Adding widgets to dashboards
Dashboards help you visualize data through widgets - configurable components that display your cost and usage information. Each dashboard can contain up to 20 widgets, combining multiple visualizations into a single view. Widgets help you analyze cost and usage through charts and tables.
You can create custom widgets to display specific data or add predefined widgets. Each widget can be customized using filters and time ranges. For dashboard-level control, you can apply a global date range filter that affects all widgets simultaneously. Alternatively, you can configure individual widgets to use different time ranges, providing flexibility in how you view and compare data. The dashboard layout is also customizable - you can adjust widget sizes and positions to create your ideal view.
For example, you might create a dashboard to track cost optimization efforts by combining Savings Plans coverage and utilization charts with cost and usage data across different services and Regions. These combined visualizations help you analyze spending patterns and make data-driven financial decisions.
To add a widget
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Open the Billing and Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/
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In the navigation pane, choose Dashboards.
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Create a new dashboard or choose an existing dashboard.
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Choose Add widget, and then choose one of the following:
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Custom widget - Create a new visualization.
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Predefined widget - These widgets are preconfigured for the most common use cases and can be further customized to serve your reporting needs.
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In the widget panel, drag the widget onto the dashboard.
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The default visualization is a bar chart.
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In the Edit widget parameters panel, configure the following:
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Time period and granularity
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Group by dimensions
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Filters
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Cost aggregation and other data settings
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To change the visualization type:
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Choose the vertical three dots in the upper right corner of the widget.
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Choose Change visualization type.
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Choose Line chart, Bar chart, Stacked bar chart, or Table.
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Note
Autosave is enabled by default, so all changes are saved automatically.