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Monitoring executions of download and reporting jobs

The Job Executions dashboard displays status information on each type of job that Cloud Insights executes. The various jobs download, store, and analyze cost and usage data and generate reports that present actionable recommendations.

Reports on the Job Executions dashboard

The Job Executions dashboard displays reports on the jobs that Cloud Insights executes.

The dashboard is available only to the Cloud Insights Admin.
To specify the time period that the reports should cover, use the Date Range filter.
Click any report to view status and log data for executions.
Billing Download jobs download, organize, and store billing data for your payer account on the schedule that you specify. The system analyzes the data to generate reports and to make recommendations for changes in your cloud operations that can lead to cost savings.
A Price Sheet Download job downloads and stores price sheet data. The Rightsizing and Unused Machines processes use price sheet data when generating recommendations.
Spend jobs analyze cost and usage data to generate analytics reports on your cloud costs and trends.
Each successful execution of a Billing Download job triggers the Business Hours, Rightsizing, and Unused Machines jobs to analyze spend and usage data and to update the actionable recommendations in reports.
The Cloud Discovery process triggers Unassigned Resources analysis and updates recommendations in reports.

Accessing the Job Executions dashboard

Use one of the following methods to view the reports:

Navigate to Cloud Insights > Monitoring > Job Executions.
Navigate to Cloud Insights > Home and then click the Job Executions button.

Table 1. Reports on the Job Executions dashboard
Job execution type	Description
Billing Downloads	A Billing Download job is a series of processes that download and store billing data. Each successful execution updates the billing data tables and CIs in the CMDB and sets off Spend, Rightsizing, and Business Hours executions.
Price Sheet Downloads	A Price Sheet Download job downloads and stores price sheet data.
Spend	A Spend execution is a series of processes that analyze spend and usage data and then generate Spend reports. Each update of billing data triggers the Rightsizing, Unused Machines, and Business Hours jobs.
Rightsizing / Unused	A Rightsizing job analyzes spend and usage data, applies pricing discounts, generates recommendations to resize resources that are wasting money by being over-provisioned or underused, resizes approved resources, and updates reports. An Unused Machines job analyzes spend and usage data, generates recommendations to terminate or stop unused machines, terminates or stops approved machines, and updates reports. Each update of billing data triggers the Rightsizing, Unused Machines, and Business Hours jobs.
Business Hours	A Business Hours execution is a series of processes that apply policies to spend and usage data and generate Business Hours recommendations and update reports. Each update of billing data triggers the Rightsizing, Unused Machines, and Business Hours jobs.
Unassigned	An Unassigned execution is a series of processes that apply policies to usage data, generate Unassigned Resources recommendations and update reports. The Cloud Discovery process triggers Unassigned Resources analysis and updates recommendations in reports.

Job execution logs

When you click any report on the dashboard, the list of execution records with the selected job execution status appears.

In Progress: The job is executing (running).
Failed: At least one of the processes that the job performs failed to run to completion.
Canceled: A user canceled the job before it could run to completion.
Completed: The job ran to completion successfully.

Billing Download jobs

The following example shows a Billing Download Executions table for a failed execution. The execution records can help you to determine why a particular execution failed. Each execution has an associated progress bar.

Example of Billing Download Executions list

The execution of a billing job proceeds in several stages. Each stage performs one or more actions on the data (import data, sort the data, update the CMDB, store the data, and so on). For example, the Post-Import of Billing Data stage reconciles the resource identifiers from the billing data with the corresponding CIs in the CMDB. Each execution record in the list identifies the stage that is currently running or the last stage that ran. Click an execution Start time to view the stages that make up the execution. In the following example, the execution failed in the Importing Billing Data stage.

Click a stage to view its details. Click an extension to view the execution details for the extension.

The Extension Executions (Download Cloud Integrations AWS Cost Usage Report and CI Placement Extension) show the extensions that ran as part of the stage. Each stage has logs and each log has a level.

Price Sheet Download Executions logs

Click an execution in the list to view the execution items for the execution.

Note: The End time field is populated even if the execution hasn't reached an ending state. In this case, the value represents the last time the execution stage record was updated with duration, progress, and percent complete information.

Example list of Price Sheet Download executions

The execution of a Price Sheet Download Execution job proceeds as multiple execution items. Each execution item imports and stores the price sheet for one region.

Example list of execution items for the execution of a Price Sheet Download job

Customizing the Job Executions dashboard

Because the Job Executions dashboard is a standard report, you can change the reports or add or rearrange widgets as needed. Click the + icon to customize the page. If you customize the page, keep in mind that the invisible building block near the top of the page is there to ensure that the rows in the reports line up neatly.

Invisible building block that appears on the Job Executions dashboard when you add or rearrange widgets

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Monitoring executions of download and reporting jobs

Reports on the Job Executions dashboard

The Job Executions dashboard displays reports on the jobs that Cloud Insights executes.

The dashboard is available only to the Cloud Insights Admin.
To specify the time period that the reports should cover, use the Date Range filter.
Click any report to view status and log data for executions.
Billing Download jobs download, organize, and store billing data for your payer account on the schedule that you specify. The system analyzes the data to generate reports and to make recommendations for changes in your cloud operations that can lead to cost savings.
A Price Sheet Download job downloads and stores price sheet data. The Rightsizing and Unused Machines processes use price sheet data when generating recommendations.
Spend jobs analyze cost and usage data to generate analytics reports on your cloud costs and trends.
Each successful execution of a Billing Download job triggers the Business Hours, Rightsizing, and Unused Machines jobs to analyze spend and usage data and to update the actionable recommendations in reports.
The Cloud Discovery process triggers Unassigned Resources analysis and updates recommendations in reports.

Accessing the Job Executions dashboard

Use one of the following methods to view the reports:

Navigate to Cloud Insights > Monitoring > Job Executions.
Navigate to Cloud Insights > Home and then click the Job Executions button.

Table 1. Reports on the Job Executions dashboard
Job execution type	Description
Billing Downloads	A Billing Download job is a series of processes that download and store billing data. Each successful execution updates the billing data tables and CIs in the CMDB and sets off Spend, Rightsizing, and Business Hours executions.
Price Sheet Downloads	A Price Sheet Download job downloads and stores price sheet data.
Spend	A Spend execution is a series of processes that analyze spend and usage data and then generate Spend reports. Each update of billing data triggers the Rightsizing, Unused Machines, and Business Hours jobs.
Rightsizing / Unused	A Rightsizing job analyzes spend and usage data, applies pricing discounts, generates recommendations to resize resources that are wasting money by being over-provisioned or underused, resizes approved resources, and updates reports. An Unused Machines job analyzes spend and usage data, generates recommendations to terminate or stop unused machines, terminates or stops approved machines, and updates reports. Each update of billing data triggers the Rightsizing, Unused Machines, and Business Hours jobs.
Business Hours	A Business Hours execution is a series of processes that apply policies to spend and usage data and generate Business Hours recommendations and update reports. Each update of billing data triggers the Rightsizing, Unused Machines, and Business Hours jobs.
Unassigned	An Unassigned execution is a series of processes that apply policies to usage data, generate Unassigned Resources recommendations and update reports. The Cloud Discovery process triggers Unassigned Resources analysis and updates recommendations in reports.

Job execution logs

When you click any report on the dashboard, the list of execution records with the selected job execution status appears.

In Progress: The job is executing (running).
Failed: At least one of the processes that the job performs failed to run to completion.
Canceled: A user canceled the job before it could run to completion.
Completed: The job ran to completion successfully.

Billing Download jobs

Click a stage to view its details. Click an extension to view the execution details for the extension.

Price Sheet Download Executions logs

Click an execution in the list to view the execution items for the execution.

The execution of a Price Sheet Download Execution job proceeds as multiple execution items. Each execution item imports and stores the price sheet for one region.

Customizing the Job Executions dashboard

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Reports on the Job Executions dashboard

Accessing the Job Executions dashboard

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Billing Download jobs

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Customizing the Job Executions dashboard

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