Cloudability Custom reports

Cloudability gives you the ability to create custom reports which provide insights into your cloud usage and spend. To access the Reports dashboard, navigate to Home > Reports .

From the Reports dashboard, you can:

• Create a report

  Create a report

• Edit a report

  Edit a report

• Duplicate a report

  Duplicate a report

You can also do the following with reports:

• Export a report to save it offline.

  Export a report

• Share a report with someone else.

  Share and subscribe to reports, alerts, and emails

• Subscribe to a report

  Share and subscribe to reports, alerts, and emails

Report attributes

When you create or edit reports, you can configure the following report attributes:

Report name

A unique identifier for the report.

Time period

The time period from which the report displays data.

You can choose a second time period for comparison. Time Period Comparisons allow you to graph multiple time periods in a single report.

Category

Reports have a category to allow users to find the reports they are looking for more easily.

You can select an existing category using the drop-down or add a new category.

Cost data or utilization data

You can choose one of the following report types:

Cost Data : use these dimensions and metrics to display how you are spending money.

Utilization Data : use these dimensions and metrics to display how you are using assets.

Cost (termed Cost and Usage in the app) and Utilization Analytics are both powerful reporting tools to help you drill into your AWS data.

Dimensions

A report can have between one and 10 dimensions.

Glossary of cost dimensions and metrics

Glossary of utilization dimensions and metrics

Metrics

Metrics are attributes that relate to a dimension and have an inbuilt aggregation method. For example, theInstance Type dimension can be associated with the Cost(Total) metric, which would display the total costs accumulated by each instance type.

A report can have between one and eight metrics.

There are multiple ways Cloudability can display your cost data. Each cost metric displays data calculated in different ways and is meant for specific use cases. Choosing the right metric is essential to understanding your cloud spending:

• Cost (Total) is the most commonly used metric for your cloud spend analysis. It is reported on a cash flow-based accounting method, and for AWS, it is the Unblended Cost. If you need to allocate spending to resources, tags, or accounts, then the Unblended Rate used by this metric will give you the best results, including adjustments, for where AWS RIs were applied.
• Cost (List) allows you to budget and forecast your cloud spend with a more consistent cost metric. Without reservations and custom pricing, budget and forecast work is made easier. Cost (List) supports AWS and GCP. For more information, see Using the Cost (List) metric for Budget and Forecasting .
• Cost (Amortized) uses the Reserved Instance (RI) Amortization feature to give you the option to monitor the upfront costs of RI purchases using an accrual-based accounting method. This method spreads the signup fees of an RI on an hourly basis across the hours of the reservation term. For more information, see Why AWS Reserved Instance amortization matters and how to do it .

  Here is an example of amortizing a $12,000 upfront RI purchase:

  Month	Cash-based Cost	Accrual-based Cost
  June 2016	$12,000	$1,000
  July 2016	$0	$1,000
  August 2016	$0	$1,000
  September 2016	$0	$1,000
  October 2016	$0	$1,000
  November 2016	$0	$1,000
  December 2016	$0	$1,000
  January 2017	$0	$1,000
  February 2017	$0	$1,000
  March 2017	$0	$1,000
  April 2017	$0	$1,000
  May 2017	$0	$1,000

  Tip:

  This amortization example is simplified to make it easier to understand. Cloudability amortizes on an hourly basis, where a 1-year reservation equates to 8,760 reserved hours. So, a 30-day month like June amortizes out to $986, and a 31-day month like July is $1,019.

  For more information, see View and analyze data for your Reserved Instances .

• Cost (Adjusted) takes custom pricing into account. The organizations that have custom pricing agreement with AWS can work with Cloudability to enable custom pricing to use Cost (Adjusted) which helps organizations understand the custom-priced cost at an individual service or transaction level.
• Cost (Adjusted Amortized) is essentially Cost (Amortized) with custom pricing taken into account.
• Cost (Total Blended) uses an AWS-specific blended rate and is on a cash basis, as opposed to an accrual basis like the Cost (Amortized) metric. You would use this metric for the following:
  • To reconcile to an AWS invoice.
  • To see the total amount of money you've committed to RIs in a given month.

Apart from these use cases, we recommend that you use Cost (Total) or Cost (Amortized) metrics.

Sort column

The column by which the report data is ordered.

Display change

If you have chosen a time period for comparison, you can configure the report to display change over time either as the net change or as a percentage of the value for the earlier time period.

You can drill down into your comparison by Percent or Net change with the line items below. As with any standard Cost or Utilization report, you can filter these data points by the metrics and dimensions that interest you.

For more information on AWS Cost Analytics, check out these resources:

Glossary of Cloudability Dimensions and Metrics - Cost and Usage

Frequently used dimensions and metrics

Finding where your IT budget is going with AWS Cost Allocation Reports

Filters

Filtering enables you to only show results that match specific criteria. For example, you may want to only report on a specific tag value or type of cloud service.

To add a filter to the report:

1. Select Add Filter
2. Select the \Measure , Operator and Value from the drop-downs
3. Select Submit .