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In the preceding example, less money was spent starting on 2017-08-31 than before. That cost trend continues for the various services for about nine days. Then, additional spending continues as before. However, too many columns can obscure an obvious trend. You can change the report view to a line or area chart to see the data displayed in other views. The following image shows the trend more clearly.
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In the preceding example, less money was spent starting on 2018-10-29. But, too many columns can obscure an obvious trend. You can change the report view to a line or area chart to see the data displayed in other views. The following image shows the trend more clearly.
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In the example, you clearly see that Azure Storage cost dropped starting on 2017-08-31 while spending on other Azure services remained level. So, what caused that reduction in spending? In this example, some employees were on vacation away from work and did not use the Storage service.
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Continuing with the example, you can see that the cost for Azure VM dropped. Costs for other Azure services also started dropping on that day. So, what caused that reduction in spending? In this example, a large work project was completed so consumption of many Azure services also dropped.
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To watch a tutorial video about tracking usage and cost trends, see [Analyzing your cloud billing data vs. time with Cloudyn](https://youtu.be/7LsVPHglM0g).
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The Cost Effective Sizing Recommendations report identifies potential annual savings by comparing VM instance type capacity to their historical CPU and memory usage data.
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On the menu at the top of the portal, click **Optimizer** > **Sizing Optimization** > **Cost Effective Sizing Recommendations**. Filter the provider to Azure to look at only Azure VMs. Here’s an example image.
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On the menu at the top of the portal, click **Optimizer** > **Sizing Optimization** > **Cost Effective Sizing Recommendations**. If useful, apply a filter to reduce results. Here’s an example image.
In this example, $3,114 could be saved by following the recommendations to change the VM instance types. Click the plus symbol (+) under **Details** for the first recommendation. Here are details about the first recommendation.
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In this example, $2,382 could be saved by following the recommendations to change the VM instance types. Click the plus symbol (+) under **Details** for the first recommendation. Here are details about the first recommendation.
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To watch a tutorial video about detecting usage inefficiencies, see [Optimizing VM Size in Cloudyn](https://youtu.be/1xaZBNmV704).
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Azure Cost Management also provides cost-saving recommendations for Azure services. For more information, see [Tutorial: Optimize costs from recommendations](tutorial-acm-opt-recommendations.md).
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## Create alerts for unusual spending
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You can alert stakeholders automatically for spending anomalies and overspending risks. You can quickly and easily create alerts using reports that support alerts based on budget and cost thresholds.
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You create an alert for any spending using any Cost report. In this example, use the Actual Cost Over Time report to notify you when Azure VM spending nears your total budget. All the following steps are needed to create the alert. On the menu at the top of the portal, click **Costs** > **Cost Analysis** > **Actual Cost Over Time**. Set **Groups** to **Service** and set **Filter on the service** to **Azure/VM**. In the top right of the report, click **Actions** and then select **Schedule report**.
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In the Save or Schedule this report box, use the **Scheduling** tab to send yourself an email of the report using the frequency that you want. Be sure to select **Send via email**. Any tags, grouping, and filtering you used are included in the emailed report. Click the **Threshold** tab and select choose **Actual Cost vs. Threshold**. If you had a total budget of $500,000 and you wanted notification when costs near about half, create a **Red alert** at $250,000 and a **Yellow alert** at $240,000. Don't include commas in values that you enter. Then, choose the number of consecutive alerts. When you receive the total number of alerts that you specified, no additional alerts are sent. Save the scheduled report.
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In the Save or Schedule this report box, use the **Scheduling** tab to send yourself an email of the report using the frequency that you want. Be sure to select **Send via email**. Any tags, grouping, and filtering you used are included in the emailed report. Click the **Threshold** tab and select choose **Actual Cost vs. Threshold**. If you had a total budget of $20,000 and you wanted notification when costs near about half, create a **Red alert** at $10,000 and a **Yellow alert** at $9,000. Don't include commas in values that you enter. Then, choose the number of consecutive alerts. When you receive the total number of alerts that you specified, no additional alerts are sent. Save the scheduled report.
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