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Using Tools

Buttonwood Central provides a number of tools which enable visibility of factors outside of direct usage which may affect monthly invoices.

These tools are:

  • Exchange rate tracking
  • Instance price tracking

Accessing Tools

This section describes the steps required to access tools in Buttonwood Central.

Procedure Steps

  1. Login to Buttonwood Central
  2. Navigate to Tools
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  3. Select the required tool

Exchange Rates

The Exchange Rates screen displays a list of currencies and how they have tracked over a period of 50 days against the US Dollar. Depending on the Cloud provider, organisation can be charged in different currencies, and currency fluctuations can have a significant impact on monthly invoices. 

The changing rate of the US Dollar against the local currency may cause invoices to vary greatly on a month to month basis, hence exchange rate trends are important when tracking and understanding fluctuations in cloud spend.

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Additional Operations

  • Hovering over the Rate History graph provides a point-in-time currency value for the selected date.
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Instance Pricing

The Instance Pricing screen displays up-to-date costs of instances set by the cloud providers.

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Additional Operations

  • Use the filter toolbox to present only instances that are of interest
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