Viewing Allocations
Allocations are budgets that organization admins create and share. This page covers what users with access can see. To create and manage allocations, see Allocations.
Navigation
In the sidebar, under Monitor, click Allocations. The My allocations tab lists every allocation shared with you (organization admins see all of them). Each row shows the allocation's Total, Used, Estimated, Remaining, and % Used.
Reading an allocation
Click an allocation's name to open its details page.
Definition
- Type — Managed allocation (in U.S. dollars, rated by the platform) or Custom allocation (in a custom unit such as core-hours).
- Allowed resource types — the kinds of resources the allocation can fund: cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle, OpenStack), Kubernetes, and AI. All resource types means there's no restriction.
- Unit — USD, or the custom unit.
Budget
- Total — the budget set by an admin. For an allocation with periods, the amount of the period that covers today.
- Used — confirmed spend: invoiced cloud costs from your cloud providers plus usage recorded against the allocation. Cloud invoices typically arrive a few hours to a day after the usage.
- Estimated — Used plus real-time estimates for resources that are still running and not yet invoiced. Estimates only apply to USD allocations.
- Remaining and Usage — what is left of the Total.
For an allocation with periods, Used and Estimated only count spend in the period that covers today, and the Periods section lists each period's amount. Budget left at the end of a period doesn't carry over to the next one. An active period that ends within 30 days shows Ends in N days.
Events
If you're an admin of the allocation, the Events tab lists changes to it and the threshold levels it has crossed.
Associated resource groups
The resource groups funded by this allocation. Click one you have access to in order to open it.
Budget status
Resource groups and resources show a status badge when their allocation needs attention:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| No budget | The allocation's Total is 0. New resources cannot start until an admin sets a budget. A budget of 0 means no budget, not unlimited. |
| No active period | None of the allocation's periods covers today. New resources cannot start until an admin adds or extends a period. |
| Budget used up | The allocation, or one above it, has used its whole budget. Nothing new can bill it. |
| Not chargeable | The allocation only holds budget for the allocations under it. Pick one of its sub-allocations instead. |
| Over the N% threshold | Usage passed one of your organization's allocation thresholds. You may get a cost alert. |
| Budget exceeded | Usage passed a threshold that freezes new work. Running resources keep running, but nothing new can start or be moved onto the allocation until an admin raises the budget. |
| Shutdown | If the threshold also shuts resources down, clusters and instances in resource groups on the allocation are stopped. Storage is kept. |
Viewing usage in Reports
In the sidebar, under Monitor, click Reports to chart an allocation's spend over time. See Allocation Cost Dashboard for the full guide.
- Select an Allocation. The list shows the allocations you can access.
- Choose a Time range and how to Group by: Type, Subtype, User, or SKU.
- For USD allocations, leave Include realtime estimates on to include running resources that haven't been invoiced yet.
Cloud costs that carry no username (for example, shared account charges) are shown under your organization's default billing username, if one is set.
Allocations in pw code and AI
Organization AI providers also draw from allocations. See Models & Allocations for choosing an allocation in pw code.