Viewing capacity planning information

Understanding the summary chart

Meter capacity is calculated based on actual usage against installed capacity (typically requested capacity plus a buffer of 10%). Installed capacity can vary on a day-to-day basis, as hardware is brought in and out of service for maintenance purposes. 

The widget chart display varies depending on whether the selected tenant has one account with meters that support capacity planning, or more than one account with meters that support capacity planning. 

For tenants that have only one account with meters that support capacity planning, the widget shows a stacked bar chart:

For tenants that have more than one account with meters that support capacity planning, the chart shows a table:

The table has a row for each billing account, and a column for each status.  The numbers in a row indicate the number of services in each status:

• Critical (red) means available meter capacity is running out
• Low (yellow) means meter usage is below its committed capacity
• Forgotten (gray) means usage is a very low percentage of installed capacity
• Optimal (green) means the meter is using the installed capacity at an optimal rate.

Meters for which usage is decreasing are hidden.

You can navigate to the full report in your dashboard by clicking the Detail View link in the bottom right hand corner of the widget, or by clicking any row. 

Viewing the report

The full page view shows more detail, on a per meter basis, for the selected account.  You can expand the detail by clicking each meter name to view the actual usage and anticipated charges for the meter, and compare that to the corresponding requested, installed, and committed capacities.

The report shows these values in both a chart and a table; the chart shows values by day., while the table shows values by month:

The chart shows bands stacked from Forgotten at the bottom to Critical at the top.  The bands are defined as follows:

The units on the y axis of the chart are based on the configuration in the billing account.  The height of the bands is also determined by configuration, since the committed and requested capacities are input values, and the installed capacity is calculated based on the requested capacity..

Actual usage is shown as a solid line. When you hover the mouse pointer over a past date on the graph, a tooltip shows you installed capacity, actual usage, requested capacity, and committed capacity for that date:

Forecast usage is shown as a dotted line. When you hover the mouse pointer over a future date on the graph, a tooltip shows you the installed capacity, forecasted usage, requested capacity, and committed capacity for that date:

For each meter, the table shows rows for usage, installed capacity, requested capacity, and committed capacity, and columns for each month (future months' usage values are forecast, as shown in the column headings).  Increases or decreases from the previous month are shown in green or red, respectively.

You can change the past and future date ranges for forecasting, and change the account displayed (if you have access to more than one):

Accessing the Capacity Planning page in the HPE Consumption Analytics Portal

If you need to use the full functionality to group, sort, or filter your results, you can use the launch icon in the upper right hand corner of the widget to open the Capacity Planning page in your HPE GreenLake Customer View screen in the HPE Consumption Analytics Portal.