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Align the Azure region names in Cloudability with the actual Azure region names

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As can be seen in the attachment, Azure provide two region name standards via the API; PricesExtract.Items.armRegionName which is currently used as the second part of the region name in cloudability, and PricesExtract.Items.location which currently differs from the first part of the Cloudability region name.

 

The issue this causes is that consumer produce reports from both Azure and Cloudability, the current mismatch of region names causes confusion when trying to map the data.

 

In the attachment we have provided a view of what we think the Cloudability region name should looks like (PricesExtract.Items.location::PricesExtract.Items.armRegionName)

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    May 8, 2025

    The other reason this is really important is that currently when you sort alphabetically you get all the Easts together and all the Wests together, etc... whereas using the MS standard you'll get all the countries Retogether... EU North, EU West, IN Central, IN West, US Central, US East, etc...

    Alphabetical sort order currently:

    Cloudability Region Name
    Central India::centralindia
    Central US::centralus
    East Asia::eastasia
    East US 2::eastus2
    East US::eastus
    North Central US::northcentralus
    North Europe::northeurope
    South Central US::southcentralus
    Southeast Asia::southeastasia
    West Europe::westeurope
    West India::westindia
    West US 2::westus2
    West US::westus
     

     

    Recommended Cloudability Region Name
    AP East::eastasia
    AP Southeast::southeastasia
    EU North::northeurope
    EU West::westeurope
    IN Central::centralindia
    IN West::westindia
    US Central::centralus
    US East 2::eastus2
    US East::eastus
    US North Central::northcentralus
    US South Central::southcentralus
    US West 2::westus2
    US West::westus
     

     

     

     

  • Guest
    May 7, 2025

    Completely agree. The current "pretty name" portion in Cloudability doesn't align with the official "pretty" region name (available in the location column in the Azure pricing API).