Inquiring Minds is a monthly community series designed to support your learning every month. This month, we’re focusing on how to better organize your reports in Apptio using Tabs.
Tabs in Apptio are more than just a design feature—they’re a strategic tool for enhancing user experience, improving data clarity, and tailoring reports to diverse audiences. By using tabs, you can transform your reports from cluttered dashboards into intuitive, interactive insights.
Tabs break down reports into digestible sections, easily switch between views with a click—no page reload needed. You can drag and drop any report components into each tab for a tailored experience. Each tab can hold tables, charts, text boxes, or filters, and users can quickly toggle between them without reloading the page.
Step by Step: Creating, Managing and Deleting Tab
- Click on the + sign to add tabs and at the bottom, the box near to the “Edit Tab” is used to name the tabs we create.
Tabs in Apptio help organize multiple datasets or perspectives into separate, easily accessible views, while Groups structure content within a single report for a more focused presentation. Tabs offer interactivity, allowing users to toggle between views, whereas Groups keep related items together in one space.
If you'd like to know more about IBM-Apptio report components, consider joining us for the Creating Reports to Defend Numbers class. You can find links to register for this class here.