Cloudability - Getting Started

Prerequisites

• You must already have access to Cloudability. See Cloudability - Accessing Cloudability for more details

• Login to Cloudability with your netid@wisc.edu using https://app.apptio.com/cloudability

Step 1 – Set Your Default View

Views control what data you can see (account ids, or billing customer IDs). Setting a default View ensures Cloudability opens to the right data automatically.

1. In Cloudability in the top right click on the person icon and select Manage Profile.

2. Then click on preferences and select your default view and click save settings. 

3. This sets the default view when you login you can change views using the view switcher in the top right

4. More documentation on views can be found here Cloudability - Views

Step 2 – Set Your Default Dashboard

Dashboards provide a quick visual summary of spend, utilization, . Setting a default makes your preferred dashboard the landing page after login.

1. In Cloudability make sure you are in My Dashboard on the left navigation bar

2. Click on the 4 squares icon to the right of the star this will show you the manage dashboards page

3. Click into them to see what they look like and the data they provide

4. Find the one you want to be your default 

5. On the manage dashboard page click the house symbol on the dashboard that you want to be the default and this will set the default

6. More documentation on dashboards can be found here Cloudability - Dashboards

Next Steps

• Cloudability - Documentation Index– list of all UW Cloudability guides (Dashboards, Reports, Alerts, Budgets, Recommendations, etc.).