Navigating

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This section will familiarize you with the navigational elements found within Interactive Benchmarking.

Main Navigation Bar
Interactive Benchmarking Main Navigation
  1. Apptio Logo: Return to Access Admninistration.
  2. Application Menu: Switch to a different application within your Access Admninistration environment.
  3. Report Collection Menu: Switch between different report collections within Interactive Benchmarking.
  4. Profile Settings: Manage your user profiles and log out.
  5. Settings: Access Interactive Benchmarking’s Configuration and Frontdoor Access Administration.
  6. Help: Access Help and identify the version of Interactive Benchmarking.
Industry Benchmarks collection
Industry Benchmarks collection
  1. IT Spend as % of Revenue tab: x
  2. IT Spend as % of OpEx tab: X
  3. % OpEx Spend tab: X
  4. IT Spend per Employee tab: X
  5. IT FTEs as % of Employees tab: x
IT OpEx Benchmarks collection
IT OpEx Benchmarks collection
  1. By Cost Pool tab: Compare actual OpEx by Cost Pool to the Apptio Community.
  2. By Resource Tower / By Application Sub-Tower tab: Compare actual OpEx by Resource Tower to the Apptio Community (when Resource Tower menu is set to “Overall”). Compare actual OpEx by Resource Sub-Tower within the “Application” Resource Tower to the Apptio Community (when Resource Tower menu is set to “Application”).
  3. Resource Tower menu: Filter contents of the report to “Overall” (all Resource Towers) or restrict content to the “Application” Resource Tower.
Infrastructure Benchmarks collection
Infrastructure Benchmarks collection
  1. Unit Costs tab: Compare actual unit costs with infrastructure benchmark metrics.
  2. FTE Efficiency tab: Compare actual FTE efficiency with infrastructure benchmark metrics.
  3. Resource Sub-Tower menu: Filter contents of the report to a specific Resource Sub-Tower.
Configuration
Configuration
  1. Organization Profile tab: Enter the organization’s annual revenue, OpEx, and average number of employees represented as FTEs (full-time equivalent).
  2. Apptio Source tab: Define the source Costing project and validate its connection.
  3. Cost Data tab: Enter annual IT spend volumes.
  4. Volumes tab: Enter the average count of devices, users, instances, and other related volumes.
  5. FTEs tab: Enter the average FTE volumes for Resource Sub-Towers.
  6. Advanced tab: Define which ATUM (TBM) version and currency will be applied.
First-time setup: high-level steps
From an analyst perspective, first-time setup is four main steps:
  1. Confirm environment and access.
  2. Configure organizational profile.
  3. Provide annual IT cost data.
  4. Enable benchmark domains and run a basic comparison.