We are thrilled to announce the availability of Pre-Authorized Debits using the Automated Clearing Settlement System (ACSS) for our customers with Canadian bank accounts in CAD or USD currencies.

We understand that your business needs a flexible, reliable, and secure way to manage recurring payments. That's why we've launched support for Pre-Authorized Debits (PAD) in Canada. This new feature allows you to schedule and process recurring payments with ease, reducing manual work and simplifying your financial management. 

With PAD, you can ensure that payments are made on time, every time, improving your cash flow and reducing the risk of late or missed payments.

Why use Pre-Authorized Debits?

The benefits of using PAD for your business are manifold:

1. Reliability: With PAD, payments are made automatically when they are due, ensuring a steady and predictable cash flow.
2. Convenience: Automate your Accounts Payable process and spend less time tracking down payments and more time focusing on what you do best – growing your business.
3. Flexibility: PAD allows for easy management of both one-time and recurring payments.
4. Security: Transactions made through the ACSS are secure and traceable, providing a safe method for processing payments.

To learn more about using this feature, please visit the Canadian pre-authorized debits section in our Help Center or contact your account manager. As always, we appreciate your feedback, and we're here to support you every step of the way.

We know how vital it is to share critical information with your team in a timely and efficient manner. That's why we're excited to announce a new feature that will significantly enhance your team's collaboration on cost analytics reports, budgets, and attributions.

With the DoiT Slack app, you no longer need to worry about whether everyone in your Slack channel has access to the documents you share. When you share a link to a report, budget, or attribution in Slack, our app will swiftly check privileges for every member of that channel.

You will be presented with a drop-down menu that lets you change permissions with one simple click. This ensures that everyone on the channel can read and respond to the shared report or budget without any unnecessary delays.

We are excited to announce the launch of a brand new feature: Customize Your Default View in Reports. This new addition to our platform will significantly enhance your cloud cost exploration experience by allowing you to tailor your reports to your specific needs.

Discover Your Cloud Cost More Efficiently

Do you often find yourself looking at the same cloud cost metrics, such as:

• Monthly Cost
• For the last three months
• Per Cloud Provider, for the top 3 accounts or projects in each provider

If so, our new customization feature will be a game-changer for you! Now, you can easily configure your default view to match these preferences, saving you time and effort every time you create a new report.

How to Set Your Default View

Customizing your default view is simple! Just follow these steps:

1. Enter your desired configuration for the report.
2. Click the 3-dot menu in the top-right corner.
3. Select the "Set as default view for new reports" option.

And that's it! From now on, every time you open a blank New Report, your preferred configuration will be automatically populated for you.

We're excited to announce a powerful new feature in our platform: Granular Cost Data Viewing for Google App Engine! This enhancement allows you to break down your Google App Engine costs by each application, providing a deeper understanding of your spend patterns and enabling more efficient resource allocation.

Key benefits of this new feature include:

Detailed cost insights: Gain a clear understanding of your Google App Engine costs at the application level. Identify cost drivers, trends, and anomalies, allowing you to make data-driven decisions and optimize your cloud infrastructure.

Improved cost management: By breaking down costs per application, you can accurately allocate resources and budgets to different teams, projects, or departments. This facilitates better financial planning and costs management across your organization.

Enhanced cost optimization: Use the granular cost data to identify areas where you can reduce spend without sacrificing performance. Optimize your Google App Engine configurations, scale resources, and remove unnecessary components to minimize costs.

To access this new feature, follow these simple steps:

1. Log in to your DoiT Console account.
2. Navigate to the "Reports" section.
3. Start a new report and filter by the "Google App Engine" service.
4. Group by "Global Resource"

We're confident that this new functionality will provide you with valuable insights and help you optimize your Google App Engine costs. As always, we're committed to improving our platform based on your feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions, or need assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team

We are excited to announce the launch of three new APIs at DoiT International: Alerts API, Attribution Groups API, and an enhanced Reports API. These APIs are designed to streamline and automate your cloud expense allocation and tracking processes.

1. Reports API: The updated Reports API now includes a report.create() method, enabling customers to generate Cloud Cost and Usage Analytics reports programmatically. This feature easily integrates cost reporting into your workflows, including CI/CD pipelines.
2. Alerts API: This versatile API combines metrics and attributions to monitor critical cloud environment metrics. When a threshold is exceeded, the Alerts API will notify relevant stakeholders, ensuring proactive issue management.
3. Attribution Groups API: This cost allocation tool allows you to distribute metric data across resource groups. For example, you can easily divide cost and usage data among different teams or environments.

We are confident that these new APIs will elevate your programmatic FinOps practice, and we look forward to your valuable feedback. Enjoy the enhanced functionality and improved cloud spend management!

We are excited to announce a new feature for our users: the ability to view granular cost data from Cloud Spanner using the DoiT Cloud Cost Analytics. This update lets you gain deeper insights into your Cloud Spanner usage and costs, helping you make more informed decisions and optimize your cloud budget.

With this latest release, you can now:

View cost breakdowns by Spanner instance/database: Access detailed cost data for each Cloud Spanner instance. This will help you identify the most expensive instances and databases, allowing you to take appropriate actions for cost optimization.

Analyze cost trends over time: Monitor cost patterns over days, weeks, or months to understand how your Cloud Spanner usage is evolving. This information will help you decide strategically about your cloud infrastructure and anticipate future costs.

To access these new features, simply navigate to the Reports section in the DoiT Console, and click on the "New Report" tab. Filter your report by "Service" to "Spanner" and Group by your report by "Global Resource."

We are excited to announce a powerful new feature that will empower you to investigate AWS Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) contract pricing using Cloud Analytics reports within the DoiT Console. By leveraging these three new system labels, you can extract valuable insights into the pricing structure and the applied discounts, making it easier than ever to understand and manage your AWS EDP investment.

Here’s a quick overview of the three labels that have been added to Cloud Analytics reports:

1. pricebook/rule_name: This label corresponds to the rule name as defined in the price book. It allows you to identify the specific rule applied to a given resource, helping you understand the context of the applied pricing structure.
2. pricebook/rate_value: This label represents the discount rate applied. For instance, a 5% EDP will be displayed as 0.95. This information will you to quickly identify the EDP rate being applied to their AWS resources.
3. pricebook/original_cost: This label shows the original cost of the resource before the discount was applied. By comparing this value with the current cost, you can easily evaluate the benefits of your EDP pricing structure.

To access these labels, navigate to the Cloud Analytics section in the DoiT Console and simply group by one (or all) of these labels. This enhanced visibility into AWS EDP pricing will enable you to provide timely and accurate assistance to your finance and FinOps teams.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of improved access to the Billing Profiles to streamline the management of your billing information.

Starting today, Billing Profiles will have a dedicated section within the Billing top navigation menu of the DoiT Console, making it more accessible and convenient than ever before.

With this update, you can now enjoy:

• Improved discoverability: The new dedicated section for Billing Profiles makes locating and managing your billing information easier than ever.
• Quick access to vital information: View and modify your payment methods, billing address, company, and contact details with just a few clicks.
• Enhanced user experience: Our updated design and layout simplify navigating your billing details, saving you time and effort.

If you have any questions or need further assistance with this new feature, please visit the Billing Profiles section in our Help Center. Our team is always here to help and ensure you have the support you need to make the most of our platform.