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Cloudability

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...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

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...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Submitted

Add effective rate and 30 day options to rightsize widgets

Current rightsize widgets are limited to 10 day cash values. I don't imagine many Cloudability customers do not have private pricing or reservations. Effective rate is the only useful metric for my organization and it's not an option. It would be ...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Submitted

API Endpoint for Tag & Labels

There are currently API Endpoints for Business Mapping, Business Metrics, Users management, etc, but Tags & Labels can only be actioned via the UI. This means we are unable to mirror the Production and Test environments quickly and systematica...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Other Submitted

User permissions to deny access to cost and reporting API

Creating service users with roles that are able to access APIs such as anomaly detection and budgeting without allowing the user to access cost and reporting API access. Allowing access to cost and reporting can cause security concerns with resour...
2 days ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government Submitted

Filter Metric and Dimension Availability based on User Credential

The volume of available metrics and dimension can be overwhelming for the average user, who likely need just a small subset. For example, its possible to have 6+ different cost metrics available to use in reporting - it's likely users should just ...
4 days ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Future consideration

Option to change the date format in the tool from MM/DD/YYYY to DD/MM/YYYY.

Yorkshire Building Society mentioned that it would be simpler for them, if there was an option to choose/customize date format in the tool from MM/DD/YYYY to DD/MM/YYYY to match the format being used in their organization.
5 days ago in Cloudability / Other Submitted

It will be helpfull if there is an option to re-process our existing cloudability data inorder to incorprate new tags & business rules

1.Tags and Business rules updation in Cloudability is an ongoing exercise. Every time reaching out to support in case of data re-process requirement causes delay and inconvenience 2. New cloud accounts many times get created during the last few da...
2 days ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Submitted

Allow Multiple Users to Subscribe to Budget Alerts

Currently, Budget Alerts in Apptio only allow the alert creator to receive notifications. There is no option to subscribe additional users, distribution lists, teams, or shared mailboxes to the same alert. This is a major limitation for enterprise...
2 days ago in Cloudability / Governance Submitted

Expose Waste for GCP Resource‑based Committed Use Discounts (RCUDs) in Cloudability Reporting

Currently, it's not possible to accurately identify waste for GCP RCUDs in Cloudability reporting. This is due to limitations in how GCP exposes RCUD data via a credit‑based billing model, which prevents waste from being derived in the same way as...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Rate Optimization (Commitments) Submitted

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