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[DOCS-10758] Consolidate CCMTags docs
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131 changes: 73 additions & 58 deletions config/_default/menus/main.en.yaml
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parent: cloud_cost_setup
identifier: cloud_cost_custom
weight: 105
- name: Real-Time Costs
url: cloud_cost_management/setup/real_time_costs
parent: cloud_cost_setup
identifier: cloud_cost_real_time_costs
weight: 106
- name: Datadog Costs
url: cloud_cost_management/datadog_costs
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_datadog_costs
weight: 2
- name: Cost Allocation
url: cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation
- name: Tags
url: cloud_cost_management/tags
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_cost_allocation
identifier: cloud_cost_tags
weight: 3
- name: Container Costs
url: cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/container_cost_allocation/
- name: Tag Explorer
url: cloud_cost_management/tags/tag_explorer
parent: cloud_cost_tags
identifier: cloud_cost_tag_explorer
weight: 301
- name: Tag Pipelines
url: cloud_cost_management/tags/tag_pipelines
parent: cloud_cost_tags
identifier: cloud_cost_tag_pipelines
weight: 302
- name: Allocation
url: cloud_cost_management/allocation
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_cost_allocation
weight: 4
- name: Container Cost Allocation
url: cloud_cost_management/allocation/container_cost_allocation/
parent: cloud_cost_cost_allocation
identifier: cloud_cost_container_cost_allocation
weight: 301
weight: 401
- name: AWS
url: cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/container_cost_allocation/?tab=aws/
url: cloud_cost_management/allocation/container_cost_allocation/?tab=aws/
parent: cloud_cost_container_cost_allocation
identifier: cloud_cost_container_cost_allocation_aws
weight: 101
- name: Azure
url: cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/container_cost_allocation/?tab=azure
url: cloud_cost_management/allocation/container_cost_allocation/?tab=azure
parent: cloud_cost_container_cost_allocation
identifier: cloud_cost_container_cost_allocation_azure
weight: 102
- name: Google Cloud
url: cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/container_cost_allocation/?tab=google
url: cloud_cost_management/allocation/container_cost_allocation/?tab=google
parent: cloud_cost_container_cost_allocation
identifier: cloud_cost_container_cost_allocation_google
weight: 103
- name: BigQuery Costs
url: cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/bigquery/
url: cloud_cost_management/allocation/bigquery/
parent: cloud_cost_cost_allocation
identifier: cloud_cost_cost_allocationbigquery
weight: 302
weight: 402
- name: Custom Allocation Rules
url: cloud_cost_management/custom_allocation_rules
parent: cloud_cost
url: cloud_cost_management/allocation/custom_allocation_rules
parent: cloud_cost_cost_allocation
identifier: cloud_cost_custom_allocation_rules
weight: 4
weight: 403
- name: Reporting
url: cloud_cost_management/reporting
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_reporting
weight: 5
- name: Explorer
url: cloud_cost_management/reporting/explorer
parent: cloud_cost_reporting
identifier: cloud_cost_explorer
weight: 501
- name: Scheduled Cost Reports
url: cloud_cost_management/reporting/scheduled_reports
parent: cloud_cost_reporting
identifier: cloud_cost_scheduled_reports
weight: 502
- name: Reports
url: cloud_cost_management/reporting/reports
parent: cloud_cost_reporting
identifier: cloud_cost_reports
weight: 503
- name: Monitors
url: cloud_cost_management/reporting/monitors
parent: cloud_cost_reporting
identifier: cloud_cost_monitors
weight: 504
- name: Anomalies
url: cloud_cost_management/reporting/anomalies
parent: cloud_cost_reporting
identifier: cloud_cost_anomalies
weight: 505
- name: Planning
url: cloud_cost_management/planning
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_planning
weight: 5
weight: 6
- name: Budgets
url: cloud_cost_management/planning/budgets
parent: cloud_cost_planning
identifier: cloud_cost_planning_budgets
weight: 501
weight: 601
- name: Commitment Programs
url: cloud_cost_management/planning/commitment_programs
parent: cloud_cost_planning
identifier: cloud_cost_planning_commitment_programs
weight: 502
- name: Tag Pipelines
url: cloud_cost_management/tag_pipelines
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_tag_pipelines
weight: 6
- name: Tag Explorer
url: cloud_cost_management/tag_explorer
weight: 602
- name: Optimization
url: cloud_cost_management/optimization
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_tag_explorer
identifier: cloud_cost_optimization
weight: 7
- name: Multisource Querying
url: cloud_cost_management/multisource_querying
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_multisource_querying
weight: 8
- name: Reports
url: /cloud_cost_management/reports
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_reports
weight: 9
- name: Scheduled Cost Reports
url: /cloud_cost_management/reports/scheduled_reports
parent: cloud_cost_reports
identifier: cloud_cost_scheduled_reports
weight: 901
- name: Recommendations
url: cloud_cost_management/recommendations
parent: cloud_cost
parent: cloud_cost_optimization
identifier: cloud_cost_recommendations
weight: 10
weight: 401
- name: Custom Recommendations
url: cloud_cost_management/recommendations/custom_recommendations
parent: cloud_cost_recommendations
identifier: cloud_cost_custom_recommendations
weight: 1001
- name: Monitors
url: /cloud_cost_management/monitors
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_monitors
weight: 11
- name: Anomalies
url: /cloud_cost_management/anomalies
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_anomalies
weight: 12
- name: Real-Time Costs
url: cloud_cost_management/real_time_costs
parent: cloud_cost
identifier: cloud_cost_real_time_costs
weight: 13
weight: 101
- name: APM
url: tracing/
pre: apm
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[4]: /api/latest/usage-metering/#get-historical-cost-across-your-account
[5]: /account_management/plan_and_usage/cost_details/#cost-summary
[6]: /api/latest/usage-metering/#get-projected-cost-across-your-account
[7]: /cloud_cost_management/monitors/?tab=costmetricbased
[7]: /cloud_cost_management/reporting/monitors/?tab=costmetricbased
[8]: /cloud_cost_management/datadog_costs/
65 changes: 30 additions & 35 deletions content/en/cloud_cost_management/_index.md
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- link: "/monitors/types/cloud_cost/"
tag: "Documentation"
text: "Create a Cloud Cost monitor"
- link: "/cloud_cost_management/tag_pipelines/"
- link: "/cloud_cost_management/tags/"
tag: "Documentation"
text: "Learn about Tag Pipelines"
- link: "/cloud_cost_management/tag_pipelines"
tag: "Documentation"
text: "Standardize tags across Cloud Cost Management with Tag Pipelines"
text: "Learn about Tags in Cloud Cost Management"
- link: "https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/cloud-costs-study-learnings/"
tag: "Blog"
text: "Key learnings from the State of Cloud Costs study"
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## Use daily Datadog cost data

Visualize daily Datadog spending alongside related utilization metrics with a retention period of 15 months to spot potential inefficiencies and savings opportunities.
Visualize daily Datadog spending alongside related utilization metrics with a retention period of 15 months to spot potential inefficiencies and savings opportunities. Learn more about [Datadog Costs][8].

When creating a dashboard, select **Cloud Cost** as the data source for your search query.
When creating a dashboard, select **Cloud Cost** as the data source, then choose **Datadog** from the available cost types.

{{< img src="cloud_cost/datadog_costs/dashboard-updated.png" alt="Datadog costs as an option for the Cloud Cost data source in a dashboard" style="width:80%;" >}}

Optionally, you can programmatically export a timeseries graph of your Datadog cost data by using the [Metrics API][2].

## Create tag rules

Use [Tag Pipelines][5] to ensure comprehensive cost tracking by standardizing the tags across all cloud resources. This prevents any cost data from being overlooked.
## Tagging and cost allocation

{{< img src="cloud_cost/tags_addnew.png" alt="Create a tag rule in Tag Pipelines to ensure your cloud resources use standard tags" style="width:60%;" >}}
Learn how tags are sourced, enriched, and managed in Cloud Cost Management by visiting the [Tags documentation][5].

You can create tag rules to correct missing or incorrect tags and add inferred tags that align with your organization's business logic.
You can create tag rules to correct missing or incorrect tags, and add inferred tags that align with your organization's business logic.

## Create a cost monitor

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## Allocate costs

Use [Container Cost Allocation metrics][4] to discover costs associated with clusters and workloads across Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Gain visibility into pod-level costs, identify idle resource costs, and analyze costs by resource type.
Use [Container Cost Allocation metrics][4] to discover costs associated with clusters and workloads across Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, Azure, and Google Cloud. You can gain visibility into pod-level costs, identify idle resource costs, and analyze costs by resource type.

## Permissions
Two permissions are available:
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The table below describes the impact of these permissions in both Cloud Cost Management and related pages.

| Page/Functionality | Cloud Cost Management Read Permission | Cloud Cost Management Write Permission |
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| CCM Summary Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Containers Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Recommendations Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Explorer Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Plan Page | Permission Required | Permission Required to view Budgets |
| CCM Settings Page - Custom Costs | Permission Required | Permission Required to upload custom costs |
| CCM Settings Page - Tag Pipelines | Permission Required | Permission Required to create tag pipelines |
| CCM Settings Page - SaaS Integrations | Permission Required | Permission Required to enable integration for CCM |
| CCM Settings Page - Accounts | Permission Required | Permission Required to modify or create accounts |
| CCM Settings Page - Configure Recommendations | Permission Required | Permission Required to customize recommendations |
| Dashboards/Notebooks (external) | Permission Required to create and view data | N/A |
| Monitors (external) | Permission Required to create CCM monitors | N/A |
| Service Catalog (external) | Permission Required to view cost data | N/A |
| Resource Catalog (external) | Permission Required to view cost data | N/A |
| API Queries for Cost Data | Permission Required | N/A |

### Data Access Control Preview
More granular tag-level restrictions are available as part of the [Data Access Control Preview][6]. To request preview access,
please fill out [this form][7].
| Page/Functionality | Cloud Cost Management Read Permission | Cloud Cost Management Write Permission |
|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| CCM Summary Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Containers Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Recommendations Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Explorer Page | Permission Required | N/A |
| CCM Plan Page | Permission Required | Permission Required to view Budgets |
| CCM Settings Page - Custom Costs | Permission Required | Permission Required to upload custom costs |
| CCM Settings Page - Tag Pipelines | Permission Required | Permission Required to create tag pipelines |
| CCM Settings Page - SaaS Integrations | Permission Required | Permission Required to enable integration for CCM |
| CCM Settings Page - Accounts | Permission Required | Permission Required to modify or create accounts |
| CCM Settings Page - Configure Recommendations | Permission Required | Permission Required to customize recommendations |
| Dashboards/Notebooks (external) | Permission Required to create and view data | N/A |
| Monitors (external) | Permission Required to create CCM monitors | N/A |
| Service Catalog (external) | Permission Required to view cost data | N/A |
| Resource Catalog (external) | Permission Required to view cost data | N/A |
| API Queries for Cost Data | Permission Required | N/A |

### Data access control preview
More granular tag-level restrictions are available as part of the [Data Access Control Preview][6]. To request preview access, fill out [this form][7].

## Further reading

Expand All @@ -143,6 +137,7 @@ please fill out [this form][7].
[2]: /api/latest/metrics/#query-timeseries-data-across-multiple-products
[3]: /monitors/types/cloud_cost/
[4]: /cloud_cost_management/container_cost_allocation
[5]: /cloud_cost_management/tag_pipelines
[5]: /cloud_cost_management/tags/
[6]: /account_management/rbac/data_access/
[7]: https://www.datadoghq.com/product-preview/data-access-control/
[8]: /cloud_cost_management/datadog_costs
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- link: "/cloud_cost_management/"
tag: "Documentation"
text: "Learn about Cloud Cost Management"
- link: "/cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/container_cost_allocation"
- link: "/cloud_cost_management/allocation/container_cost_allocation"
tag: "Documentation"
text: "Container Cost Allocation"
- link: "/cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/bigquery"
- link: "/cloud_cost_management/allocation/bigquery"
tag: "Documentation"
text: "BigQuery Cost Allocation"
---
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{{< partial name="whats-next/whats-next.html" >}}

[1]: /cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/container_cost_allocation
[2]: /cloud_cost_management/cost_allocation/bigquery
[1]: /cloud_cost_management/allocation/container_cost_allocation
[2]: /cloud_cost_management/allocation/bigquery
[3]: https://app.datadoghq.com/cost/setup
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