Allocation Thresholds
This page explains how to set and monitor allocations for your organization's groups. When a group reaches its allocation total, its users will no longer be able to start clusters.
You can also set custom allocation thresholds for your organization. This feature can alert users when their group approaches its allocation total as well as freeze or shut down clusters when an allocation total is reached.
Note
The steps included on this page can only be completed by ACTIVATE platform administrators and users with the org:admin role. For more information, please see About Group Roles.
Setting Allocations
From the Organizations list, select your organization. In the sidebar, under Managing Groups, click Groups.
On the Groups page, click Edit allocations.
Enter a value in a group's Allocation field. This number is measured in U.S. dollars.
Click Save allocations.
Once you've set an allocation total, a group's accumulated costs will appear in the Allocation used column.
Setting Allocation Thresholds
From the Organizations list, select your organization. In the sidebar, under Billing, click Thresholds.
Click Add.
Configure Allocation Thresholds
You can configure your allocation threshold with the settings outlined below.
Threshold(%)
Use this field to set the allocation threshold as a percentage from 0 to 100. For example, if a group's allocation total is $5,000, an 85% threshold will affect users when their total spend reaches $4,250.
Use realtime data
Use this toggle button to enable real-time cost tracking for your threshold.
By default, this option is set to No. If you don't enable real-time cost tracking, the cost tracking will be calculated using the true cost data from CSPs.
Actions
Use these checkboxes to select the actions for your threshold. Options include:
- Notify: Users receive an alert via email.
- Freeze: Users will not be able to start new clusters.
- Shutdown: All clusters will be shut down.
You can select more than one action at a time for your threshold alert, especially if you want users to receive a notification for freeze or shutdown.
Note
The Shutdown action only shuts down clusters. It does not delete storage or any other resources.
Send to Group
Use this toggle button to send the alert email to all users in a group whenever it reaches its allocation threshold.
By default, this option is set to Yes.
Extra Recipients
Use this field to enter email addresses for additional users who will receive the threshold alert email.
About Alerts
If you want users to be notified about a threshold for the freeze or shutdown actions, you have to add the notify action too.
Save Allocation Thresholds
After you've customized the settings above, click Save Allocation Threshold.
Your new allocation threshold will appear in the Thresholds list.
Editing Allocation Thresholds
In the Thresholds list, hover over a threshold and click the edit icon to change it.
Next, you'll see the threshold's configuration page, where you can edit any of the settings in Threshold Configuration above.
Click Save Allocation Threshold when you're done making changes.
Deleting Allocation Thresholds
To remove a threshold, open its row menu and click Delete.
