Control costs with a budget
The Deadline Cloud budget manager helps you control spending on a given resource, such as a queue, fleet, or farm. You can create budget amounts and limits, and set automated actions to help reduce or stop additional spending against the budget.
The following sections provide you with the steps for using the Deadline Cloud budget manager.
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Prerequisite
To use the Deadline Cloud budget manager, you must have OWNER access level. To
grant OWNER permission, follow the steps in Managing users in Deadline Cloud.
Open the Deadline Cloud budget manager
To open the Deadline Cloud budget manager, use the following procedure.
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Deadline Cloud console
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Choose View farms.
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Locate the farm that you want to get information about, then choose Manage jobs.
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In the Deadline Cloud monitor, in the left navigation pane, choose Budgets.
The budget manager summary page displays a list of both active and inactive budgets:
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Active budgets track against the selected resource (a queue).
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Inactive budgets have either expired or been canceled by a user, and are no longer tracking costs against this budget's limits.
After you choose a budget, the budget summary page contains basic information about the budget. Information provided includes the budget name, status, resources, remaining percentage, remaining amount, total budget, start date, and end date.
