Flexera has released new Cloud Cost Dimensions to assist in better understanding the cloud spend. These dimensions are available in the Dashboards, Tabular View, and Rule-Based Dimensions.
New Dimensions
| Dimension Name |
Cloud(s) |
Examples |
| Availability Zone |
AWS |
us-east-1d |
| Billing Account ID |
Google |
00CED7-4C399A-CF2753 |
| Database Edition |
AWS |
5.6.7 |
| Database Engine |
AWS |
Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL
|
| Deployment Option |
AWS |
Multi-AZ, Single-AZ |
| Instance Type Family |
AWS |
M5
|
| License Model |
AWS |
Bring your own license, License Included |
| Operating System |
AWS, Azure EA |
Linux or Windows, etc (Not currently supported with Azure Cost Management Data) and others
|
| Meter Category |
Azure EA |
Database, Storage, Virtual Machine, etc |
If your organization participated in the pre-release of these dimensions, those dimensions are now deprecated. You can identify the deprecated dimensions with those that include the suffix DEPRECATED in the dimension name. The deprecated dimensions need to be replaced with the new dimensions in custom Dashboards or Rule Based Dimensions before Nov 1, 2023
