Dashboard
Learn about the features of the Dashboard
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The Dashboard provides teams with comprehensive visibility into cloud spend. Constructed on real-time data pipelines, the Dashboard delivers:
- Holistic Cost Visibility: Aggregation of actual and forecasted spend across multiple cloud providers, segmented by service and environment.
- Trend Analysis & Forecasting: Interactive visualizations depicting historical spending patterns, with embedded models projecting end-of-period costs to inform budget planning.
- Customizable Controls: Flexible filters, time-range selectors, and account-level credentials that ensure stakeholders view data tailored to their permissions.
Access the dashboard
- Log in to the CloudBolt Platform. The Dashboard displays upon login.
- To go to the Dashboard from elsewhere, select the Dashboard icon in the sidebar.
Dashboard overview
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| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Billed Cost by Day | Displays daily cloud costs for the past 30 days. - Use the dropdown to see the 60- or 90-day view. - Select or deselect configured clouds to customize the display. - Hover over a bar to see detailed cost information for a specific day. |
| Billed Cost by Month | Displays monthly cloud cost for the past 12 months. - Use the dropdown to view the last 6 months. - Select or deselect configured clouds to customize the display. - Hover over a bar to see detailed cost information for a specific month. |
| Billed Cost by Service Category | Displays daily costs by service category for the past 30 days. - Use the dropdown to see the 60- or 90-day view. - Select or deselect service categories to customize the display. - Hover over a bar to see detailed cost information for a specific day. |
| Cloud Spend: Actual vs Forecast | Compares actual cloud spend to forecasted spend for the current month. - Use the dropdown to see the quarterly view. - Hover over a bar to see detailed spend information for a specific day or week, depending on the selected view. |
About these figures
- Cost metric: The Dashboard charts show Billed Cost, the invoiced charge including discounts but excluding amortized upfront purchases. Some accounts display List Cost instead; the chart titles show which metric is in use. For metric definitions, see Cost Explorer.
- Data through date: The date beneath the page title is the most recent day included in the charts. If processing is running behind, an earlier date is shown with a warning indicator.
- Currency: Amounts are shown in the currency selected under Currency in the account menu. Select Source currency to show amounts in the currency they were billed in.