Views

Views are preset combinations of groupings and filters that let anyone in your organization quickly get to the spend they care about. Each View pairs a Dimension (how costs are grouped, labeled Principal Dimension in the UI) with one or more filters (which costs to include) and notification channels (where to send alerts). Once created, CloudZero automatically monitors the View's costs and sends updates and anomaly alerts via Slack, email, or both.

For example, an engineering team lead can have a View that shows their team's costs grouped by service, while a product manager has a View showing costs for their product grouped by feature. Each person sees only the costs relevant to them, with alerts delivered directly to their channels.

Manage Views

You manage Views in Settings > Views. This page lists every View in your organization along with its Dimension, anomaly alert status, and notification channels. Select any View to see or edit its details.

To use a View, click the Views Dropdown in the top-right menu of Explorer and select your View. Explorer loads the View's Dimension and filters directly into the cost graph.

The Global View

The Global View is the default View that every organization starts with. It covers 100% of your cloud spend and cannot have filters applied. Its Dimension determines how CloudZero displays cost data across the platform, including weekly and monthly trend notifications. You can change it to the Dimension most relevant to your organization, such as Service, Product, or Customer.

Create a View

You can create a View from two places: the Settings page or directly from Explorer.

Option A: From Settings

Navigate to Settings > Views and select Create View.

Option B: From Explorer

In Explorer, click the Configurations icon in the top-right corner, select the Features tab and then select Create View. This pre-populates the form with your current Dimension and filters, so you can save a breakdown you are already looking at.

The Create a View panel opens:

Set up your View

Regardless of where you start, the Create a View panel has the same fields:

1. Enter a View Name.

2. In the Filters section, select Add Filter, select a Dimension, and choose which values to include. For example, select the Engineering Team Dimension.

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   Views do not support filtering by Resource or Resource Summary.

3. Select one or more values to include. For example, select Team Alpha to show only costs for that team.

   The following filter operators are available:

   Operator	What it does
   is	Shows only the values you select (default)
   is not	Hides the values you select
   contains	Shows values that include your search term (case-sensitive, one term)
   does not contain	Hides values that include your search term (case-sensitive, one term)

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add more filters as needed.

5. Select a Dimension to group costs by from the Group by (Principal Dimension) menu. This determines how costs are organized in Explorer when the View is selected.

6. Configure anomaly detection. View Anomalies is enabled by default and monitors the View's costs for unexpected changes. You can toggle it off, set automatic or manual thresholds, and configure a minimum cost impact. For details on thresholds and how anomaly detection works, see Anomaly Detection.

7. Select at least one Notification Channel:

   Channel	Details
   Slack	Enter the Slack Channel ID. You must connect CloudZero to Slack first. One channel per View.
   Email	Enter one or more email addresses, or use an alias like [email protected].

8. Select Save.

CloudZero begins monitoring the View's costs and sends updates and anomaly alerts to the configured notification channels. For details on notification types and frequency, see Notifications.

Edit a View

You can update a View's name, Dimension, filters, anomaly settings, or notification channels at any time.

1. Navigate to Settings > Views and click the ... menu on the View you want to edit.
2. Select Edit View.
3. Change the settings as needed.
4. Select Save.

Edit the Global View

The Global View can be edited like any other View, but because it covers all cloud spend, you cannot add filters. You can:

• Change its Dimension, which affects how cost data is displayed across the entire platform (including notifications and other platform-wide displays)
• Update its notification channels to control where organization-wide cost updates and anomaly alerts are delivered
• Adjust anomaly detection settings

Delete a View

Deleting a View removes it permanently, including its anomaly monitoring and notification channels.

1. Navigate to Settings > Views and click the ... menu on the View you want to delete.
2. Select Delete View.

CloudZero immediately deletes the View. No confirmation is required.