GCP Lens
GCP Lens provides a way for you to consistently measure your Google Cloud workloads against best practices and identify areas for improvement.
Required Permissions: Cloud Analytics
Access GCP Lens dashboard
The GCP Lens dashboard is automatically created when Google Cloud workloads are detected in your accounts. It consists of several preset report widgets that highlight various aspects of your Google Cloud spend.
To access the GKE Lens dashboard, select Dashboard from the top navigation bar, and then select GCP Lens.
Widgets
Widgets on the dashboard are updated independently of each other. See Refresh report data for more information.
You can Open full report to check the report configuration or customize the preset report to create your own one.
Spend History
Shows a high-level view of your Google Cloud spend in the last 12 months with forecast for the next 12 months. It's an aggregated view of your usage trend and the associated cost across your organization.
Report configuration:
- Metric: Cost
- Aggregation: Total
- Advanced Analysis: Forecast
- Time Interval: Month
- Time Range: Last 12 months
- Group by:
- Cloud: equals
Google Cloud
- Cloud: equals
Cost By Top Service
Shows the top 10 Google Cloud services by cost in the last six months. It allows you to quickly identify the usage patterns of top services and unusual costs that you may want to investigate.
Report configuration:
- Metric: Cost
- Aggregation: Total
- Time Interval: Month
- Time Range: Last 6 months
- Group by: Service
- Filters:
- Metric filter: Cost > US$0.00
- Top/bottom results: Service—Limit to top 10 by cost
- Cloud: equals
Google Cloud
Cost By Top Projects
Shows the top 10 Google Cloud projects by cost in the last six months.
Report configuration:
- Metric: Cost
- Aggregation: Total
- Time Interval: Month
- Time Range: Last 6 months
- Group by: Project/Account ID
- Filters:
- Top/bottom results: Service—Limit to top 10 by cost
- Cloud: equals
Google Cloud
Cost By Top Regions
Shows the top 10 Google Cloud regions by cost in the last 30 days, aggregated to monthly data.
Report configuration:
- Metric: Cost
- Aggregation: Total
- Time Interval: Month
- Time Range: Last 30 days
- Group by:
- Region: not equals
[Region N/A]
- Region: not equals
- Filters:
- Top/bottom results: Service—Limit to top 10 by cost
- Cloud: equals
Google Cloud
CUD Coverage (CPU)
Shows the coverage of eligible CPU resources with committed use discounts (CUDs) by region.
Report configuration:
- Metric: GCE CUD Coverage
- Aggregation: Total
- Time Interval: Day
- Time Range: Last 30 days
- Exclude partial intervals: Yes
- Group by: Billing Account, Region, CUD Type
- Filters:
- Metric filter: GCE CUD Coverage > 0%
- Cloud: equals
Google Cloud
- Service: equals
Compute Engine (GCE)
- Attribution: is one of
GCP CUD Commitments
orGCP Eligible for CUD
(see Preset attributions for details) - GCE Resource: equals
cpu
CUD Coverage (RAM)
Shows the coverage of eligible memory resources with committed use discounts (CUDs) by region.
Report configuration:
- Metric: GCE CUD Coverage
- Aggregation: Total
- Time Interval: Day
- Time Range: Last 30 days
- Exclude partial intervals: Yes
- Group by: Billing Account, Region, CUD Type
- Filters:
- Metric filter: GCE CUD Coverage > 0%
- Cloud: equals
Google Cloud
- Service: equals
Compute Engine (GCE)
- Attribution: is one of
GCP CUD Commitments
orGCP Eligible for CUD
(see Preset attributions for details) - GCE Resource: equals
memory