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AssigneeApptio, Inc.
InventorsPaul Damien McLachlan, William Byron Moeller, Brian John Bero, Tavis Dean Elliott
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Embodiments are directed towards budgeting and forecasting of information technology and services. In at least one of the various embodiments, financial allocation models may include multiple cost objects and one or more allocation rules. In at least one of the various embodiments, allocation rules may determine how costs associated with cost objects may be allocated to other cost objects. In at least one of the various embodiments, costs corresponding to one or more selected cost objects may be traced within a financial allocation model. Also, costs associated with multiple cost line items from different cost objects may simultaneously traced for efficient cross-referencing of disparate cost line items. Further, in at least one of the various embodiments, a display of the cost traces may be rendered and displayed to provide a visualization of the traced costs.
A method for tracing costs for a plurality of cost objects with a network device that is operative to perform actions, comprising:
A system that is operative to trace costs for a plurality of cost objects over a network, comprising:
A network device that is operative to trace costs for a plurality of cost objects comprising:
A processor readable non-transitive storage media that includes instructions for tracing costs for a plurality of cost objects, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor device enables actions, comprising:
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