Dashboard

AvailableReviewed 21 August 2026

The Dashboard is the organisation-level view of spend, savings, anomalies and governance posture. Use it to decide where to look next — not as the deliverable.

Sample organisation

Screenshots use the Northwind Retail sample estate (AWS, Azure and GCP for August 2026). Your totals, owners and resource identifiers will differ.

Sample organisation using illustrative billing data for August 2026.

Before you begin

• Confirm the organisation name in the top bar.
• Confirm which clouds should be connected.
• Use a completed billing period when you are validating totals for the first time.

Set the scope

1. Open Dashboard.
2. Select All, AWS, Azure or GCP.
3. Confirm the subtitle still describes the period you intend to review.

The same page, scoped to AWS. Totals must change when the chip changes.

Read the summary

Metric	Meaning	Do not treat it as
Total spend	Spend in the current monthly view	A signed-off invoice until you reconcile
Savings found	Estimated monthly value of current recommendations	Realised savings
Policy score	Share of evaluated policies that currently pass	A security certification
Forecast risk	Budget pressure on the current run-rate	A guarantee of month-end spend
Anomalies	Unusual movements in the recent window	Confirmed incidents

Open Savings Tracker for confirmed savings. Open Anomalies before you assign a spike.

Follow the cost signal

1. Review Spend by provider (or Spend by service on a single cloud).
2. Open Cost Explorer for account, region and date-range detail.
3. Check Priority recommendations when the opportunity is optimisation.
4. Check Anomalies when the movement is unexpected.

Use the Dashboard in a review

For a recurring FinOps meeting, capture: active scope, material changes, open high-severity items, expected owner, next review date.

Expected result

You can explain the current scope, the largest cost movement, and the next detailed view required.

Common issues

Issue	Check
A provider shows no data	Connection status, first import, provider chip
Total differs from billing	Account scope, dates, currency, credits — see reconciliation
A score looks unexpected	Open Compliance or the related detail page