First steps for Cloudability users

Overview

IBM Cloudability optimizes cloud resources and translates bills and tags into insights to provide real-time clarity and accountability for consumption. Ask your administrator to create the relevant Cloudability roles for you. As a first time user, here are the steps to configure your Cloudability that will set you up for success.

Configuration Steps

  1. Customize Cloudability

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

    Learn about Working with reports

    Learn about Create and manage dashboards

  2. Insights

    Get insights to containers, spend-based commitments, anomaly detection, cloud sustainability reporting, etc.

    Learn about Containers

    Learn about Spend-based Commitments

    Learn about Anomaly Detection

    Learn about Cloud Sustainability Reporting

  3. True Cost Explorer

    True Cost Explorer helps you to understand the structuring of cloud billing files. It offers a visually intuitive way to explore your billing data and answer questions about cost drivers.

    Learn about True Cost Explorer

  4. Tag Explorer

    Tag Explorer lets you view the tags your organization is currently using.

    Learn about Tag Explorer

Useful links for getting started

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