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Status Future consideration
Workspace Cloudability
Categories Data Mapping and Organization
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 16, 2026

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Direct query access to native cloud billing fields

Cloudability currently abstracts and normalizes all billing data from providers such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. While this enables unified cost visibility, it limits users' ability to validate and interpret data in "like-for-like" terms with the original cloud provider. Also, some fields currently appear hidden and are not able to be used within the tool. A new capability allowing direct query access to native field values would GREATLY enhance transparency, simplify migration, and improve data alignment. Cloudability has our data - let us access all of it.

Requested Enhancement
Add an optional "Native Field Query Mode" within Cloudability's data explorer and/or API. This mode would allow users to run queries using the raw provider field names (e.g., UsageType, ProductCode, ResourceId in AWS, or service.name in GCP). Users could toggle between Normalized Mode and Native Mode to view or export data as-is from each provider's Cost and Usage Reports or equivalent billing sources.

 

Benefits
For Customers:

  • Improves accuracy and trust in Cloudability's reporting by allowing one-to-one data validation against cloud provider data.
  • Simplifies report migration from in-house or third-party tools by leveraging familiar field names and schema.
  • Enables deeper analytics and debugging when reconciling anomalies between normalized and provider-native data.

For IBM Cloudability:

  • Enhances credibility and adoption among advanced FinOps teams who require transparency.
  • Reduces support case volume related to data mismatches or unclear normalization logic.
  • Attracts enterprise customers migrating from native cloud billing pipelines who value schema-level continuity.
  • Mitigates competitive risk from tooling providers who have this native functionality (CloudHealth, Harness.io, and many others).

 

How It Should Work

- Introduce a "Query Mode" toggle in both UI and API endpoints.
- In Native Mode:

  • Query syntax matches provider-native fields and metadata.
  • Data returned maps 1:1 with source billing file structure.
  • Option to download results in provider-native format (CSV/Parquet).

- In Normalized Mode (default):

  • Queries use Cloudability's unified field taxonomy.
  • Existing dashboards, reports, and dimensions remain unaffected.

- Implement field documentation and mapping reference per provider for clear usage guidance.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Admin
    AJ Peter
    Jul 6, 2026
    Thanks for the request. Direct access to native billing fields is a meaningful transparency and reconciliation use case. I am moving this to future consideration so it stays captured for roadmap prioritization.
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