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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

Include allocation tag or bm values in rightsize reports

Current rightsizing reports rely heavily on the use of view filters to isolate and identify the workload represented. I've worked for a couple of organizations as a FinOps expert and when I meet with teams it is not to look at one workload at a ti...

Need broader insight into rightsizing opportunities

There are a lot of opportunities to save that Cloudability does not inform users about. Some of them are difficult to find without collecting information, merging data, comparing options. This is the work Cloudability does for EC2, RDS, etc. Why n...

Source-Aware Ticketing for Cloud Optimization (Rightsizing Ticketing)

Currently, we have two ways to create Rightsizing tickets: Manually or via Automated Policy. However, both methods have a major "information gap" when they reach ServiceNow: Manual Tickets: ServiceNow doesn’t show who clicked the button to create ...
25 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Default dimensions for Rightsizing Explorer

I would like to set my own personal preference for dimensions to default on Rightsizing Explorer. I seldom use region and OS on the explorer so I would prefer to not see them every time I open the Rightsizing page. This would be great to cache or ...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Way of reporting workload optimization tasks & savings that aren't in scope for Cloudability Rightsizing

We’ve found a gap in how we report workload optimization savings that Cloudability doesn’t cover today. If an optimization is not a Rightsize Opportunity in Cloudability, then we cannot create a ticket, and so Rightsize ROI does not count the savi...
29 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Snooze function improvements

1. Comment (Justification) field enhancementsRequest: Improve the comment/justification flow when snoozing resources by adding structured and mandatory input options.Requirements:   Pre-set (customizable) list of justifications available in a drop...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration

Integrate AWS S3 Storage Lens metrics into Cloudability

Currently, Storage Lens provides valuable insights into S3 usage, growth trends, data protection, and optimization opportunities, but these metrics are only available within AWS. Having them available in Cloudability would allow us to correlate S3...
12 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Cloudability Rightsizing support for Dynatrace (APM Integration)

Similar to the existing Datadog or New Relic integration, leverage monitoring agent data from Dynatrace to better inform resource recommendations in Cloudability
5 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration

Optimisation Dashboard Savings reporting improvements

We would find the Optimisation Dashboard more useful if it reported savings consistently and in line with more standard business use cases. Without this, it is of limited usefulness to us and we would shy away from endorsing use amongst our users....
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration

Rightsizing Table Change- More Columns

Add more columns to the rightsizing table from Tags & Labels and Business Dimensions. Feature should include objects in export.
3 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Future consideration