Cloud Cost

The Cloud Cost widget group provides operational and analytical views of cloud spending collected from the configured cloud providers.

These widgets help users monitor trends, breakdowns, forecasts, and anomalies in cloud costs.
Unlike the Analytical Accounting widgets, which display costs according to user-defined Cost Views, Cloud Cost widgets focus on direct analysis of the imported billing data.

Cloud cost data is collected from the cloud providers configured in the Cloud Cost Registration section.
The widgets in this group analyze the imported billing data directly.

For cost analysis based on a customer-defined accounting structure, see the Analytical Accounting widgets and the Cost Views configuration.

Costs Balance Month

Displays the cumulative trend of daily spending for the selected month, broken down by each cloud provider. If the selected month is the current one, a forecast estimate of spending until the end of the month is also displayed.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Costs By Day

Shows the daily expenditure for the selected month, detailing the breakdown between the different cloud providers. If the selected month is the current one, an estimate of the projected expenditure until the end of the month is also displayed.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Costs By Month

The monthly spending for the selected year is displayed, broken down by cloud provider. Additionally, a monthly spending forecast is provided until the end of the year.

Clicking on one of the bars that represent the expenses for a single month opens a modal window with the details of the costs incurred during that period.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Costs By Category

The widget is divided into two main views.

The first view shows the cloud costs of various providers, grouped by Category.
On the left is a graphical representation, while on the right is a breakdown of the expenses.
By clicking on one of the sections of the chart, you access the second view, where the costs that make up the selected category are displayed.

From this screen, it is possible to apply further filters:
you can choose a criterion from the dropdown menu in the upper right corner and then click on the corresponding slice that appears just below.
This allows for progressively segmenting the cloud costs.
The applied filters can be removed by clicking the cross next to the filter name, located above the cost table.

Also from this view, it is possible to:

• download the details shown in the cost table using the blue download button, located in the upper left;
• or export the report as provided directly by the cloud provider, with more complete information, using the black button next to the blue one.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Costs By Subscription

The widget is divided into two main views.

The first view shows the cloud costs of various providers, grouped by Subscription.
On the left is a graphical representation, while on the right is a breakdown of the expenses.
By clicking on one of the sections of the chart, you access the second view, where the costs that make up the selected category are displayed.

From this screen, it is possible to apply further filters:
you can choose a criterion from the dropdown menu in the upper right corner and then click on the corresponding slice that appears just below.
This allows for progressively segmenting the cloud costs.
The applied filters can be removed by clicking the cross next to the filter name, located above the cost table.

Also from this view, it is possible to:

• download the details shown in the cost table using the blue download button, located in the upper left;
• or export the report as provided directly by the cloud provider, with more complete information, using the black button next to the blue one.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Costs By Subscription Type

This widget shows the breakdown of the total monthly expenditure across the different cloud subscriptions configured in the platform.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Costs By resource Group

The widget is divided into two main views.

The first view shows the cloud costs of various providers, grouped by resource Group.
On the left is a graphical representation, while on the right is a breakdown of the expenses.
By clicking on one of the sections of the chart, you access the second view, where the costs that make up the selected category are displayed.

From this screen, it is possible to apply further filters:
you can choose a criterion from the dropdown menu in the upper right corner and then click on the corresponding slice that appears just below.
This allows for progressively segmenting the cloud costs.
The applied filters can be removed by clicking the cross next to the filter name, located above the cost table.

Also from this view, it is possible to:

• download the details shown in the cost table using the blue download button, located in the upper left;
• or export the report as provided directly by the cloud provider, with more complete information, using the black button next to the blue one.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Costs By resource Location

The widget is divided into two main views.

The first view shows the cloud costs of various providers, grouped by resource Location.
On the left is a graphical representation, while on the right is a breakdown of the expenses.
By clicking on one of the sections of the chart, you access the second view, where the costs that make up the selected category are displayed.

From this screen, it is possible to apply further filters:
you can choose a criterion from the dropdown menu in the upper right corner and then click on the corresponding slice that appears just below.
This allows for progressively segmenting the cloud costs.
The applied filters can be removed by clicking the cross next to the filter name, located above the cost table.

Also from this view, it is possible to:

• download the details shown in the cost table using the blue download button, located in the upper left;
• or export the report as provided directly by the cloud provider, with more complete information, using the black button next to the blue one.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Cost Anomalies

This widget consists of two main views.

The first view shows a list of reports representing the various cost anomalies automatically identified by XAutomata.
The reports are organized so that the most recent appear first. If a cost center has recurring reports, these are grouped within the last report. By selecting it, you can view the list of previous reports, if any.

The second view opens by selecting a single report. This screen displays the details of the report and the history of expenses related to that specific cost center.

There is a button in the top right corner that allows you to download the values displayed in the widget in Excel format.

Info

What is a cost anomaly?

A cost anomaly is an unexpected cost behavior, detected in recent transactions. An anomaly does not necessarily indicate a real problem. It highlights unusual cost patterns that may require further investigation.

This widget shows a list of all the anomalies detected in the current period, which can be of different types:

• Peak: A cost considered to be significantly high compared to previous 3 months transactions.
• Total Peaks: It is recognized if new cost centers are impacting total spending abnormally.
• Fraud Protection: Using a time window of 3 months is established the behaviour of a cost centre and every 4 hours is verified if it exceed the expected expense.
• Forgotten: A cost that is constantly increasing over time without any fluctuation over the previous 3 months.
• Geography: A sudden cost in a geographic area where almost no costs have been produced for the past 3 months.
• Triple: A total month cost which value has tripled from the same category of 2 month back.