Explorer Console Guide

This page provides a complete guide to using the Cost Explorer section of the Namirasoft Cost Console. It explains how to view, analyze, and filter your cost and usage data for Namirasoft pay-as-you-go services. Use this guide to interpret the charts, understand the cost parameters, and manage your spending insights efficiently.

What Is Cost Explorer?

Cost Explorer is a built-in analytics tool in Namirasoft Cost that helps you visualize how much you are spending across Namirasoft pay-as-you-go applications. It displays total costs, average daily spending, and usage counts, along with visual charts that make it easy to identify trends and changes in your consumption patterns over time.

 

Why Cost and Usage Tracking Matters

Monitoring cost and usage is essential for maintaining visibility and control over your expenses. Without a clear view of how much you are spending and where your usage comes from, it becomes difficult to optimize resources or anticipate future charges. The Cost Explorer provides that visibility by giving you transparent and data-driven insights into all your active Namirasoft services.

 

How Namirasoft Cost Helps You Monitor Usage and Spending

Namirasoft Cost collects and organizes usage-based cost data from all Namirasoft pay-as-you-go services, including Namirasoft Bill Watch, Namirasoft Log, Namirasoft Field, and Namirasoft Secret. Within Cost Explorer, you can view your overall costs, apply filters and parameters, and examine cost details for specific products or time periods.

 

Overview of Cost Explorer Panels and Options

The sections below explain each part of the Cost Explorer in detail. Understanding these panels will help you interpret spending data, set parameters, and analyze how your costs evolve over time.

• Workspace (Enum): A Workspace represents your selected working environment or project space within Namirasoft. When you choose a workspace in the Cost Estimator, the system filters cost data or estimates according to that workspace’s active services and usage scope.

• Product (Enum): The Product field refers to the Namirasoft pay-as-you-go service you want to estimate or review costs for (such as Bill Watch, Log, Field, or Secret). Selecting a product ensures the estimator uses the correct pricing model and cost formula specific to that application.

• Sales Item (Enum): A Sales Item is an individual chargeable component or feature within a product. This selection helps the estimator break down costs at a more detailed level, showing how each component contributes to the total charge.

• Offer (Enum): The Offer defines a specific pricing plan or package available for a product. Different offers may include promotional rates, volume discounts, or pay-as-you-go pricing.

• Offer Item (Enum): An Offer Item represents a specific billing component or usage metric within the selected Offer. Selecting an Offer Item lets you filter or view costs based on that precise billing component.

• Entity (Enum): An Entity represents a specific component or unit within a Namirasoft product. Selecting an entity in the Cost Explorer allows you to view or explore costs for that particular unit, helping you understand how individual product components contribute to overall spending.

• Resource (Enum): A Resource represents the specific asset or component associated with the selected Entity. Choosing a Resource allows you to view or filter costs tied to that unit for detailed tracking.

• Usage (Enum): Usage represents the measurable activity or resource consumption that drives cost calculation. Depending on the product, usage can be based on one or more of the following categories:

 

• Time: Refers to duration-based usage, such as how long a service or process was active. Costs may scale hourly, daily, or monthly.

 

• Storage: Measures how much data was stored or retained over a given period. Costs depend on total storage volume (e.g., GB per month).

 

• Read: Counts how many data retrievals, API calls, or record reads occurred. This metric is common for applications that charge per data access or query operation.

• Dimension (Enum): The Dimension option lets you categorize and group cost results by a specific dimension. Grouping helps you visualize and compare costs across different segments, improving analysis and understanding of where your spending occurs.

• Granularity (Enum): Granularity determines how detailed your time-based cost breakdown will be. You can choose to view costs by day, week, month, or year. Selecting finer granularity (like daily) gives more precise trends, while broader granularity (like yearly) provides a general overview.

• Period (DateTime): Period refers to each individual time segment within the selected range, based on your chosen granularity. For instance, if you select “Month” as the granularity, each period represents a single month. It helps you analyze changes and trends within distinct time blocks.

• Total Amount (Integer): The Total Amount displays the total cost for a selected period, workspace, or configuration. In the Explorer, this shows the calculated charge based on your usage and selected parameters.

• Total Count (Integer): The Total Count shows how many individual usage events or records contributed to the total cost within the selected range. It provides context behind the total amount, helping you understand what volume of activity generated the associated cost.

• From Date (DateTime): The From Date sets the starting point of your cost or usage period. This is the earliest date from which the system begins collecting and calculating data for your estimate or report.

• To Date (DateTime): The To Date marks the endpoint of your cost or usage period. It defines the latest point in time included in the estimation. Combined with the “From Date,” it helps you view or estimate costs within a specific timeframe.