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Consumption Analytics Documentation |
This article is part of Configuring the HPE Consumption Analytics Portal
A collection defines the data source from which HPE Consumption Analytics Portal should collect usage data, and provides the credentials for accessing that data. You can configure as many collections as you need, including multiple collections of a particular type. For example, you can configure several Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure collections.
The Collections screens lists all of your collections. From here, you can create a new collection, edit an existing collection, and view the history and status of a collection. HPE Consumption Analytics Portal collects data from your sources every night. However, if you need to start a collection immediately, such as to recollect historical data, you can do so manually on the Collections page.
The following video helps you understand what a collection is, and how to successfully connect to your cloud sources:
Before you create a collection, you must assemble the information required to connect HPE Consumption Analytics Portal to your source data, as described in the topics for each provider. For detailed information about assembling those credentials and creating collections for specific cloud providers, see the following topics:
After creating a collection, create SmartTag rules that supplement and transform your data before it is used in reports. For more information, see SmartTag rules.
Use this procedure if you need to update a collection. For example, you might need to take one or more of the following actions:
To edit a collection
If you change the Earliest Date to Collect to an earlier date, HPE Consumption Analytics Portal starts the collection process for the added date range after you save the updated collection.
The list of collections provides some information about each collection. It shows the Earliest Date to Collect you specified for the collection, and the number of days in the current quarter for which your collection is missing data.
Click the status icon to open a dialog that shows the collection status for each day since the Earliest Date to Collect. Green segments indicate successful collections of data, while grey segments indicate data is missing for some days. If you mouse over a grey segment, Cloud Cruiser displays the range of dates for that segment, making it easier for you to identify the range you need to enter when recollecting data. If you are missing data, look for Health Checks that might indicate a problem with the collection credentials. If the collection is configured correctly, contact Cloud Cruiser Support for assistance.
A collection retrieves data from your cloud data source on a regular schedule, starting with data from the Earliest Date to Collect defined in the collection. If you want to collect data from an earlier date, or for a specific range of dates, you can start collection manually. Additionally, you might want to start collection manually if you are missing data for one or more days.
If you run collection manually to resolve an issue with missing data, and the data is still missing after recollection, check with your cloud provider whether the data is available.
To start collection manually