.
- Updated Public Cloud TCO report with Definition tab, dual-axis charts for unit rates, a resized Attributes table, and a revised column picker order that follows a taxonomy hierarchy.
Usage Project - Added new formulas for User Type, Role, and Persona in March 2025 version.
Recommendation workflows
- Introduced a new Unused Metrics (Beta) workflow to optimize system.
- Introduced the Positive and Negative Weights workflow
Build Anomaly Detection (Beta) - Introduced a new feature to detect build anomalies to improve calculation times and performance.

Enhancements

Public Cloud TCO report for Costing Essentials is enhanced with Definition tab, dual-axis charts for unit rates, a resized Attributes table, and a revised column picker order that follows a taxonomy hierarchy.
Model Overview Report Enhancements in Costing Essentials

Fixes

Fixed the issue with the Previous Year function in Calculated Metrics for Costing Essentials 
Vulnerability and security fixes

Client 2.14 - May 30, 2025

New Features

Added features to improve Email subscription user experience, including enable/disable subscriptions, search functionality, and increased email body character limit.
Calc Explorer Change Set and Changes columns can now be filtered (searched) for anything that appears within the dialogs they open up.
Editable Tables - Added the ability to download, edit, and upload transform table data for a specific period to correct previous errors.

Fixes

Fixed the error issue in Editable table report after adding or deleting a column value and saving.
Fixed the issue of “cellEdit“ script ignoring the validation error for the existing cells.
Fixed the unique value validation on file upload/button script

Server 12.11.13.1 - April 25, 2025

Quarterly Java update.
Fixed the issue with MySQL connection pool causing prepared statement exhaustion.

Server 12.11.13 - April 11, 2025

Costing Standard (v120)

This release includes the following key enhancements to improve user experience and functionality.

Usage Project – role-based reporting based on Frontdoor persona.
IBM Apptio Turbonomic Integration is now GA. To learn more, see this video.
Japanese language support for Public Cloud TCO.
Public Cloud TCO added to Costing Standard reference project

Costing Essentials(v200) 

This release includes two key enhancements:

Japanese language support for Public Cloud TCO.
Public Cloud TCO added to Costing Essentials reference project

Usage Project – role-based reporting on Frontdoor persona

This release introduces role-based reporting on Frontdoor personas, providing administrators with greater visibility into user engagement and adoption. The Apptio Usage dashboard now enables admins to monitor report engagement, user activity, and report performance, segmented by user roles and personas defined in Frontdoor. This feature allows administrators to understand who is engaging with Apptio and identify areas where to focus adoption efforts, driving targeted enablement.

Automatic !ALL_ROWS settings enabled by default

From this release, Automatic !ALL_ROWS is enabled by default on all projects, enhancing reporting accuracy. If issues occur, Apptio Admins can temporarily disable it via project settings, but are encouraged to review and reconcile projects to enable automatic !ALL_ROWS by default. Enabling automatic !ALL_ROWS may have a minor impact on calc performance. This override may be removed in future releases to improve report accuracy and reduce errors for a better user experience.

Fixed in this release

Added support for multiple dimensions per rows, columns, and values quadrant in table data queries.
Table data support on biit-server now accepts multiple values.
Fixed security and vulnerability issues.

Client 2.13 - April 11, 2025

Application template: 8314

Table Upload of Filtered Email Subscriptions

The email distribution has been designed to streamline the process of managing numerous filtered views with unique recipients. This update is particularly beneficial for admins who need to send personalized, filtered views of reports via email to many users without manual effort.

To use this feature, select Export icon in "View" mode and select Email Subscription. Enable the Bulk Upload XLS toggle to download a template. This template lists all available filters for the report in context and provides a space to add recipients against each row. Add unique filter combinations for each set of recipients, save the file, and upload it back. Upon uploading a valid file, you will observe two key changes: the Subscription Rules File is enabled, indicating that you have uploaded a file which can be downloaded for viewing or editing, and a successful upload message is displayed. The table upload feature supports a logical AND of the filters applied for each row. The data validation system checks for correct column additions, non-blank email recipient columns, and other essential fields to ensure data integrity. The Recipients field is mandatory, while only one of the other fields is required to filter the dataset. Data validation is primarily focused on the table metadata (ex: correct columns) and not necessarily the values within the columns.

To know more, see Email Subscriptions.

Fixed in this release

Resolved the dynamic formatting issue causing unwanted table refresh/load in the report component.
Resolved the issue in new report viewer.
Fixed vulnerability issues.

Server 12.11.12 - February 28, 2025

Application template: 8191

New Application Features

Hybrid IT TCO Impact for IBM Apptio Costing Standard (v120)

The Hybrid IT TCO Impact solution is designed to help organizations measure and understand the financial impact of their evolving hybrid IT environments. It empowers end users such as C-Suite executives and Application Owners to make informed decisions and ensure migrations deliver the intended financial value.

This solution provides several key benefits (as demonstrated by the below reports), including the ability to compare current vs. target hybrid IT footprint, evaluate migration financial benefit, and perform detailed pre-/post-migration analysis. These features enable users to make informed decisions about application migration and optimize their hybrid IT environments.

Level 100 Report: Hybrid IT TCO Impact Summary

Level 200 Report: Hybrid IT TCO Impact Insights

Level 300 Report: Hybrid IT TCO Impact Analysis

To enable this new solution, get started as follows:

For further configuration details, go here.

Public Cloud TCO for Costing Standard (v120) and Costing Essentials (v200)

The Public Cloud TCO release for Costing Standard (v120) and Costing Essentials (v200) offers multiple benefits for primary users, mainly IT finance teams. This version provides a simple and transparent financial lens across monthly public cloud costs, helping to avoid unexpected bill shock. It also enables teams to drive accountability and ensure optimal efficiency of public cloud services, minimizing waste.

The new release includes the installation of new components, such as Public Cloud TCO in v120 and Public Cloud TCO and Public Cloud TCO Reporting in v200. Users can connect to cloud data and utilize features like Account Name, Business Unit, and Cloud Tower Mapping Table to tailor reports and gain insights into their organization's cloud practices. With this release, users can assess if their organization is applying "Best in Class" cloud practices, including RI Coverage and Utilization Rates, to optimize their cloud services.

For more information on configuration, see here.

Costing Essentials (v200)

The Model Overview Reports are a new feature designed to provide users with a comprehensive view of cost flows within the model. This release includes reports for Labor, Vendor, Solutions, Consumers, and Cost Model, and is available to all users with report access. The reports are designed to enhance transparency and clarity for users, providing a clear and detailed view of cost flows within the model. The Labor Model View is included in the Cost-Labor Reporting component, while the Cost Model View is found in the Model View collection. The Vendor, Solutions, and Consumers Reports are located in their respective collections.

Users can click on fields to select and see how cost is flowing between different objects, providing a clear and intuitive way to navigate the reports. The reports are accessible to anyone with report access, without requiring TBM Studio access. The primary users of the Model Overview Reports are Admin and Power User, to refine cost allocations, make informed decisions, and optimize their cost management processes.

To view all report cost models, see here.

Billing Essentials (v200)

The following enhancements have been made to Billing Essentials V200.

Japanese language support has been added to improve accessibility for users.
The Rate Management report now includes a new Rate Adjustment Impact metric, providing additional insights into rate changes.

To know more, see the configuration here.
A new Model Overview Report has been added to provide a summary of key billing information.

To know more, see here.

Fixed in this release

Resolved the issue of number parsing of strings containing ’e’.
Unused Allocations is now GA.
Fixed vulnerability issues.

Client 2.12 - February 28, 2025

Dependency

*Client v2.12 is compatible with Server 12.11.12 and 12.11.11.x

New Client Features

Email Subscription enhancements

The email subscription functionality has been enhanced to improve usability, customization, and the overall user experience. The administrators can now configure and customize email settings, while the end users will get clear interactive emailed reports. and clarity in managing and receiving emailed reports.

Dynamic PDF File Naming: The PDF file attached to email subscriptions now includes the report name and reporting period in its file name. This change ensures easier identification and organization of reports for recipients.

Customizable Email Subject and Email Body: Administrators can now customize the email subject line using dynamic fields, like Report name, Reporting period, and Report filters for more context-specific and relevant email subjects. The email body can also be customized with dynamic fields, like Report name, Reporting period, and Report filters to provide additional context or instructions directly in the email.

Updated Call-to-Action Button: The "View Report" button in the email has been updated to "View Full Report in Apptio" so that recipients understand where the link will take them.

Send Now: This feature provides the administrators a convenient way to verify that the email subscription is working as intended, ensuring that subscribers receive the expected content. By using Send Now, users can confidently test their email subscriptions, making it easier to manage and maintain their subscriptions.

The Send Now feature is accessible from two locations: under Manage Subscriptions for every email subscription, and on the edit screen of an individual email subscription. To use Send Now on the edit screen, users must first save any changes made to the subscription details. If changes are made but not saved, the Send Now feature will be disabled until the changes are saved. Once saved, users can click Send Now to send a test email to the subscribers, providing a quick and easy way to test and verify their email subscriptions..

To know more, see Email Subscriptions.

Editable Tables

editCell function now works on a specific column only: In this release, the cellEdit function has been updated to allow more precise email notifications. Administrators can now configure the SendMail() function to trigger exclusively when the "Submission Status" column is changed from “In Progress” to “Submitted,” ensuring Approvers are notified only when the status is updated. Previously, edits to other columns would also trigger emails if the status remained “Submitted.” This update introduces the cellEdit(“column_name”) syntax, which ensures actions are triggered only when the specified column is modified.

Show Changes enhancements: The Show Changes feature has been updated with the following enhancements:

The primary key (PK) is now displayed in the Show Changes view, allowing for easier identification of modified records.

For enriched editable tables, the Show Changes view only displays changes made to the underlying source table. This is indicated by the presence of a value for modified fields and the absence of a value for unmodified fields.

Fixed in this release

'Show Changes' views now align with Data Pipeline > Editable Table step.
Fixed security vulnerabilities.

Server 12.11.11.2 - February 27, 2025

Fixed security vulnerabilities.

Server 12.11.11.1 - February 5, 2025

Quarterly Java update.
Fixed the environment 'not found' issue in Apptio BI.

Server 12.11.11 - January 17, 2025

Application template: v120-8191

New Application Features

Billing Essentials GA (v200)

This release provides the following enhancements to improve the overall user experience and provide more efficient management of billing and data upload processes.

Enhanced Reporting: The Billing Process Admin Report has been integrated into the Billing collection, with role-based access control (RBAC) permissions configured to restrict access to authorized Billing Process Owner(s).
Journal Entry Export and Archiving: The Billing Journal Archive tab now enables users to export journal entries to an Excel file (.xlsx) and create a flattened table for audit reporting purposes, utilizing a CopyTable script to ensure data integrity.
Invoice Archiving: The Bill Invoice Archive tab features a Copy Invoice Details button script, which facilitates the archiving of bill invoices by creating a duplicate copy of the original invoice, ensuring a permanent record for auditing and compliance purposes.

Fixed in this release

Deleted data permanently for a table in data pipeline.
Fixed vulnerability issues.
Precision calc optimizations

Client 2.11 - January 17, 2025

Dependency

*Client v2.11 is compatible with Server 12.11.11 and 12.11.10.x

*Some Client v2.11 features are dependent on new Server 12.11.11 features.

New Client Features

Table Upload feature is now GA

The Table Upload Component was released two years ago and the visibility in the Studio Ribbon was controlled via the Enable Features feature. With it moving to GA, no impact will happen to any existing project.

Email Distribution Enhancements

Filtered views subscriptions: This feature enables users to share filtered reports with specific recipients through a subscription system. The recipients will receive a hyperlink to access the report with pre-applied slicer selections, thereby allowing them to view the report with the desired filter settings. Additionally, recipients have the option to receive an attached PDF document, which can be configured to include or exclude the linked Simple View while maintaining the selected filter settings. This feature provides a flexible and secure way to share reports with others, ensuring that recipients receive the information they need in a format that is easy to consume.

To know more, see Email Subscriptions with Filtered View.
Duplicate Subscription: This feature enables users to create a copy of an existing email subscription and simplifies the subscription management process. To implement this feature, a new "Duplicate Subscription" icon has been added to the Manage Subscription dialog, which allows users to create a copy of an existing subscription. The duplicated subscription is automatically named with the prefix "Copy of" followed by the original subscription name, and users can edit the details of the duplicated subscription, including the name, frequency, and attached email template.

To know more, see Duplicate Email Subscriptions.

Horizontal scroll bar for open Studio document tabs

To improve the management of multiple bottom tabs opened in the studio, a horizontal scroll bar has been introduced. It allows users to easily navigate through multiple open tabs. Additionally, the latest tab opened will be highlighted, providing a clear visual indicator of the current tab in focus.

Previously the tabs would disappear if there was no space, and hence it was tedious to open them again.

Editable Tables

Create branch has option to auto-check out all editable tables: A new feature has been introduced to improve the management of editable tables in branches. This enhancement provides a more streamlined and efficient workflow for managing schema and data changes in branches and helps to prevent unintended changes to the trunk.
When creating a branch, user can now select the option to automatically check out all editable tables, which will update them in the development workspace. The need for manual checkout of individual tables is not required, thereby reducing the risk of data inconsistencies and errors. The checkout process is now automated, ensuring that all editable tables are properly updated in the branch.

Previously, when data was updated in a branch, it was automatically updated to the trunk. There was no control to validate or confirm the changes in a branch. To know more, see Create Branch with Auto-Checkout Option.
Expose Username and Edit Date from change history: The editable table solution configuration process is enhanced by exposing two new reporting columns - .Username and .Edit Date system columns. Administrators can now easily access these columns in Project Explorer when an Editable Table is opened and drag them into the ad hoc configuration panel for an editable table report component. Additionally, these columns are now visible in the report view mode, allowing users to order and resize them as needed. This update eliminates the need to create separate columns and use ApptioScript to populate the information, streamlining the configuration process and improving the overall user experience.

Previously, both these columns were available only in Show Changes. To avoid confusion, the column names in Show Changes table have been renamed to Username and EditDate.

To know more, see Show/hide .Username and .EditDate.

Save/Bulk Update Performance Improvement: A significant performance improvement has been made to the save and bulk upload functionality, resulting in faster and more efficient processing of large datasets.

Number of rows updated	Number of columns updated	Old time (in seconds)	New time (in seconds)
10,000	3	179	2
20,000	3	578	4
30,000	3	1189	7
1 lakh	1	timeout	47
2 lakhs	5	timeout	110

Fixed in this release

Fixed the issue of dropdown menus not respecting the Row Level Security for standard table.
Fixed the issue of Table Auto Sizing not working properly with Tree option.
Fixed the issue of Pseudo Translations of Missing Strings.