# CloudSpend Tag Profile

A Tag Profile provide customized labels that group user-defined parameters such as resourceLocation, service, resource, resourceGroup, meter category, and meter subcategory. It allows you to manage your cloud costs efficiently. There are both user-defined tags and system-generated (AWS, Azure, or GCP) tags. Each tag has a unique value and you can combine multiple tags using AND/OR conditions while creating a tag profile.

The CloudSpend AWS cost supports Parquet and GZIP file formats of legacy AWS Cost and Usage Reports. For cost accounts parsed from the Parquet format report, the user-defined tags with camel case, colon, and hyphen will be replaced with an underscore and follow lower casing.

See the below table for examples:

| Tag name in GZIP file type | Tag name in Parquet file type |
|---|---|
| autoscaling:groupName | autoscaling_group_name |
| cloudformation:id | cloudformation_id |
| CreatedBy | created_by |
| Environment-type | environment_type |

The system-generated tags will not have any changes.

## Benefits of a Tag Profile

Some of the key benefits of a Tag Profile include:

- Managing cloud data in an easy and efficient manner.
- Breaking down and analyzing cloud costs from a bird's-eye view.
- Group, filter, and understand cloud costs using different parameters like resourceLocation, service, accounts, resource types, and meter category.
- Reuse and combine two or more tags to create a Cost Center or Budget to reuse in the future.

## System tags

Click on each tab below to view the system-generated tags.

### System-generated tags for AWS

CloudSpend provides the following system-generated tags for AWS:

- usageType
- operationType
- usageInfo
- serviceName
- dataTransferType
- instanceType
- usageSubType
- availabilityZone
- regionName
- productFamily

### System-generated tags for Azure

CloudSpend provides the following system-generated tags for Azure:

- frequency
- chargeType
- consumedService
- meterCategory
- meterName
- meterSubCategory
- pricingModel
- resourceLocation
- resourceType
- product
- resourceGroup

The value for the resourceGroup tag is the resource group name and it will always be in lowercase. For example, say you have a resource group called Production_Environment in Azure. Here, the tag value for the resourceGroup will be production_environment.

### System-generated tags for GCP

CloudSpend provides the following system-generated tags for GCP:

- costType
- skuName
- serviceName
- serviceName
- creditType
- regionName
- transactionType
- zone
- adjustmentType
- adjustmentMode

### Creating a Tag Profile

To create a Tag Profile:

1. Go to the CloudSpend console.
2. From the left navigation pane, select **Admin**.
3. Click and expand the **Profiles** tab.
4. Select **Tag Profile** to see a list of all the existing tag profiles created.
5. Click **Add Tag Profile** to add a new tag profile.
6. In the *Tag Profile* dialog box, enter the following details:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Tag Key | The tag name |
| Cost Account | The desired cost account (selected from the drop-down list) |
| Tag Value | The applicable tag for filtering |
| Color | The preferred Tag Profile color |

![Tag Profile](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/images/tag-profile.png)

7. Click **Save**.

## Editing a Tag Profile

To edit a Tag Profile:

1. Go to the CloudSpend console.
2. From the left navigation pane, select **Admin**.
3. Click and expand the **Profiles** tab.
4. Select **Tag Profile** to see a list of all the existing tag profiles created.
5. Click the **hamburger** icon corresponding to the tag profile you wish to edit.
6. Click **Edit** and edit the necessary fields.
7. Click **Save** to save the changes.

## Deleting a Tag Profile

To delete a Tag Profile:

1. Follow steps 1-5 from the [Editing a Tag Profile](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/tag-profile.html#editing-a-tag-profile) section.
2. Click **Delete** to delete the tag profile.

## Use cases

The following examples explain different scenarios where tags are used with the AND/OR conditions while creating a Tag Profile.

**Example 1**

You want to filter cost data using the resourceLocation tag key for an account of your choice. For instance, let's use the *resourceLocation:East US* tag and *resourceLocation:West US* tag. Here, we use the OR condition and enter the tags. Thus, we can get data for the resources present in the East US OR West US region.

![Tag Profile Example OR condition](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/images/tag-profile-eg1.png)

**Example 2**

Say you want to filter compute service data with two tags using the DataTransferOut tag key for an account of your preference. In this scenario, let's use the *meterName:Standard Data Transfer Out* tag and *consumedService:microsoft.compute* tag. Here, the AND condition is used, so that the filter is applied based on both the *meterName* and *consumedService* tags.

![AND condition example](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/images/tag-profile-eg2.png)

**Example 3**

You now want to add multiple tags for an account of your preference using both the AND/OR conditions. For instance, let's use the *resourceLocation:East US* tag, *resourceLocation:EU West* tag and the *meterCategory:Virtual Machines* tag with parenthesis to group and retrieve the data according to the logical operations order.

In this case, we enter these tags as: (*resourceLocation:East US* OR *resourceLocation:EU West*) AND *meterCategory:Virtual Machines*. In this example, the application will display the data for either *resourceLocation:East US* or *resourceLocation:EU West* and data for *meterCategory:Virtual Machines* for the applicable account.

![Combination scenarios](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/images/tag-profile-eg3.png)

## Invalid expressions scenarios

While creating a Tag Profile, invalid expressions can occur if the data entry is incomplete, if operations are missing, or if inputs are invalid. The below examples of invalid expressions can occur in a logical expression while using Tag Profiles in CloudSpend:

- No logical operation (OR/AND)
  - e.g.: Virtual Machines, East US
- No opening or closing braces
  - e.g.: microsoft.compute) AND East US

**Related topics**

- [Cost Centers](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/business-units.html)
- [Budget](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/budget.html)
- [Resource Explorer](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/resource-explorer.html)