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You can improve your forecast accuracy by providing Cloud Capital with more information about how each of your Cost Layers changes over time.

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Projection Types to Choose From

There are many Projection Types to choose from.
  • Auto: (Default) Cloud Capital black-box model incorporating historical data and any available signal.
  • Trend: future consumption will be based entirely on previous billing period trend.
  • Fixed Percentage: Cost Layer grows indefinitely at a defined rate each period.
  • Flat: Consumption does not change over time. Costs account for number of days in a billing period. Useful for fixed infrastructure or pre-production environments.
  • Automatic Correlation with Business Metric: Costs will scale in relation to a user-provided Business Metric. Cloud Capital will infer the correlation coefficient.
  • Correlated 1:1 with Business Metric: Costs will scale in relation to a user-provided Business Metric with 1:1 correlation.
Projection Type Options

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How to Select a Projection Type

Note: Choose the Projection Type in that most accurately describes how your Cost Layer will grow over time. You can make a selection at any level of your Cost Layer hierarchy.
To modify the Projection Type on a given Cost Layer, click the Projection Type indicator in the Cost Layer table to open the dialog. How to Choose a Projection Type You can choose a Projection Type at any level of the Cost Layer hierarchy. At any level a selection is made, Cost Layers further down the hierarchy will inherit the selected Projection Type. Cost Layers above the layer where a selection is made will aggregate the selections of their children.