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Workload Optimization (Rightsizing)

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RightSizing ROI screen should retain filters when you change data view

I am looking at the RightSizing ROI screens. I need to quickly flip between data views, whilst retaining the filter(s) that I have applied, to show different colleagues the effects that their changes have achieved.Every time I change the data view...
19 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Submitted

Add additional timeline 60 days, 90 days to Rightsizing recommendations

Users would like to have a better understanding of their workload utilisation (containers in particular) before being able to make a decision to rightsizing. Additional timeline options such as 60days & 90days would be helpful for them to make...
4 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 1 Future consideration

Adding sustainability metrics to rightsizing recommendations

There is strong evidence industry wide that a large percentage of engineers are more likely to take action based off carbon emission reduction recommendation than cost. ( largely as engineers may not have a budget responsibility as part of their r...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Effective cost basis in Rightsizing explorer

We would like to be able to switch between on-demand and effective cost basis in the Rightsizing Explorer pane. This is possible as part of the various rightsizing panel (e.g. AWS EC2, EC2 ASG, RDS) but not in the consolidated explorer view. This ...
5 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Planned for future release

Ability to Add Account Groups to Filter Dropdown in Rightsizing

Currently the filters in Rightsizing contain some Cldy standard dimensions and then all tags and all business dimensions. It would be helpful to also include the Account Groups in the filter dropdown options.
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Cloudability Government / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Do not show already terminated resources in Cloudability Optimize → Rightsizing recommendations

Problem:Right now the resource 'state' is not available in any manner within the optimization rightsizing tooling. This means that resources, such as EC2 instances, that have already been shut down and terminated are still showing the recommendati...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 2 Future consideration

Add email subscription option for Cloudability Optimize Rightsizing Recommendations

Problem:Right now a user can only retrieve rightsizing recommendations relevant to them by going into the Optimize Rightsizing UI, applying relevant filters to narrow it down to infrastructure thei own and seeing if there are any results. This is ...
about 2 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

Rightsizing ROI extract Issue Created format update request

Rightsizing ROI extract Issue Created format update requestwhen extracting the file , I need to filter the ROI logs to a month period or a year, but the column called "Issue Created" in a time and date together format Please can I request to separ...
28 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 0 Future consideration

KPI widget for Rightsizing is only 10 days, would like it to be 30, 90 and use effective savings as well, toggle for widget configuration

Ask -**Default Period**: - The default period for analysis is currently set to **10 days**. - We aim to extend this default period to **30 days**. **Additional Lookback**: - However, we also need to consider a **90-day lookback**. - Some of our gr...

Broadcom APM inetgration with Apptio Cloudability for Memory Utilization

We are currently using Apptio Cloudability for cloud cost optimization and visibility, and we rely on memory utilization data to generate accurate rightsizing recommendations. As part of this setup, Apptio typically requires CloudWatch Agents or D...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) 2 Future consideration