Cost Insights for a Department

Cost Insights for a department provides the cost analysis report of that department. The department cost analysis module displays the overall department cost status. You click the name of a department in the department list to view the cost details.

Prerequisites

Cost Insights has been enabled.
Department configurations are complete.

Constraints

Processing bills takes some time. After Cost Insights is enabled, there is about two days delay before you can view your costs.
Cloud Native Cluster Monitoring must run normally to ensure accurate data displays of namespaces, workloads, and node pools on the Cost Insights page.

Navigation Path

Log in to the CCE console. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Cloud Native Cost Governance.

Figure 1 Cloud Native Cost Governance
View cost analysis reports in Department Cost Analysis.

Figure 2 Viewing department cost analysis reports
In Department Cost Details, click the name of a department to view the cost details.

Figure 3 View the costs of a department

**Table 1** Parameters on the cost details page of a department
Parameter	Report	Description
Year-to-date costs/Last year same-period costs/YoY change	Annually	Year-to-date costs: costs generated by the current department from the start of the current year to the date of the most recent bill Last year same-period costs: costs generated by the current department during the same period in the last year YoY change: (Year-to-date costs – Last year same-period costs)/Last year same-period costs
Forecasted year-end costs/Last year same-period costs/YoY change	Annually	Forecasted year-end costs: estimated total costs of the current department by the end of the current year Last year same-period costs: costs generated by the current department in last year YoY change: (Forecasted year-end costs – Last year same-period costs)/Last year same-period costs
Quarter-to-date costs/Last quarter same-period costs/QoQ change	Quarterly	Quarter-to-date costs: costs generated by the current department from the start of the current quarter to the date of the most recent bill Last quarter same-period costs: costs generated by the current department during the same period in the last quarter QoQ change: (Quarter-to-date costs – Last quarter same-period costs)/Last quarter same-period costs
Forecasted quarter-end costs/Last quarter same-period costs/QoQ change	Quarterly	Forecasted quarter-end costs: estimated total costs of the current department by the end of the current quarter Last quarter same-period costs: costs generated by the current department in last quarter QoQ change: (Forecasted quarter-end costs – Last quarter same-period costs)/Last quarter same-period costs
Month-to-date costs/Last month same-period costs/MoM change	Monthly	Month-to-date costs: costs generated by the current department from the start of the current month to the date of the most recent bill Last month same-period costs: costs generated by the current department during the same period in the last month MoM change: (Month-to-date costs – Last month same-period costs)/Last month same-period costs
Forecasted month-end costs/Last month same-period costs/MoM change	Monthly	Forecasted month-end costs: estimated total costs of the current department by the end of the current month Last month same-period costs: costs generated by the current department in last month MoM change: (Forecasted month-end costs – Last month same-period costs)/Last month same-period costs
Changes in Total Costs	Annual, quarterly, and monthly	Cost details of the current year, quarter, and month, as well as cost changes compared with the last year, quarter, and month

Cost statistics vary depending on department cost allocation model. The cost statistics do not involve shared costs. In the following example, department costs are allocated only by namespace, so only the cost statistics by namespace are displayed.

Figure 4 Viewing the cost statistics by namespace
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