Supported types

Inventory

Purpose: This section is designed to give you a high level overview of your existing Azure RI/SP portfolio.

Commitment KPIs:

• Total Commitments: Number of active commitments you have with Azure over the selected time period
• Total Cost: Total cost of the Azure commitment over the selected time period
• Recurring Cost: Any monthly recurring (amortized) RI or SP payments over the selected time period
• Utilization: Utilization percentage of all RI/SPs over the selected time period

Coverage Details:

• Amortized SP Cost: Daily cost amortized of your Savings Plan. For example, $1/hour in a Compute Savings Plan would be $24/day.
• Amortized RI cost: Daily amortized cost of your Reserved Instance.
• On-Demand cost: Daily cost of your On-Demand usage.
• Unused RI/SP Cost: Cost of unused RI/SP usage hours or hourly $ commit

Inventory Table

Commitment details:

• Type: Savings Plan or Reserved Instance
• Commitment Name: Name of the commitment given to the RI/SP when it was created. It helps you to easily identify a specific reservation in your Azure environment.
• Total Cost: Total cost of the RI/SP over the selected time period either upfront or in monthly installments.
• Upfront Cost: Total upfront cost (if any) of the RI/SP
• Average Utilization Percentage: Average utilization of the RI/SP over the selected time period
• Quantity: Represents the number of instances reserved. For example, if you reserve 3 instances of a particular VM type, this field will show "3". It is important for managing the scale of your reserved resources.
• Sku Name: Details the specific configuration of the reserved instances, including aspects such as virtual machine type, region, series and operating system.
• Term: Indicates the duration of the RI/SP, which can be either 1 year or 3 years. Shows how long the RI/SP is valid before it expires.
• Purchase Date: Date the RI/SP was purchased and the date discounts begin to be applied to eligible services.
• Expiration Date: Date when the RI/SP expires. After this date, the services return to On-Demand rates unless covered by another RI/SP
• Region: If applicable, displays the region where the savings plan or reserved instance is applied.

Recommendations

Recommendation KPIs:

• Total Purchase Recommendations: Total number of available recommendations for the purchase options you specified
• Estimated Monthly savings: Estimated amount of total monthly savings by using Savings Plans or Reserved Instances compared to standard On-Demand rates.
• Estimated Total savings: Shows the estimated savings achieved, over the entire term of the RI/SP, compared to On-Demand pricing due to the reservation or savings plan discount. It helps quantify the financial benefit you have gained from the RI/SP.
• Estimated Savings percentage: Estimated savings percentage over On-Demand if recommendations are purchased and fully utilized.
• Total RI cost: Total cost of the RI/SP over the entire term, either upfront or in monthly installments. This is the total commitment for the reservations.

Recommendations Table - Reserved Instances

• Commitment $: Cost of commitment
• Coverage Type: Specifies the type of reserved instance, such as VM reservation, SQL Database reservation, App Service reservation, etc. Indicates which Azure service or resource type the reservation is for.
• Savings $: Estimated savings achieved compared to On-Demand pricing due to the reservation discount. It helps quantify the financial benefit you have gained from the reserved instance.
• On Demand $: Estimated cost of On-Demand usage over the selected time period.
• Savings %: Percentage of savings over On-Demand pricing over the selected time period.
• Utilization %: Reflects how effectively the Reserved Instance is being used. Shown as a percentage and indicates whether you are using the resources you reserved.
• Overage Cost: Represents the costs incurred when your usage exceeds the capacity covered by your Savings Plan or Reserved Instances.
• Total Cost: Total cost of the commitment and overage.
• Instance Type: This specifies the type of reserved instance such as VM reservation, SQL database reservation, App Service reservation, etc. Indicates which Azure service or resource type the reservation is for.
• Location: Geographic region where the reserved instance is applicable.

Recommendations Table - Savings Plans

• Commitment $: Hourly commitment made for a specific amount of usage over the term. For example, if you commit to $5/hour, it means you are paying $5 for every hour of Azure service usage, regardless of actual consumption.
• Coverage Type: Type of SP you have purchased: Compute Savings Plan or Reserved Instance.
• Total Savings: The estimated amount saved by using Savings Plans or Reserved Instances compared to standard On-Demand rates.
• On Demand Cost: Estimated cost of On-Demand usage over the selected time period.
• Savings %: Percentage of savings over On-Demand pricing over the selected time period.
• Utilization %: Reflects how effectively the Savings Plan is being used. Shown as a percentage and indicates whether you are using the resources you reserved.
• Overage Cost: Represents the costs incurred when your usage exceeds the capacity covered by your Savings Plan or Reserved Instances.
• Total Cost: Estimated total cost of the commitment and overage.
• Instance Type: This specifies the type of reserved instance such as VM reservation, SQL database reservation, App Service reservation, etc. Indicates which Azure service or resource type the reservation is for.
• Granularity: Option you have selected, either Monthly or Daily for Amortization of SP cost for chargeback/showback.
• Total Hours: Total number of hours covered by an Azure Savings Plan.
• Total Remaining Cost: Total remaining cost that has not yet been used or applied from Savings Plans.
• Location: Geographic region where the savings plan is applied. Some savings plans may have region specific benefits, this helps to understand where the plan is active.