New dimensions introduced in the Cloud Cost Optimization Platform today: Dimension Name Description Spend Type Type of spend, includes: Cloud SaaS On-prem software Hardware NOTE: Not all dimensions will come through for all customers, please contact your Flexera account representative regarding any questions about what data Flexera is able to gather.  Manufacturer Name The name of a company that produced the service.  EX: Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, etc. Flexera Capability  The Flexera Capability associated with spend, including: fnms: FlexNet Manager Suite saas: Flexera SaaS Manager csm: Cloud Cost Optimization (Optima) Note: This field is currently beta and the values are subject to change.   ... View more

This release brings additional support around Google Cloud Platform accounts in the Flexera Cloud Cost Optimization platform. GCP allows customers to enable BigQuery billing export for multiple billing accounts. In addition, Google can issue new billing accounts when changes occur to how customers are billed.   In the Flexera Cloud Cost Optimization platform, population of the "Bill Source" dimension has now changed from: google-<projectID>  to gcp-<billingAccountID>-<unique-32-characters> . EXAMPLE: What was previously  google-myProj would now be  gcp-012345-678901-ABCDEF-abc123def456abc123def456abc123de   This allows for onboarding billing data from multiple GCP billing accounts into the same Flexera org, even when the actual billing datasets are in the same Google project.   To achieve this within the Flexera One UI where you are now allowed to specify the Google "Billing Account ID", navigate to Administration > Cloud Settings > Settings , and then on the Billing Configuration tab click the ADD A CLOUD BILL button.    For more information on GCP billing, see: https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs ... View more

Before this update, for AWS, Optima's "Service" field was mapped from "lineItem/ProductCode", and not "product/ProductName". For AWS MarketPlace services, that "ProductCode" is a hash id, which makes understanding that data contextually difficult.  This update brings a change to our Optima "Service" field mapping to now bring in the human-readable product/ProductName field for AWS MarketPlace services, allowing for clearer visualization within the platform.   Please Note: This will only affect data from November 2020 ⟶ on. Bill processing times may vary, so the marketplace change may show up at different times on the 19th of each month for different accounts. ... View more

Optima Billing Centers use costs from billing data to enable an accurate view of costs across accounts and services. They can be configured in a hierarchical structure so that the cost reporting functionality in Optima can better match the reporting structure of your organization. Costs are allocated down the hierarchy, with each level providing additional splitting of costs into constituent buckets. For more information on billing center hierarchies, click here. Tabular View is a data table, found in the Billing Centers module, that gives users a granular view into their cloud costs. It allows you to group and filter data, select specific date ranges by which to do so, drill down by dimension, and export the data. This update brings the above functionality to the next level of billing centers, enabling more granular visibility into costs and deeper analysis.  ... View more

Optima now supports the ingestion of public, private, and custom cloud billing data for easy ad-hoc analysis alongside billing data from other sources via a c ommon and extensible framework for discovering cost data , also referred to as Common Bill Ingestion. CBI is a common pipeline capable of ingesting virtually any cost or usage time-series billing data. Below are just three of the common use-cases for when CBI may be used to integrate billing data: Adding custom costs to Optima Integrating internal (private cloud) costs and usage data Integrating infrastructure or container-based costs (such as Kubernetes or VMWare) This new functionality includes support for the following in Optima: Alibaba Cloud Microsoft Azure China Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Please see our product documentation for more information.       ... View more

Flexera allows for flexible bill adjustments based on customizable rules, for Optima has the ability to define adjustments by a variety of dimensions.   Different markup/markdowns can be assigned to: Vendor Billing center Region Service Resource type Line item type Users can now see applied bill data adjustments via the Adjustments tab. For a full overview of bill adjustments, common use cases & more, please visit: https://docs.rightscale.com/optima/guides/bill_adjustments.html ... View more

Four new built-in dashboards have been added to Optima.  Dashboards entitled AWS Analyzer, Azure Analyzer, and Google Analyzer give a high-level isolated overview of each cloud's spend. The Cost Trend Explorer dashboard allows you to review cloud cost trends and drill down that spend based on specified criteria.   ... View more

Invoice ID is a new dimension that has been added to Optima. This will facilitate in reconciling cost and usage in Optima with a cloud vendor's invoice. Currently, the Invoice ID dimension is supported for AWS, GCP, and Azure MCA.   ... View more

Optima now allows you to share custom dashboards within your organization. Dashboards can be accessed in the “Dashboard” tab in Optima. Custom dashboards can be created by anyone, but to share, you must have the  enterprise_manager  permission.  All users can have dashboards shared with them, but only users with  enterprise_manager  can share them.   ... View more

The RightScale-generated cost category previously known as “RI/CUD” is now displayed as “Commitments” in Optima.   NOTE: For AWS only - “SavingsPlanRecurringFee” and “SavingsPlanUpfrontFee” line item types now show AWS Savings Plan line item details in Optima, and are also included in the “Commitments” category. For more information on these line item details, you can find AWS documentation here.      For more information, please see the related Helpnet page.   ... View more