/cost-management-powerbi

A set of Power BI reports for Microsoft Cost Management

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Cost Management Power BI samples

These are very simple starter kits used to collect feedback. If you'd like to see anything, please submit an issue.

Reports:

To connect to your account, see Connect reports to your account




Cost summary

The Cost summary report provides an overview of amortized costs with a few common breakdowns that enable you to:

  • Identify the top cost contributors.
  • Review changes in cost over time.
  • Build a chargeback report.
  • Summarize cost savings from negotiated and commitment-based discounts.

Screenshot of the summary page in the Cost summary report

Download CostSummary.pbix and create an issue to share feedback!


Commitment discounts

The Commitment discounts report summarizes existing and potential savings from commitment-based discounts, like reservations and savings plans. This report enables you to:

  • Review Azure Hybrid Benefit usage.
  • Identify and resolve any under-utilized commitments (aka utilization).
  • Identify opportunity to save with more commitment-based discounts (aka coverage).
  • Determine which resources used commitment-based discounts (aka chargeback).
  • Summarize cost savings from commitment-based discounts.

Screenshot of the utilization page in the Commitment discounts report

Download CommitmentDiscounts.pbix and create an issue to share feedback!




Connect reports to your account

  1. Download and open the report in Power BI.
  2. Select Transform data in the toolbar.
  3. Select Queries > BillingProfileOrEnrollmentNumber and update the value to your EA enrollment number of MCA billing profile ID.
  4. If using MCA, select Queries > Scope and change the value to Billing Profile Id.
  5. Select Close & Apply in the toolbar and allow Power BI to refresh to see your data.

Screenshot of the BillingProfileOrEnrollmentNumber parameter in Power BI Desktop

For more details, see Create to the Azure Cost Management connector in Power BI Desktop.