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Cost Explorer

The Cost Explorer provides a detailed and interactive view of your cloud spending and usage patterns in WiLine Edge Cloud (WEC).

From this page, you can:

  • Analyze cost distribution across resources
  • Track daily spending trends
  • Identify high-cost resources and offerings
  • Export detailed cost reports

Access the Cost Explorer​

After logging in to the WiLine Edge Cloud:

  1. Navigate to Management → Billing → Cost Explorer

When you open the page, you will see a dashboard with multiple cost insights and interactive charts.

Cost Summary​

At the top, you will find a summary of your current costs:

Cost summary
Figure 1: Cost summary showing current usage and billing totals.

  • CPU Hours Cost — total compute cost (e.g., $0.64)
  • Storage Cost — total storage usage (e.g., $2.53)
  • IP Addresses Cost — cost of public IPs (e.g., $0.99)
  • Current Bill — total for the current billing period (e.g., $4.16)

This gives you a quick overview of where your money is being spent.
Use this summary to quickly identify which resource categories are driving your current bill.

Daily Cost Analysis​

Daily cost analysis
Figure 2: Daily cost analysis chart.

This section shows your daily spending over time using a bar chart.

You can:

  • Hover over or click a bar to see resource-level breakdowns
  • Identify spikes in spending
  • Track cost stability over time

Key Insights​

  • Avg Daily Cost — average daily spend (e.g., $0.32)
  • Highest Day — peak spending day (e.g., $1.12 on Apr 9)
  • Top Resource — resource category with highest cost (e.g., Storage)
  • Most Used Offering — most utilized instance type
  • Total Usage Hours — total compute usage time
  • Most Expensive Offering — highest cost resource

These metrics help you understand cost behavior, identify peak usage periods, and determine which resources are driving increases.

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Click on any bar to drill down into detailed resource usage for that specific day.

Chart Settings​

On the top-right of this section, click the Chart View icon to customize the chart.

Each view highlights a different perspective of your costs, helping you analyze resource distribution, trends, or specific offerings.

You can switch between different views:

  • Resource Breakdown — cost per resource type
  • Usage Trends — cost trends over time
  • Offerings — cost grouped by instance types

Daily Breakdown​

Daily breakdown
Figure 3: Daily breakdown table with exportable records.

This table provides a row-level breakdown of daily costs.
Click on any row to view a detailed breakdown of resources used on that day.

Each row includes:

  • Date
  • Total Cost
  • Resources — number of resources used
  • Top Offering — highest cost resource
  • Trend — cost variation

Download Records​

You can export this data:

  • Click Download Records
  • Generate a detailed report (PDF)

This is useful for:

  • Reporting
  • Auditing
  • Sharing cost data

Cost per Usage​

Cost per usage
Figure 4: Cost distribution by usage across resources and offerings.

This section shows how your costs are distributed across different resources and offerings.
Use this section to identify inefficient or high-cost resources and make optimization decisions.

Chart Types​

You can switch between:

  • Line chart — trend over time
  • Bar chart — direct comparison
  • Stacked chart — cumulative distribution

Insights​

  • Total Offerings — number of resource types
  • Total Hours — total compute hours
  • Avg Cost/Hour — average cost efficiency
  • Most Expensive Resource — highest cost contributor

Example​

  • Most expensive: s-nvme-1 ($2.53)
  • Showing cost distribution across 3 offerings

Use this section to:

  • Compare resource costs
  • Identify optimization opportunities
  • Understand usage efficiency

Key Benefits​

The Cost Explorer allows you to:

  • Gain deep visibility into cost drivers
  • Detect spending anomalies
  • Optimize resource usage and costs
  • Export reports for financial tracking

Next Steps​

  • Review daily cost trends regularly
  • Identify and optimize high-cost resources
  • Export reports for budgeting and analysis