New capability in Cloud Cost Optimization to create recommendation sets (Beta Release)

Note:This beta feature is available with Cloud Cost Optimization and is not available to all customers yet. If you would like the Creating Recommendation Set beta feature enabled in the user interface, contact Flexera Support. For more information, see Contacting Flexera Support.

Cloud Cost Optimization includes a new capability that streamlines the process of enabling optimization recommendations through the creation of recommendation sets. This feature enables you to quickly apply relevant policies for your cloud providers to generate savings recommendations, eliminating the need to manually navigate and apply policies from the Flexera Automation Catalog.

A recommendation set is a construct that simplifies the application of a core policy across multiple accounts. A user-friendly, step-by-step wizard guides you through the creation process on the Optimization page (Cloud > Cost Optimization > Optimization) or the Recommendation Sets page (Cloud > Cost Optimization > Recommendation Sets). After the recommendation sets are created, the corresponding savings recommendations will be enabled and available in the Rate Reduction and Usage Reduction recommendations tables (Cloud > Cloud Optimization > Optimization and Cloud > Cost Optimization > Billing Centers).

Previously, to enable these recommendations, you were required to complete multiple steps, which involved understanding the automation policy generating these recommendations and determining which policy to apply. Now, you can easily apply the policies and enable the recommendations in the Rate Reduction and Usage Reduction recommendations tables (Cloud > Cloud Optimization > Optimization and Cloud > Cost Optimization > Billing Centers).

For more information, see Setting Up a Recommendation Set (Beta Release) in the Flexera One Help.