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Assigning uncategorized resources to a cost center

Unassigned resource costs are included in the total cost of all your cost centers. They represent user and pool costs that have not been assigned to a cost center. Learn how to move unassigned resource costs into an existing or a new Cloudera Observability On-Premises cost center.

Steps on how to locate and move unassigned resource costs into an existing or a new Cloudera Observability On-Premises cost center.
  • Assign resources to only one cost center to avoid cost duplication.
  • Ensure that you have the System Admin and access role permissions to define the Chargeback settings, list, create, update, or delete cost centers, and view all the Chargeback related dashboards.
  1. Verify that you are logged in to the Cloudera Observability On-Premises web UI.
    1. In the URL field of a supported web browser, enter the Cloudera Observability On-Premises URL that you were given by your system administrator and press Enter.
    2. When the Cloudera Observability On-Premises Log in page opens, enter your Cloudera Observability On-Premises user name and password access credentials.
    3. Click Log in.
      The Cloudera Observability On-Premises landing page opens.
  2. From the Cloudera Observability On-Premises Main navigation panel, select Financial Governance.
    The Chargeback page opens.
  3. Scroll down and select Uncategorized.
    The Uncategorized page opens.
  4. Select the uncategorised usage criteria tab that is associated with your cost center settings.
  5. Depending on the Chargeback usage criterion option you selected when you configured your Chargeback settings, from the Pools or Users page, select the check boxes of the uncategorized resources you require for your cost center.
    The Assign Cost Center dialog box opens.
  6. Do one of the following:
    • To add the unassigned resource costs in a new cost center, do the following:
      1. From the Select Cost Center list, select New Cost Center.

        The Create a Cost Center page opens displaying the Cost Center details settings.

      2. In the Name field, enter a unique name for the cost center.
      3. In the Description field, enter a meaningful description for the cost center.
      4. Click Create.

      The CDP Chargeback page opens displaying a Success message, which denotes that the cost center was successfully created. Your new cost center is listed under the Cost Centers column and the Uncategorized page no longer displays the unassigned resource costs.

    • To add the unassigned resource costs in an existing cost center, do the following:
      1. From the Select Cost Center list, select the existing cost center that you require.
      2. Click Assign to Cost Center.

      The CDP Chargeback page opens displaying a Success message, which denotes that the unassigned costs were moved into the selected cost center, and the Uncategorized page no longer displays the unassigned resource costs.

  7. Optional: Repeat steps 4 through 6 until all your uncategorized resources are placed in your Cloudera Observability On-Premises cost centers.