Showback (Cost) and Chargeback (Price) Dashboards for vRealize Operations 8.2 and Cloud

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Use these vRealize Operations dashboards and reports to showback the cost of VMs and vSphere Pods and to chargeback the price of VMs.

Screenshots

Dashboard: Showback (VM Cost)

Dashboard: Showback (vSphere Pod Cost)

Dashboard: Chargeback (VM Price)

Dashboard: VM Cost vs. Price

Installation

1. Import the views at Dashboards / Views / Import...
   
2. Click Browse... then select the file named Views.zip
3. The included views are listed in the Views section
4. Import the dashboard at Dashboards / Manage Dashboards / ... / Import Dashboards
   
5. Click Browse... then select the file named Dashboards.zip
6. The included dashboards are listed in the Dashboards section
7. Import the reports at Dashboards / Reports / Import...
   
8. Click Browse... then select the file named Reports.zip
9. The included reports are listed in the Reports section

Dashboards

Dashboard Name	Dashboard Path
Showback (VM Cost)	Shared Dashboards (GBrandon)/Cost
Showback (vSphere Pod Cost)	Shared Dashboards (GBrandon)/Cost
Chargeback (VM Price)	Shared Dashboards (GBrandon)/Price
VM Cost vs. Price	Shared Dashboards (GBrandon)/Price

Views

View Name	Dashboard	Name on Dashboard	View Type
Cost | VM Cost Summary	Showback (VM Cost)	Cost Summary (This Month)	Summary
Cost | VM Cost Summary Pie	Showback (VM Cost)	VM Cost Distribution (Top 100)	Distribution
Cost | VM Potential Savings	Showback (VM Cost)	Potential Savings (Top 20)	Distribution
Cost | VM Cost Detail	Showback (VM Cost)	Members of the Group (Select to View Trend)	List
Cost | VM Cost Trend	Showback (VM Cost)	Cost Trend of Selected VM	Trend
Cost | vSphere Pod Cost Summary	Showback (vSphere Pod Cost)	Cost Summary (This Month)	Summary
Cost | vSphere Pod Cost Summary Pie	Showback (vSphere Pod Cost)	vSphere Pod Cost Distribution (Top 100)	Distribution
Cost | vSphere Pod Cost for Idle vSphere Pods	Showback (vSphere Pod Cost)	Idle vSphere Pods	List
Cost | vSphere Pod Cost Detail	Showback (vSphere Pod Cost)	Members of the Group (Select to View Trend)	List
Cost | vSphere Pod Cost Trend	Showback (VM Cost)	Cost Trend of Selected vSphere Pod	Trend
Price | VM Price Summary	Chargeback (VM Price)	Price Summary of Selected Group	Summary
Price | VM Price Summary Pie	Chargeback (VM Price)	VM Price Distribution (Top 100)	Distribution
Price | VM Price for Powered Off VMs	Chargeback (VM Price)	Powered Off VMs	List
Price | VM Price for Idle VMs	Chargeback (VM Price)	Idle VMs	List
Price | VMs with Snapshots	Chargeback (VM Price)	VM with Snapshots	List
Price | VM Price Detail	Chargeback (VM Price)	Price of VMs in Selected Object	List
VM Cost vs. Price | VM Cost and Price Summary	VM Cost vs. Price	Summary (Month to Date)	Summary
VM Cost vs. Price | VM Cost and Price Details	VM Cost vs. Price	Members of the Group (Select to View Trend)	List
VM Cost vs. Price | VM Daily Cost and Price Trend	VM Cost vs. Price	Daily Cost and Daily Price	Trend

Reports

Report Name
Showback (VM Cost)
Showback (vSphere Pod Cost)
Chargeback (VM Price)

Support

This dashboard requires vRealize Operation 8.2 Advanced or Enterprise edition or vRealize Operations Cloud.

Please open an issue for feedback.

Changelog

2020-11-11

• Initial release