New Google Looker template FOCUS v1.0 GA

At Google Cloud, Google’s team firmly feel that in order to effectively manage and optimise cloud expenses

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Google is a key contributor to the v0.5 and v1.0 Preview and GA open billing specifications, a founding member of the FinOps Foundation

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Version 1.0 introduced consistent vocabulary, taxonomy, and metrics for billing datasets generated by CSPs

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This template can be used by anyone without the requirement to be a data analyst

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Google is now releasing an update for that BigQuery view in preparation for the FOCUS v1.0 GA

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This makes it simpler to compare the costs of other cloud providers by enabling you to query and analyse your data as if it were local to FOCUS

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Permissions are also required in order to start a new Looker Project and Connection

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Google has made it simple to use the FOCUS feature in Looker and BigQuery by providing a comprehensive guide For more details govindhtech.com

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