How do I get to Budgeting & Forecasting?

What are the primary reasons to use Budgeting & Forecasting?

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How do I get to Budgeting & Forecasting?

You can access Budgeting & Forecasting from Analytics. To get to Budgeting & Forecasting you have two options:

Option 1

1. Go to the Analytics landing page and click on the Perspective perspective for which you want to see forecasts and/or budgets.
2. Click on Budgeting & Forecasting at the top of the page.

Option 2

1. Go to the Analytics landing page and find the Perspective perspective you want to access Budgeting & Forecasting for.
2. Click on the drill-down graphic under the Forecasted Cost column to take you directly to the relevant forecast.

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What are the primary reasons to use Budgeting & Forecasting?

The main benefits of using Yotascale to track your budgets are:

• Track your budgets inline with other analytics for your AWS spend (costs, anomalies, recommendations, etc.)
• Track your budgets vs your actual historical AWS spend
• Weekly notifications of how you are doing with respect to your budget given the context of your business

The main benefits of using Yotascale to forecast your AWS spend are:

• Help plan your budgets given your historical costs
• Answer questions about “How are we looking for next month/quarter, this year, etc?”
• Predict when intervention is needed to ensure your budgets are not exceeded