Perspectives

List Perspectives

1. Click on Cost Management -> Perspectives in the navigation bar to get to the perspective list.
2. Enter keywords for a quick search of related perspectives.

Create a Perspective

1. Click on Cost Management -> Perspectives in the navigation bar to get to the perspective list.
2. Click on Create Perspective, enter a Name to identify your custom perspective. This name should be unique so that you can easily find your perspective.
3. Define the cost units you want to track in the perspective. You can select the range of consumption data by Time Range and Cost Source, and choose the tracking items by Group By and Granularity.
4. Define the cost-sharing rules. These rules determine how common costs are allocated to different items in the cost unit. You can select the range of shared data by Shared Cost Source, configure whether idle costs should be added to the shared costs by Allocate Cluster Idle Costs, manage whether costs should be added to the shared costs by Allocate Cluster Management Costs, and finally, select the corresponding Allocation Method.
5. Click Save to save your custom perspective and configuration. You can now use this custom perspective to track and manage your costs.

Edit a perspective

1. Click on Cost Management -> Perspectives in the navigation bar to get to the perspective list.
2. Find the perspective you want to edit and click on Edit.
3. Modify the corresponding cost unit definition and cost-sharing rules as needed.
4. Click Save to complete the modifications.

Note: Built-in perspectives cannot be edited.

Delete a Perspective

1. Click on Cost Management -> Perspectives in the navigation bar to get to the perspective list.
2. Select the perspective you want to delete and click on Delete.

Note: Built-in perspectives cannot be deleted.