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Overview

The GCP Analytics dashboard provides visibility into Google Cloud Platform (GCP) spending, efficiency, return on investment (ROI), sustainability metrics, budget utilization, and optimization opportunities. It helps engineering and cloud operations teams:

• Monitor cloud costs
• Identify waste
• Track savings opportunities
• Prioritize optimization actions

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Accessing GCP Analytics

1. Log in to G360.
2. From the left navigation menu, select Cloud Provider Metrics.
3. Open GCP Analytics.

The GCP Analytics dashboard opens and displays cloud cost, efficiency, and optimization insights for your connected GCP environment.

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Dashboard Controls

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Time Granularity

Located in the upper-right corner of the dashboard. Available options:

• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly

Use these controls to adjust the reporting interval displayed across dashboard metrics and charts.

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Refresh

Click the refresh icon to retrieve the latest available cloud metrics and recommendations.

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Dashboard Tabs

The dashboard contains the following tabs:

• Overview
• Cost
• Efficiency
• ROI
• Carbon
• Budget

By default, the Overview tab is displayed.

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Overview Metrics

The Overview tab displays key cloud performance indicators.

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Total Cloud Spend

Displays the total cloud expenditure for the selected reporting period. Provides:

• Current spending value
• Reporting period summary
• Month-over-month trend

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Forecast EOM

Displays projected end-of-month cloud spending. Provides:

• Forecasted spend amount
• Comparison against budget
• Risk assessment indicator

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Commitment Coverage

Displays utilization of committed cloud spending programs. Provides:

• Amount currently committed
• Remaining commitment capacity

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Waste %

Displays estimated cloud spend attributed to underutilized or unnecessary resources. Provides:

• Waste percentage
• Estimated monetary impact

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Savings Realized

Displays savings achieved through optimization initiatives. Provides:

• Total savings value
• Savings rate percentage

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Cost / Customer

Displays average cloud cost per customer. Provides:

• Current cost-per-customer value
• Trend comparison against previous periods

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Actionable Insights

The Actionable Insights section highlights cloud optimization opportunities. Each recommendation includes:

• Recommendation title
• Business impact
• Suggested action
• Priority level

Priority levels include:

• High
• Medium
• Low

Example optimization categories may include:

• Instance right-sizing
• Commitment planning
• Storage optimization
• Lifecycle policy implementation
• Security improvements
• Workload optimization

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Period Over Period – Top Movers

Displays cloud services with the largest spending changes during the selected reporting period. Use this section to:

• Identify significant cost increases
• Detect unusual spending patterns
• Monitor service growth trends

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6-Month Trend – Cloud Spend Trajectory

Displays cloud spending trends over a six-month period. Use this chart to:

• Monitor spending growth
• Identify long-term cost patterns
• Evaluate optimization effectiveness

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Allocation – Spend by Team

Displays cloud spend distribution across organizational teams. Use this section to:

• Compare team-level spending
• Identify major cost contributors
• Support budget allocation decisions

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Highest Value Actions – Top Recommendations

Displays optimization opportunities ranked by estimated business value. Information displayed includes:

• Priority
• Recommendation type
• Description
• Estimated savings
• Current status

Status values may include:

• Ready
• In Progress
• Pending
• Review

Use this section to prioritize cloud optimization initiatives with the highest potential return.

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Cost

The Cost tab provides visibility into Google Cloud Platform spending, cost distribution, spending trends, and service-level cost changes. It helps users:

• Monitor cloud expenditure
• Identify anomalies
• Understand which services contribute most to overall spend

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Accessing the Cost Tab

1. Navigate to Cloud Provider Metrics from the left navigation menu.
2. Select GCP Analytics.
3. Click the Cost tab.

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Time Period Selection

The Cost dashboard supports multiple reporting periods:

• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly

Select the desired timeframe using the period selector located in the upper-right corner of the page.

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Month Spend

The Month Spend card displays spending information for the current billing period.

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Metrics Available

• Current: Total spend incurred during the current billing period.
• Previous: Spend recorded during the previous comparable period.
• Change: Percentage increase or decrease compared to the previous period.

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Purpose

Use this card to:

• Understand overall spending performance
• Compare current costs against historical values

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End of Month Forecast

The End of Month Forecast card provides projected spending based on current consumption patterns.

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Metrics Available

• Projected: Estimated total spend at the end of the billing cycle.
• Run Rate: Average spend per day.
• Days Left: Number of remaining days in the billing cycle.

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Purpose

Use forecast data to:

• Anticipate monthly cloud expenditure
• Identify potential budget overruns before the billing period ends

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Spend Trajectory

The Spend Trajectory chart displays spending trends over time.

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Metrics Displayed

• Monthly Spend
• Cumulative Spend

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Purpose

Use this visualization to:

• Monitor spending growth trends
• Compare monthly spending patterns
• Understand cumulative cloud expenditure over time
• Identify periods with significant cost increases

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Spend Composition

The Spend Composition section provides a breakdown of cloud costs by GCP service.

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Information Displayed

Examples include:

• Compute Engine
• BigQuery
• Kubernetes Engine
• Cloud SQL
• Cloud Storage
• Networking

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Purpose

Use this section to:

• Identify major cost contributors
• Understand cost distribution across services
• Support optimization and cost-reduction initiatives

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Detected Anomalies

The Detected Anomalies section highlights unusual spending behavior that exceeds expected baselines.

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Information Displayed

• Service where the anomaly was detected
• Actual spend observed during the selected period
• Expected or baseline spend value
• Comparison between actual spend and expected spend

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Purpose

Use anomaly detection to:

• Investigate unexpected cost spikes
• Identify abnormal resource consumption
• Prevent excessive cloud expenditure
• Improve cost governance and monitoring

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Top Movers Detail

The Top Movers Detail section provides service-level cost comparisons between the current and previous reporting periods.

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Information Displayed

• Service name
• Current period spend
• Previous period spend
• Absolute increase or decrease in spend
• Percentage increase or decrease compared to the previous period

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Purpose

Use this section to:

• Identify services driving cost increases
• Track spending reductions
• Analyze period-over-period cost changes
• Prioritize optimization efforts for high-growth services

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Interpretation

• Positive values indicate increased spending.
• Negative values indicate reduced spending.
• Significant changes may warrant further investigation to determine the underlying cause.

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ROI Settings Guide

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Overview

The ROI Settings module allows organizations to configure cost and productivity assumptions used for ROI calculations across:

• LLM tools
• AI coding tools
• PR reviews
• Cursor usage metrics

These settings help estimate:

• Productivity improvements
• Development time savings
• Human effort reduction
• Operational cost optimization
• AI adoption impact

The ROI Settings feature is available under the Settings module.

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Navigate to ROI Settings

1. Open the Engineering Metrics Dashboard.
2. Navigate to Settings from the left sidebar.
3. Open the ROI Settings section.

The ROI Settings page contains the following tabs:

• LLM Settings
• AI Coding Tool Settings
• PR Settings
• Cursor Settings