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Add support to Currency Code = HUF in Cloudability UI

Customer have billing files in Currency Code = HUF and they would like to add support for this currency in the Cloudability UI so all features ( Reporting, Dashboard, Anomaly, Budgeting, RightSizing) are shown in HUF currency
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Other Future consideration

Version Control Improvements for Business Mappings

Apptio Costing and Planning has a native version control that allows a monthly table to retain schema, layout, etc. from 1 time period to another (between versions). Cloudability's business mapping today requires users to add "Date" and manually s...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Future consideration

Add Coverage Threshold to Commitment Alerts

Currently, commitment alerts only cover expiring commitments and utilization thresholds. However, Coverage is also an important KPI that customers would want to be alerted on. Please consider adding support for Coverage-based alerts as well. Thanks!
13 days ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) Future consideration

Add GPU and GPU memory to container cost allocation

We need Cloudability Kubernetes Cost Allocation to include GPU and GPU memory weighted by GPU importance along other existing metrics (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network) and COST measures in Cloudability Dashboards+Reports properly reflect allocation Tod...
28 days ago in Cloudability / Container Reporting / Kubecost/Advanced Containers Future consideration

Allow filter for "Invoice Date" within a "Dashboard"

This is useful for many reasons. Here is what prompted this idea request: 1. Cross-charge reconciliation - Applying "Invoice Date" as a filter to the entire dashboard will allow us to immediately reconcile invoiced costs for a given month. We can ...
13 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Future consideration

AWS Credentialing: Role to Role Assumption

Our current AWS CloudFormation template requires customers to grant access to an IAM User principal. IAM Users introduce persistent identity risks, conflict with modern enterprise zero-trust policies, and trigger security compliance flags for pros...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations Future consideration

Add Instana instrumentation support for GeneXus HTTP client libraries (including Ron’s Http-Client)

Problem A customer application built with GeneXus is being monitored using Instana. The application performs outbound HTTP calls to backend services (Bantotal services) using the HTTP client implementation provided by the GeneXus runtime. During a...
6 months ago in Instana / Tracing Future consideration

Enable granular Datadog cost ingestion and reporting within Cloudability to provide detailed visibility into Datadog spend, usage drivers, and cost allocation.

Customers with significant Datadog investments currently have limited visibility into Datadog costs within Cloudability. While overall spend can be tracked, the lack of granular cost and usage data prevents customers from analyzing Datadog expendi...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Future consideration

Add recommendations for AWS FSx

Looking for a recommendation that minimizes waste from over provisioned storage and throughput for AWS FSx. Please comment which variant of FSx your organization uses.
15 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration

Allow dashboard widgets to ignore the global date picker

Currently, changing the dashboard’s date picker updates every widget. However, some widgets—such as Monthly Trend and Yearly Trend—need to retain their configured date range to preserve their intended purpose. Add an option that allows individual ...
15 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Future consideration