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Pelanor Cost Allocation Strategies

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Cost Allocation Strategies Overview

Cost Allocation Strategies (CAS) in Pelanor let you distribute shared costs across the dimensions that matter to your business. Typical uses include:

• Splitting recurring CSP costs (licensing, support fees) evenly across departments
• Allocating shared networking costs to product lines based on proportional usage
• Spreading data-warehouse costs to departments by query volume or runtime

Once activated, CAS adjustments appear in every report and dashboard.

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Viewing and Editing Cost Allocation Strategies

If you’re inside a specific workspace, only that workspace’s strategies appear. Switch to the Default Workspace to view or edit cross-workspace strategies. See Workspaces and User Management for details on role-based access.

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Custom vs. Predefined Strategies

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Strategy Execution Order

Strategies run top-to-bottom. Re-order them using Strategies Order. Example:

1. Distribute Specific Network Costs by Usage – allocate VPC/ELB costs to departments
2. Allocate Remaining Costs Equally – split licensing/support fees among departments

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Allocation Types

Pelanor supports three types of cost allocation:

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Segment Allocation (most common)

Splits costs to custom dimension segments (e.g., departments, product lines). When to use:

• You need a high-level breakdown by org units
• Simplicity is more important than fine-grained accuracy

Example: Three product lines share resources; costs are split proportionally. Key parameters:

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Relational Allocation

Maps costs among interdependent resources (e.g., DB costs to workloads). When to use:

• You need usage-based splits that follow cross-service relationships

Example: A database serves 3 workloads → split costs by query count. Key parameter:

• Filter (optional) – limits the source cost pool

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Scope Allocation

Allocates costs by cloud scopes: Billing Account, Subaccount, Region, AZ. When to use:

• You need visibility by infra/geography rather than business team

Example: Break down costs per region to surface hot zones Key parameters:

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Creating a Cost Allocation Strategy

By following these steps, you’ll enable accurate and meaningful cost distribution across departments, product lines, or any custom dimension in your Pelanor environment.