Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Show Cost

Ops Insights can provide an alternate view for usage and allocation by converting these values into a configurable currency (dollar value). This option located within the Trend & forecast chart will show the resource usage cost, usage forecast cost, and unused allocation cost as stacked bar in the trend chart.

Note

The Show cost option is only available when selecting a single database.
To view cost values, click Show cost check box within the Trend & forecast chart. This will load the cost and show the usage and unused allocation bars, with an additional summary of total cost below.
Note

Show cost is currently not available for HeatWave MySQL database systems.

Figure 3-6 Show Cost Bar Graph

Show Cost
The following Show cost bar graphs are displayed:
  • Calculated cost: Green bar showing the calculated cost per day of the time period selected. If the time range selected is less than 8 days, the calculated cost will be per hour. The Calculated cost is based on the usage, it is calculate by multiplying the days average usage by the configured unit price.
  • Calculated cost forecast: Green bar to the right, beneath the dotted forecast line. It projects estimated costs for time period selected into the future.
  • Unused allocation cost: Gray bar showing the total cost not being used per day.
The sum of the calculated cost + the unused allocation cost, represents the total cost associated to this metric for the current resource.
The total calculated usage and allocation costs for the defined time period and the forecast usage and allocation costs are shown below the trend and forecast graph.
Note

These values are cost estimates based on Ops Insights data and do not display actual billing data.

Edit Show Cost Configuration

To edit the Show cost configuration click on Config to the right of the Show cost check box. This will open a new pop-up window allowing you to set the following:Cost Configuration
  • Unit price: Price per CPU unit or terabyte (for storage), this field can be reset to default values by clicking Reset to default.
  • Discount %: Allows you to set the cost discount percent, this percent will be applied to all cost calculations across all resource types in the tenancy.
  • Currency: Select your local currency to view the calculated cost values across the tenenancy.
    Note

    Due to fluctuating currency prices, the unit price is not automatically converted to the selected currency. When changing currency adjust the unit price as well.
Once the configuration changes have been made, click on Update to save changes and update the Trend & forecast graph. These changes are also saved within the browser for future use.