System and method for visualizing trace of costs across a graph of financial allocation rules

US8766981B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apptio, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul Damien McLachlan · Newcastle, US
• William Byron Moeller · Seattle, US
• Brian John Bero · Woodinville, US
• Tavis Dean Elliott · Bothell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

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.