Configuring Cloud for Costing Standard 12.6

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Apptio empowers IT leaders to proactively manage and optimize public cloud consumption and make more informed decisions about cloud usage and purchasing with real-time analytics to monitor spending and other associated costs like labor and support.

Applies to: Costing Standard on TBM Studio 12.6 and later, with Template v106 and later.

NOTE: For instructions that apply to versions of Costing Standard previous to 12.6, see Configuring Cloud for Costing Standard 12.1 through 12.5x.

Before you begin

For cloud costs to be correctly calculated, vendor data must be entered into the Costing Standard application. The vendor data identifies the costs coming from web services and allocates them to the cloud services. The model shown below shows the relationship.

About this task

If you are using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, SoftLayer, or CenturyLink, you can import usage data from the monthly usage and billing reports. The data is used in the CTF reports and the Application and Services reports. The data can help you compare the cost of cloud services to in-house services. To use the web services data, you must install the CTF - Cloud Service Provider component.

The following optional components import usage data from web services:

  • CTF - Cloud Service Provider
  • CTF - Amazon Web Services
  • CTF - Azure
  • CTF - Cloud Business Management

Apptio Costing Standard on TBM Studio 12.6 and later includes the capability to import monthly cloud data usage and billing reports. The data is used in the Costing Standard reports, allowing you to compare the cost of cloud services to in-house services.

Step 1 - Install the Cloud Service Provider component

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Procedure

  1. Open the Costing Standard project.
  2. Click the Projects tab.
  3. Click Components in the ribbon.
  4. Click theCTF - Cloud Service Provider component.
  5. Click Install.

Results

When you install the Cloud Service Provider component:

  • A Cloud Service Provider object is added to the Cost model.
  • The following data sets are created in the Cloud Service Provider category:
    • Cloud Service Provider Lookup Master Data is used to map your organization's usage types to the Apptio usage types.
    • Cloud Service Provider Master Data is used to map the cloud service billing data to the Apptio cloud reports.
  • The following data sets are created in the z_Cloud Service Provider Configuration category:
    • Cloud Service Provider Apptio Lookup lists the Apptio cloud service usage types.
    • Provider Lookup lists your organization's cloud service usage types.
  • The following CBM reports are created:
    • Cloud Service Provider Summary
    • IT Finance - Cloud Service Provider Bill Summary
    • IT Management - Cloud Service Provider
    • IT Management - Cloud Service Provider – Detail

Step 2- Install the AWS component

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The Cloud Service Provider component must be installed before you install this component.

Procedure

  1. Open the Costing Standard project.
  2. Click the Projects tab.
  3. Click Components in the ribbon.
  4. Click theCTF - Amazon Web Services component.
  5. Click Install.

Results

When you install the AWS component:

  • A Cloud Service Provider object is added to the Cost model.
  • Two data sets are created in the Cloud Service Provider category:
    • Cloud Service Provider Lookup Master Data: Used to map the customer's usage types to the Apptio usage types.
    • Cloud Service Provider Master Data: Used to map the cloudservice billing data to the Apptio cloud reports.
  • One data set is created in the z_Cloud Service Provider Configuration category:
    • Cloud Service Provider Apptio Lookup: Lists the Apptio cloudservice usage types.
  • The following reports are created:
    • Cloud Service Provider Summary
    • IT Finance - Cloud Service Provider Bill Summary
    • IT Management - Cloud Service Provider
    • IT Management - Cloud Service Provider – Detail

Step 3- Install the Azure component

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The Cloud Service Provider component must be installed before you install this component.

Procedure

  1. Open the Costing Standard project.
  2. Click the Projects tab.
  3. Click Components in the ribbon.
  4. Click theCTF - Azure component.
  5. Click Install.

Results

When you install the Azure component, no new objects are added to the Cost model and no new reports are added.

Step 4 - Create a cloud provider connection

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Apptio Datalink (Classic) allows you to configure a single connection that imports data from multiple data sources. To configure your multicloud provider connection, follow the instructions in DataLink Multicloud Connector Guide, then return to this page for step 5. Also refer Multicloud Connector Guide

Step 5 - Map your cloud data

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Map your cloud metadata (such as tags and accounts) to attributes in Apptio, such as Business Unit, Application, etc. Mapping cloud data allows you to see not only what cloud services are consumed, but also to tag cloud billing data with information that helps you understand your cloud spending and ownership.

You can map your cloud billing data into the following reports:

  • Monthly TCO report:
  • Cloud billing data will be viewable immediately after you save your cloud mapping.
  • Daily/Hourly Transparency report:
  • Cloud billing data will be viewable after the next scheduled data ingestion, no later than 24 hours after you check in the mapping rules, then promote to production.

Follow these instructions Cloud mapping, then return to this page for step 6.