ReportsCloudSpend's Reports feature provides auto-created reports based on tags such as Region, Service, and Billed accounts for every existing integrated cost account.
Why Reports?CloudSpend Reports offer you the following benefits:
Tag reportsRegion, Service, and Linked Account are tag reports that are common for both AWS, Azure, and GCP. Tag reports specific to AWS and Azure are given below. The Report display name column in the below tables provides the naming convention followed for each report.
AWS-specific Tag Reports
Azure-specific Tag Reports
GCP-specific Tag Reports
Viewing ReportsYou can view reports on the previous month's spending, the current month-to-date accrued cost, and the forecasted cost for your cloud account with the Reports feature. It also groups all the AWS, Azure. or GCP tags and provides a common report for each account. Additionally, you can access the Spend Analysis and Resource Explorer pages from the Reports page. You can also create budgets for solution reports and schedule reports. To view the reports:
You can filter the reports of each cost account based on the configured account-specific tags and report type such as Region, Service, and Linked Accounts. To access the Spend Analysis page, click the applicable report name. Click the Resource Explorer icon to view the Resource Explorer page. Spend AnalysisThe Spend Analysis feature provides you with information on costs by Service, Account, Region, Component, Trend, and Resource. When you select a report from the Reports page, you'll be taken to the Spend Analysis section where details on the total cost accrued, the maximum spending account, and the minimum spending account are provided. Click the Add button in the Spend Analysis page to configure Business Units, Budget, and Schedule Report for your cost accounts. Resource ExplorerThe Resource Explorer feature provides you with an aggregated view of your resources in various categories like Accounts, Region, Service, or Tags. The granular details of your resource-level spending can be viewed on a daily, monthly, quarterly, or yearly basis, and can be exported as a PDF or emailed immediately. You can also set a custom duration and view cost data. Click the Add button in the Resource Explorer page to configure Business Units, Budget, and Schedule Report for your cost accounts. Schedule ReportsThe Schedule Report feature provides you with an overview of all the reports that have been scheduled to date. You can schedule the list of auto-created reports from the Reports tab. To schedule a report:
Schedule Reports from the Admin tab The Schedule Report feature in the Admin tab provides you with an overview of all the reports that have been scheduled to date. You can schedule the reports on a yearly, quarterly, or monthly basis from the Reports Dashboard, Reports Spend Analysis, or Reports Resource Explorer sections in the Admin tab. BudgetsTo manage your costs proactively, you can create budgets for reports. These budgets can be set up to run on a monthly, quarterly, yearly, month-to-date, or year-to-date basis, and will alert you to any instances of cost overruns. As a result you can track and manage your cloud expenses within the configured budget. To configure a budget for a report, you need to:
ForecastThe forecasting feature analyzes the historical data and provides the opportunity to rightsize your resources. To predict the cloud bill for the next 90 days, historical data of the past 90 days is required. The cost exchange rate for forecasting is applied for future months based on the current month rate. A red up or green down arrow is displayed based on the comparison between the previous and current months' cloud costs. If the forecasted value is high, a red up arrow is displayed against the forecasted cloud cost. If the forecasted value is low, a green down arrow is displayed next to the forecasted cloud cost. When the forecasted cloud cost is the same as the current cost, a dash (-) is displayed. A forecast graph is displayed only for cost data up to the current date. Related Topics ©2024, Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. |