AWS added Managed Dashboards to its Billing and Cost Management (BCM) service on August 14. Five preconfigured, read-only dashboards now appear automatically in every account's dashboard list, populated with that account's data and requiring no setup.
TL;DR
- -AWS added five read-only Managed Dashboards to Billing and Cost Management on August 14, covering cost overview, compute, database, reservations, and Savings Plans.
- -The dashboards appear automatically in every account with no setup; filters and time range changes are not saved and reset on navigation.
- -Any Managed Dashboard can be duplicated into a fully editable custom copy, and the feature is available in all commercial AWS Regions at no additional cost.
What Changed
Before this, teams using BCM Dashboards had to build views manually, selecting widgets, configuring dimensions, and arranging layouts. Managed Dashboards skip that entirely. Open the console and the dashboards are already there.
The five dashboards cover three layers of cost visibility. Cost Overview and Trends shows spending across services, accounts, regions, and charge types over 12 months, with forward-looking forecasts. Two service category dashboards cover Compute and Database spending, each pairing cost breakdowns with commitment coverage and utilization metrics. Two commitment dashboards cover Reservations and Savings Plans, quantifying coverage gaps and underutilization in dollar terms across all eligible services.
The Compute dashboard breaks down EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, and other compute costs by instance type, platform, and availability zone. It pairs those breakdowns with Savings Plans and Reserved Instance utilization and coverage. The Database dashboard covers RDS, ElastiCache, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, Redshift, and other data services. It shows per-service Reserved Instance and Savings Plans coverage, making commitment gaps visible at the individual database service level.
How They Work
All five dashboards are marked read-only with a lock icon in the dashboard list. A dedicated "Managed" tab lets you filter to them directly. You can adjust filters and time ranges while viewing, but those changes are not saved. The dashboard resets to its original configuration when you navigate away.
If you need a persistent custom version, you can duplicate any Managed Dashboard with a single click. That creates an independent copy you can modify fully, including adding widgets, changing time ranges, applying cost allocation tags, and rescheduling email delivery to stakeholders. You can also pull individual widgets from a Managed Dashboard into an existing custom dashboard without duplicating the whole thing.
Export options include PDF for the full dashboard or PDF and CSV for individual widgets. Once duplicated as a custom copy, a dashboard supports scheduled email delivery and sharing with other accounts.
Scope and Availability
Managed Dashboards are available in all commercial AWS Regions at no additional cost. Access them through the Dashboards section of the AWS Billing and Cost Management console.
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