Server TCO

The Server TCO dashboard provides a comprehensive view of server-related spend across the organization. It helps you understand how server costs are distributed across cost pools, towers, platforms, vendors, applications, products, and services.

Scope

• The Server TCO dashboard includes, server spend only, based on assets linked to the Server asset type.

• Spend is derived from cost pools, towers, vendors, and hosting platforms configured under Admin → Settings → Hosting Types.

Who should use this dashboard?

• IT Finance and TBM teams

• Infrastructure and Server platform owners

• Service and Product owners

• Technology and Operations leaders

• Finance partners supporting infrastructure cost governance

What is this dashboard used for?

• Monitoring server spend performance against prior-year trends

• Understanding where server costs are incurred across cost pools, towers, vendors, and platforms

• Supporting monthly reporting, variance analysis, and cost transparency

• Enabling fact-based discussions around server cost optimization and accountability

What questions does this dashboard answer?

• How much are we spending on servers year to date?

• How does current server spend compare to last year?

• Which cost pools and towers are driving server costs?

• Which vendors and hosting platforms account for most server spend?

• Which applications, products, and services are consuming server resources?

Key benefits

• Clear visibility into server cost drivers across the organization

• Supports monthly on-server spend reporting and variance analysis

For detailed instructions on navigating dashboards and using filters, see: Navigation and filters

KPIs

Charts and tables

Selecting any data point in a chart allows you to drill down into a more detailed view of the selected element.

Spend Model

The Spend Model uses a Sankey-style flow to visually show how spend moves through your TBM structure.

Hover over any section to view detailed values.

Monthly Spend

The Monthly Spend chart shows the month-on-month trend and the cumulative year to date spend. Spend is shown as total spend and prior year spend for each month. The cumulative dotted spend line predicts spend for future months based on historic spend.

Click on any spend column to drill into the month and see the spend broken down for the month.

Monthly Spend By Platform

This chart shows the monthly spend by the hosting platform on the server asset.

Click on any hosting platform to drill further into the Server Platform Spend report.

Vendors

The Vendor chart shows the server spend broken down by the vendors. The spend for each vendor is shown as spend YTD and prior year YTD.

Click on any vendor to drill into Server Vendor Spend report.

Server as a Percentage of Total IT Spend

The Server as a Percentage of Total IT Spend chart shows the total Server Spend as a percentage of total IT spend. The chart compares the total server spend with the total IT spend and shows the value in terms of amount and percentage.

Cost Pools

The Cost Pools chart shows the cumulative year to date spend and prior year to date server spend broken down by Cost Pool.

Click on any cost pool column to drill further into the Server Cost Pool Spend report.

Towers

The Towers chart shows the cumulative year to date and prior year server spend broken down by Tower. Click on any tower column to drill further into the Server Tower Spend report.

Applications

The Applications table shows applications that consume server resources and are hosted on server platforms. This view includes applications where the hosting platform is mapped to the Server asset type.

Products

The Products table shows products that consume server resources and are hosted on server platforms. This view includes products where the hosting platform is mapped to the Server asset type.

Services

The Services table shows services that consume server resources and are hosted on server platforms. This view includes services where the hosting platform is mapped to the Server asset type.

Data sources

The table below outlines the charts available on this page and the corresponding data cubes from which each chart retrieves its data.