Glossary

FinOps terms

Term	Definition
Showback	Reporting costs to teams without actual billing/chargeback
Chargeback	Allocating and billing cloud costs back to business units
Rightsizing	Matching cloud resource size to actual workload demand
RI / SP	Reserved Instances (AWS) and Savings Plans — commitment discounts
CUR	AWS Cost and Usage Report — detailed billing export
Anomaly	Unusual cost or usage deviation from historical baseline

Costimizer terms

Term	Definition
Data source	A connected cloud account, cluster, or billing export (UI: System → Data Sources)
Pool	Hierarchical cost allocation unit (team, project, budget)
Assignment rule	Automated rule mapping resources to pools based on tags or attributes
Perspective	Saved resource view/filter configuration
Recommendation	Actionable cost optimization suggestion from Costimizer analysis
Power schedule	Automated start/stop schedule for resources to reduce idle cost
Macaroon token	Costimizer session credential with embedded expiry caveats
Capability	Product module flag: finops or mlops

Related

• Cost allocation model
• Roles & permissions