Budget
As an administrator or manager responsible for cost governance, you can set a target budget (DBUs) based on workspaces, users, clusters, and tags (including Global scope) and check if an incurred cost is approaching or has already exceeded the target budget. This helps you to control costs by comparing the target budget to the actual incurred cost.
You can define a scope from the Budget tab to track the cost against a budget for a time range with fixed intervals (period). You can set up a notification channel with users to receive alerts when the budget cost exceeds or is at risk.
You can create various budgets and track them from the Budget list. From the Cost Explorer > Budget page, you can view the following Budget lists:
Active: Lists all the budgets that are actively monitored.
Upcoming: Lists all the budgets that have not yet started.
Expired: Lists all the budgets that have ended.
Important
Budgets are checked once a day at midnight UTC.
Note
You can filter the cost by an attribute. For each such attribute, you can specify multiple values. Unravel evaluates these values using the OR semantics. For example, if you filter by user attribute, you may select user A and user B. The results shown belong either to User A or to User B.
On the Unravel UI, navigate to Cost > Budget and click
.On the Add Budget dialog box, enter the following details:
Item
Description
Name
Enter a unique name for the budget.
Description
(Optional)
Provide a summary of the budget.
Type
Specify the type of budget. Currently, the only supported type is DBU.
Period
Specify the time interval for the budget. Currently, the only supported period is Monthly.
Start
Select the month when the budget period begins.
Note
Budget computation always happens from the start of the current month.
End
Select the month when the budget period ends.
Scope
(Optional)
Specify the scope for the budget, which can be any one of the following:
Global
In Global, all the scope parameters (Workspace, Users, Clusters, and Tags) are considered for the budget. This is the default scope.
Workspace
The cost of workspaces that Unravel monitors is scoped for the budget. You can select only up to five workspaces to scope in this budget.
Users
Cluster usage by users is scoped for the budget. You can select only up to five users to scope in this budget.
Clusters
The total cost of DBX clusters (in DBUs) that Unravel monitors is scoped for the budget.
You can select only up to five clusters to scope in this budget.
Tags
The tags that are scoped for the budget. You can select only up to five tags to scope for the budget. A tag comprises a key and a value. Therefore, you must specify the key and the value for each tag. If multiple tag keys are specified, it is an operation. If the same key with multiple values is specified, then it is an operation for that tag key.
Budget (DBUs)
Add the budgeted DBUs for the selected budget period. The last month's spending is shown for reference.
Notification channel
Select a notification channel to receive alerts when the status of the budget changes to Exceeded or At Risk.
If a notification channel list is empty, click Create Channel to create a new notification channel and then link it to the budget. For information, see Create notification channel.
Click Save.
If the budget has been successfully created, the budget is listed on the Budget page.
Monitor the budget status periodically to check if the status is at risk or has exceeded the threshold.
The budget status is displayed as a percentage that indicates the cost incurred compared to the allotted budget. In addition, the actual values of the cost incurred and the allotted budget values are provided for easy comparison.
On the Cost > Budget page, the budget status is color coded with the following:
Budget status | Color code | Description |
|---|---|---|
OK |
| The cost is projected to be within the budget when the current period ends. |
At Risk |
| The cost is projected to exceed the budget before the current period ends. |
Exceeded |
| The cost has already exceeded the budget. |
When you hover over a status bar, the alert history for a specific budget is displayed. In addition, the alert history includes a history of recent alerts.
When you notice that a budget is at risk or the cost has exceeded the budget, you can use the 
or 
buttons to quickly navigate to the Trends, Chargeback, or Jobs page to evaluate the scope and conditions at that period to optimize the applications.
Notice
You can filter the cost by an attribute. For each such attribute, you can specify multiple values. Unravel evaluates these values using the OR semantics. For example, if you filter by user attribute, you may select user A and user B. The results shown belong either to User A or to User B.
For jobs, this behavior is different. You can filter by multiple attributes at the same time. For example, you may specify a workspace attribute and, later, a user attribute. Unravel evaluates those attributes using the AND semantics. However, within each attribute, you can specify multiple values. For instance, you may select User A and User B for the user attribute. Those are values evaluated using the OR semantics.
On the Unravel UI, navigate to Cost > Budget.
Click
corresponding to the budget that you want to edit. The Edit Budget dialog box is displayed. Edit the required details and click Save.
On the Unravel UI, navigate to Cost > Budget.
Click the Delete icon
corresponding to the budget that you want to delete. A confirmation message is displayed.
Click Yes to confirm.