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Determine Effective Savings Rate by Service

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Context

This use cases focuses on Effective Savings Rate (ESR) per Service.

The Effective Savings Rate is a KPI to track the efficiency of using commitment-based discounts. The KPI calculation is (Contracted Cost – Effective Cost) / Contracted Cost)

FOCUS Columns

FOCUS SQL Query

SELECT
  ProviderName,
  ContractedUnitPrice,
  PricingQuantity,
  EffectiveCost,
  ((ListCost - EffectiveCost)/ListCost) AS ESROverList,
  ((ContractedUnitPrice - EffectiveCost)/ContractedUnitPrice) AS ESROverContract
FROM focus_data_table
WHERE ChargePeriodStart >= ? and ChargePeriodEnd  < ?
Related KPIs
Effective Savings Rate Percentage

Return on investment metric of all commitment discounts.

Effective Average Compute Cost per Core

Track average cost, after amortization of unused commitment discounts, of each Core per calendar month.

Related Personas
FinOps Practitioner
Related Capabilities
Reporting & Analytics