Cloudability Workload Planning Preferences
Preferences allow FinOps teams to centrally define, and restrict options in . Any update is optional, and not required to use .
By default, these preferences are only visible to Admin, who can modify them. “WorkloadPlanningPreferencesViewOnly” permission can be assigned to a custom role to allow non-admin users to view Preferences without editing rights.
- Navigate to Settings > Work . Planning Preferences .
- For each service provider, adjust parameters based on your organization preferences and policies, and click Save . Any change will take effect immediately.
Preference Details
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
| Allow Service Provider | It restricts the visibility of a specific service provider when users create a workload. If an existing workload leverages a service provider that has been disabled by admins, then it will be locked, and users won’t be able to edit it. |
| Preferred Lease Type� |
For AWS, Azure, and GCP, admins can decide to display “Committed Pricing” and “Spot Pricing” in . "Committed Pricing" refers to the price associated with potential Savings Plans, Reservations, or Commitments, depending on the service provider’s offering, and user selection. For OCI, users can decide to display “Capacity Reservation Pricing”, which provides an additional 15% discount compared to On-Demand and is forfeited upon utilization. They can also decide to display “Spot Pricing”. |
| Commitment Default Options | These preferences will impact AWS, Azure and GCP “Committed Pricing”, when displayed in . Admins have the authority to disable the option selection in the UI. |
| Discount /Uplift | For each service provider, admins can add an additional Discount or Uplift %. This percentage will be applied across all prices calculated by for a given provider. It doesn’t apply to “Other” costs added to a workload. Any change would apply to the existing and new workloads. |