Hello @Mario Luque.
This topic came up relatively recently (e.g. here). I wrote the following blog post, explaining how we do it (link).

You can control two things:
1) In the Project Time Settings:

The Start of Project field controls the months that are online. You will not be able to select any period prior to that date:

In our case, any month prior to DEC2020 appears grayed out.

You can also lock months (the field in the red bubble). This means you won't be able to load any further data, but I believe the system might still calculate them.

2) In Calculation Settings:

Here you can select the periods for which reports will be pre-calculated:

With those settings, I have about 2 years worth of data online, but if I want to go before DEC2021, Apptio will warn that it'll have to calculate in real time.

IMHO, three years is way too much. I would advise to export the data for the reports you need-those that give the actuals, budget, etc.-and load the data to a static table, as I explain in the blog post. Then you can move the Project Time Settings to something closer to the present.

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Hello @Mario Luque.
This topic came up relatively recently (e.g. here). I wrote the following blog post, explaining how we do it (link).

You can control two things:
1) In the Project Time Settings:

The Start of Project field controls the months that are online. You will not be able to select any period prior to that date:

In our case, any month prior to DEC2020 appears grayed out.

You can also lock months (the field in the red bubble). This means you won't be able to load any further data, but I believe the system might still calculate them.

2) In Calculation Settings:

Here you can select the periods for which reports will be pre-calculated:

With those settings, I have about 2 years worth of data online, but if I want to go before DEC2021, Apptio will warn that it'll have to calculate in real time.

IMHO, three years is way too much. I would advise to export the data for the reports you need-those that give the actuals, budget, etc.-and load the data to a static table, as I explain in the blog post. Then you can move the Project Time Settings to something closer to the present.

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• I created a test table with a single upload and a formula step that calculates budget ​= Users * 10:
  
  
  
• Locked DEC2021:
  
  
  
• Changed the formula in the current period (OCT2022) to Budget = Users*15
  
• Navigated back to DEC2021:
  
  
  (The month appears grayed out, but I can select it)
  
  
• This is what I see:
  

Hello @Mario Luque.
This topic came up relatively recently (e.g. here). I wrote the following blog post, explaining how we do it (link).

You can control two things:
1) In the Project Time Settings:

The Start of Project field controls the months that are online. You will not be able to select any period prior to that date:

In our case, any month prior to DEC2020 appears grayed out.

You can also lock months (the field in the red bubble). This means you won't be able to load any further data, but I believe the system might still calculate them.

2) In Calculation Settings:

Here you can select the periods for which reports will be pre-calculated:

With those settings, I have about 2 years worth of data online, but if I want to go before DEC2021, Apptio will warn that it'll have to calculate in real time.

IMHO, three years is way too much. I would advise to export the data for the reports you need-those that give the actuals, budget, etc.-and load the data to a static table, as I explain in the blog post. Then you can move the Project Time Settings to something closer to the present.

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• I created a test table with a single upload and a formula step that calculates budget ​= Users * 10:
  
  
  
• Locked DEC2021:
  
  
  
• Changed the formula in the current period (OCT2022) to Budget = Users*15
  
• Navigated back to DEC2021:
  
  
  (The month appears grayed out, but I can select it)
  
  
• This is what I see:
  

Hello @Mario Luque.
This topic came up relatively recently (e.g. here). I wrote the following blog post, explaining how we do it (link).

You can control two things:
1) In the Project Time Settings:

The Start of Project field controls the months that are online. You will not be able to select any period prior to that date:

In our case, any month prior to DEC2020 appears grayed out.

You can also lock months (the field in the red bubble). This means you won't be able to load any further data, but I believe the system might still calculate them.

2) In Calculation Settings:

Here you can select the periods for which reports will be pre-calculated:

With those settings, I have about 2 years worth of data online, but if I want to go before DEC2021, Apptio will warn that it'll have to calculate in real time.

IMHO, three years is way too much. I would advise to export the data for the reports you need-those that give the actuals, budget, etc.-and load the data to a static table, as I explain in the blog post. Then you can move the Project Time Settings to something closer to the present.

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• I created a test table with a single upload and a formula step that calculates budget ​= Users * 10:
  
  
  
• Locked DEC2021:
  
  
  
• Changed the formula in the current period (OCT2022) to Budget = Users*15
  
• Navigated back to DEC2021:
  
  
  (The month appears grayed out, but I can select it)
  
  
• This is what I see:
  

Hello @Mario Luque.
This topic came up relatively recently (e.g. here). I wrote the following blog post, explaining how we do it (link).

You can control two things:
1) In the Project Time Settings:

The Start of Project field controls the months that are online. You will not be able to select any period prior to that date:

In our case, any month prior to DEC2020 appears grayed out.

You can also lock months (the field in the red bubble). This means you won't be able to load any further data, but I believe the system might still calculate them.

2) In Calculation Settings:

Here you can select the periods for which reports will be pre-calculated:

With those settings, I have about 2 years worth of data online, but if I want to go before DEC2021, Apptio will warn that it'll have to calculate in real time.

IMHO, three years is way too much. I would advise to export the data for the reports you need-those that give the actuals, budget, etc.-and load the data to a static table, as I explain in the blog post. Then you can move the Project Time Settings to something closer to the present.

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