Adding and managing a financial domain

You can add a new financial domain for your organization or for the different departments or projects (both referred as sub-units). You can perform any of the following tasks for a financial domain:

Assign the cloud service provider accounts to the domain
Select the existing cloud service provider tags to assign them to the domain
Select the existing container services to assign them to the domain
Select the existing cloud native services to assign them to the domain
Select the existing resources and resource groups to assign them to the domain

For services that are shared between two or more departments, you can create a shared domain with the common services or resources that are shared between different departments. You can then define financial domains for the required departments and add the shared domain in the Shared Domains tab and specify the allocation in percentage for each financial domain.

You can add a service domain under your organization. In such scenario, utilization costs are identified based on the resource allocation under the organization.

Note: You cannot add a service domain under any financial domain.

Aquila Clouds FinOps automatically creates a financial domain for each environment of cloud service provider configured in Aquila Clouds FinOps. You can also use Auto Create to automatically create financial domains for each sub accounts in the environment of cloud service provider.
Note: You cannot manage resources for an automatically created financial domain.

This topic explains you how to:

1 Add a financial domain
2 Edit a financial domain
3 Auto create a financial domain
4 Delete a financial domain

Add a financial domain

On the side navigation bar, select the GOVERNANCE tab, and click Financial Domain.
Aquila Clouds displays the Financial Domain page with the details displayed for the organization.
Click Add Domain.
To add a domain for the sub-unit of the organization, click the following drop-down icon, select the required sub-unit and click Add Domain.
Aquila Clouds displays the Add New Financial Domain page.
Enter the following details.
- Domain Name: Type the name of the new domain.
- Include Charge Types: Select the charge types from the list to be included in the financial domain.
- Exclude Charge Types: Select the charge types from the list to be excluded from the financial domain. For instance, you can use this option to exclude credits to your customers that made available to you by the cloud service provider.
- Shared Domain: Select Yes/No to define whether this is a shared domain or not. If this is a shared domain, in the Manage Resources section, select the Shared Domains tab and add the services or resources in the respective tab to define shared services or resources in this domain. You can then use this shared domain in another financial domain by specifying the name of shared domain in the Shared Domains tab and defining its allocation in percentage.
- Include/Exclude Accounts: Select Include/Exclude to define whether to include or exclude accounts from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Accounts tab and add accounts that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Include/Exclude Services: Select Include/Exclude to define whether to include or exclude services from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Cloud Native Services tab and add services that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Include/Exclude Tags: Select Include/Exclude to define whether to include or exclude tags from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Tags tab and add tags that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Include/Exclude Resource Groups: Select Include/Exclude to define whether to include or exclude resource groups from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Resource Groups tab and add resource groups that are to be included or excluded from the domain. For instance, for an account that is included in the financial domain, if there are some resource groups that you want to exclude, you can use exclude option to exclude the required resource groups.
- Include/Exclude Resources: Select Include/Exclude to define whether to include or exclude resources from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Resources tab and add resources that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Create Budget: Select whether you want to define a budget or not for the new domain. If you select Yes, enter the following details.
  - Budget: Define budget amount for the new domain.
    Tip: You can refer to the available budget capacity displayed on the right section of the page.
  - Reset Period: Select whether the budget amount is to be reset on a monthly-basis, quarterly-basis, or yearly-basis. For instance if you set budget amount as 1000 $ for a department with reset period as Monthly, at the start of every month 1000 $ will be available for utilization to that department, regardless of the utilization in the previous month.
  - Time Range: Select the time range till when the budget amount is set for the new domain. For instance, if you want the budget amount to be defined for a year, select the time range for a year. You can also schedule the budget to be assigned from a future date.
- Under the Manage Resources section, enter the following details:
  - Select the Accounts tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required cloud service provider account and click Apply.
  - Select the Tags tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required cloud service provider tag and click Apply.
  - Select the Container Services tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required container service and click Apply. If there is a cluster or an environment setup, you can either select the top-level node or expand to select the intermediate or child nodes.
  - Select the Cloud Native Services tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required container service and click Apply.
  - Select the Resources tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required resource and click Apply.
  - Select the Resource Groups tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required resource group and click Apply.
  - Select the Shared Domains tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required shared domain, click Apply and click Do you wish to confirm? You can specify the allocation of shared domain in percentage in the Allocation column and click Save. Aquila Clouds assigns the cost of the services or resources in the shared domain to the financial domain according to the allocation defined here.
Click Save.

Aquila Clouds adds the financial domain to the selected organization or sub-unit.

Edit a financial domain

On the side navigation bar, select the GOVERNANCE tab, and click Financial Domain.
Aquila Clouds displays the Financial Domain page with the details displayed for the organization.
Under the organization, for the required domain, click the following icon and select Edit.
To edit a domain associated with the sub-unit of the organization, click the following drop-down icon, select the required sub-unit, and click Add Domain.
Aquila Clouds displays the domain name page.
Edit the following details.
- Domain Name: Edit the name of the financial domain.
- Include Charge Types: Modify the charge types from the list to be included in the financial domain.
- Exclude Charge Types: Modify the charge types from the list to be excluded from the financial domain.
- Shared Domain: Select Yes/No to modify whether this is a shared domain or not. If this is a shared domain, you can add the services or resources in the respective tab to define shared services or resources in this domain. You can then use this shared domain in another financial domain by specifying the name of shared domain in the Shared Domains tab and defining its allocation in percentage.
- Include/Exclude Accounts: Select Include/Exclude to modify whether to include or exclude accounts from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Accounts tab and add accounts that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Include/Exclude Services: Select Include/Exclude to modify whether to include or exclude services from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Cloud Native Services tab and add services that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Include/Exclude Tags: Select Include/Exclude to modify whether to include or exclude tags from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Tags tab and add tags that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Include/Exclude Resource Groups: Select Include/Exclude to modify whether to include or exclude resource groups from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Resource Groups tab and add resource groups that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Include/Exclude Resources: Select Include/Exclude to modify whether to include or exclude resources from this domain. In the Manage Resources section, select the Resources tab and add resources that are to be included or excluded from the domain.
- Create Budget: Select to modify the option whether you want to define a budget or not for the financial domain. If you select Yes, enter/edit the following details.
  - Budget: Define/Edit budget amount for the financial domain.
    Tip: You can refer to the available budget capacity displayed on the right section of the page.
  - Reset Period: Select to modify the reset period for the budget.
  - Time Range: Select to modify the time range till when the budget amount is set for the selected domain.
- Under the Manage Resources section, edit the following details:
  - Select the Accounts tab and click Add to select the check box for the required cloud service provider account and click Apply.
    OR
    Select the check box for the assigned account and click Delete.
  - Select the Tags tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required cloud service provider tag and click Apply.
    OR
    Select the check box for the assigned tag and click Delete.
  - Select the Container Services tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required container service and click Apply. If there is a cluster or an environment setup, you can either select the top-level node or expand to select the intermediate or child nodes.
    OR
    Select the check box for the assigned container service and click Delete.
  - Select the Cloud Native Services tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required container service and click Apply.
    OR
    Select the check box for the assigned cloud native service and click Delete.
  - Select the Resources tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required resource and click Apply.
    OR
    Select the check box for the assigned resource and click Delete.
  - Select the Resource Groups tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required resource group and click Apply.
    OR
    Select the check box for the assigned resource group and click Delete.
  - Select the Shared Domains tab and click Add. Select the Shared Domains tab and click Add. Select the check box for the required shared domain, click Apply and click Do you wish to confirm? You can specify the allocation of shared domain in percentage in the Allocation column and click Save. Aquila Clouds assigns the cost of the services in the shared domain to the financial domain according to the allocation defined here.
    OR
    Select the check box for the assigned resource group and click Delete.
Click Save.

Aquila Clouds modifies the selected financial domain.

Auto create a financial domain

On the side navigation bar, select the GOVERNANCE tab, and click Financial Domain.
Aquila Clouds displays the Financial Domain page with the details displayed for the organization.
Click Auto Create.
Aquila Clouds displays the Auto Create page.
Select the required environment from the list and click Add.

Aquila Clouds creates financial domains for the new cloud service provider environment or sub accounts configured in Aquila Clouds FinOps.

Delete a financial domain

On the side navigation bar, select the GOVERNANCE tab, and click Financial Domain.
Aquila Clouds displays the Financial Domain page with the details displayed for the organization.
Under the organization, for the required domain, click the following icon and select Delete.
Click I understand, Delete.

The selected financial domain is deleted from Aquila Clouds FinOps.