Toggle the Comparison Trends in Explorer

The Explorer page includes trend data that calculates and displays cost comparisons for your selected time range against the immediate previous same time range. You can disable trend data to improve Explorer performance.

Turn Trends On or Off

1. Go to Explorer.
2. Locate the Trends toggle in the top right section of the page.
3. Switch the toggle off to disable trend calculations.
4. Switch the toggle on to re enable trend calculations.

Understand what the Trends toggle controls

The Trends toggle determines whether Explorer calculates and displays comparison data.

When enabled, Explorer shows:

• Compared to previous X days in the Total Cost summary (above the graph)
• Cost of Change column (Table Column)
• % of Change column (Table Column)

When disabled, Explorer hides these comparison values.

How the setting works

• The default state is On for all users.
• Each user controls the toggle independently. Your selection does not change the experience for others.
• The toggle state is included in CloudZero deep linked URLs, along with Grouping, Filters, and Time Range.
• If you share or bookmark a URL, the toggle state in that link persists for anyone who opens it.

When to disable Trends

Disable Trends when:

• You do not need period-over-period comparison.
• You are analyzing longer lookback periods.
• You want to more rapidly investigate the current period’s spend before you need to compare it to the previous time period.

Enable Trends when:

• Provide high level analytical breakdowns of spend.
• Review Cost of Change and % of Change.

How Trends May Affect Performance and Data Processing

When Trends is enabled, Explorer compares your selected time range to the preceding period of the same length and shows the cost delta and percentage change. For example, if you select Last 30 Days, Explorer compares it to the prior 30 days; if you select January 14-21, Explorer compares it to January 6-13.

When Trends is disabled, Explorer only needs to retrieve data for the time range you selected without the comparison period. Disabling Trends can cut Explorer’s load time in half.