Dashboard

Dashboard

The SkySaver Dashboard is your central command center for monitoring AWS costs and managing optimization activities. It provides at-a-glance insights into your cloud spending and the status of your automations.

Dashboard Layout

The dashboard is organized into several key sections:

Cost Overview Widget

The Cost Overview widget displays:

  • Total Spend - Current period spending across all connected accounts

Spending Breakdown

The dashboard shows a high-level cost summary. For detailed breakdowns by service, account, or region, use the Cost Explorer Query Builder which supports:

  • Service - EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, etc.
  • Account - Individual AWS account spending
  • Region - Geographic distribution of costs

Click View Details or navigate to Cost Explorer for in-depth analysis.

Savings Opportunities

This widget highlights potential cost savings:

  • Rightsizing Recommendations - Suggestions for instance type changes (via AWS Cost Optimization Hub)
  • Unattached ENIs - Network interfaces without attached instances (via ENI Finder)

Recent Activity

Track the latest actions taken by SkySaver:

  • Schedule executions (resource starts/stops)
  • Automation runs
  • Configuration changes
  • User activity

Quick Actions

Shortcuts to common tasks:

  • Create a new schedule
  • Run an automation
  • Add an AWS account
  • View reports

Customizing the Dashboard

The dashboard adapts to your configuration:

  • Widgets appear based on enabled features
  • Time ranges can be adjusted
  • Account filters can focus on specific AWS accounts

Interpreting the Data

  • Green indicators - Costs are decreasing compared to the previous period
  • Red indicators - Costs are increasing
  • Gray indicators - No significant change

Automation Status

  • Active - Automation is enabled and running
  • Paused - Automation is temporarily disabled
  • Error - Automation encountered an issue (check reports)

Dashboard Refresh

The dashboard automatically refreshes every few minutes. You can manually refresh by clicking the refresh icon or pressing F5.