Project Showback

The Showback VM Cost dashboard provides a quick Showback of the cost associated with the VMware Aria Automation managed VMs in a group. The definition of a group is based on several constructs such as Virtual Machine Folder, Custom Groups, VMware Aria Automation Projects, and more. Based on the Showback you can improve the accuracy of the costs by editing the cost drivers. Cost drivers that are not customized use reference cost, cost driver customization is available only in Advanced or Enterprise edition of VMware Aria Operations .

How to Use the Dashboard

• Select a Project widget displays the price of the group. The Select a Deployument widget lets you select deployments under the project, followed by the showback metrics.
• Cost Summary (This Month) shows the month to date cost, potential savings, and projected cost of the group.
• VM Cost Distribution (Top 100) shows the most expensive VMs in the group.
• Potential Savings (Top 10) shows the VMs ranked by their potential savings.
• VMs of the Selected Deployment (Select to View Trend) shows the cost and configuration of each VM in the selected group.
• Cost Trend of Selected VM shows the trend of the VMs cost over time.