Cloud Cost Visibility

Cloud Cost Insights

Cloud Cost Insights widget shows Months-to-Date spends of the public cloud by default. The user can choose a different timeline to show total spends for the specific time period. You can view a breakdown of spending by cloud account, by custom attributes (example, denote business units) and other attributes.

To get the data into Cloud Cost Insights, you need to configure the Cloud Cost Insights Widget. To configure the Widget, On the Dashboard, click Add Widget, point to Predefined Widget and then click Cloud Cost Insights. In Add Widget window provide the following information.

Filter Criteria

1. Provider Type: Filter by Cloud instance type, AWS, Azure or Google.

2. Cloud Account: Filter by Cloud Account

3. Tag: Filter by Tags, assigned to the resources. Group by: Cloud account, category, service, region, tags, resource group, instance type and license type.

   1. Widget Preferences: Refresh every One Hour

   2. Display preference:

      1. Widget Title: Provide a name for the Widget.

      2. Chart Style: Choose the chart style – Column or Pie chart.

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  Cloud Cost Insights graph you can filter by any date range as shown in the image below.

  

  Cloud Cost Trend

• Cloud Cost Trend widget shows a trend of spending on public clouds over time. You can view trend by resource type, custom attributes, and other attributes.

  1. On the Dashboard, click Add Widget, point to Predefined Widget and then click Cloud Cost Trend.

  2. In Add Widget window provide the following information.

     • Filter Criteria

       • Provider Type: Filter by Cloud instance type, AWS, Azure or Google.

       • Cloud Account: Filter by Cloud Account

     • Tag: Filter by Tags, assigned to the resources.

     • Group By: Tags, resource group, instance type and license type.

     • Duration: Select the duration, a specific time period. Example: 3 Months.

     • Estimated: Select +1M to estimate next month trend.

     • Refresh every: Select the interval frequency to refresh.

     • Widget Title: Provide a name for the Widget.

     • Chart Style: Choose the chart style – Column or Pie chart.

  Display preference: Widget title and chart style.

  

  Note: Cloud Cost Insights and Cloud Cost Trend widgets will be shown only when the Manage Device and Collect Cost Analytics option are selected during cloud integration.