Financial alerts

Get real-time financial anomalies alerts across your environment and keep your cloud bill in check

PerfectScale Financial Alerts allow users to set up cost and waste alerts, notifying them when exceeding thresholds. This enables proactive cost management and resource optimization, helping teams stay within budget and reduce unnecessary spending.

How to configure financial alerts

To start receiving financial alerts, create a Financial Alerts Rule. Check the following instructions to complete the setup.

Financial alerts dashboard

Clicking on a specific alert will navigate you to the trend report, providing deeper insights for further analysis.

Financial alerts dashhboard

Column	Description
Status	Indicates the alert status (Active or Inactive). Use filters to focus on the most important aspects.
Alert Details	Displays the name of the financial alert profile. Filter and display of alerts by specific profile name. Multiselect is available.
Scope	Indicates the metric (Cost or Waste) for triggering an alert. Use filters to focus on the most important aspects.
Period	Indicates the timeframe over which the metric will be evaluated. Filter and display of alerts by specific period. Multiselect is available.
Target	Indicates the object for triggering an alert. Filter and display of alerts by specific target. Multiselect is available.
Value	Displays the reached $ amount. Sortable in ascending/descending order.
Threshold	Displays the defined condition for triggering the alert. Sortable in ascending/descending order.
Cluster	Displays clusters associated with alerts. Customize the view by selecting a cluster to see relevant alerts. Multiselect is available.
Namespace	Displays namespaces associated with alerts. Customize the view by selecting a namespace to see relevant alerts. Multiselect is available.
Workload	Displays workloads associated with alerts. Customize the view by selecting a workload to see relevant alerts. Multiselect is available.
Acknowledged by	Indicates whether a team member has taken ownership of a particular alert and displays the user's name. Filter and display acknowledged alerts, acknowledged alerts by specific users, or unacknowledged alerts. Multiselect is available. Learn more about Alerts Acknowledgement here.
Date	Displays the alert creation date.
Notification	Displays the channel through which the notification about the alert was sent. Filter and display of alerts by specific notification channels. Multiselect is available.