Reports
K8Cost generates scheduled and on-demand reports for cost visibility, compliance auditing, and executive communication. Export to PDF or CSV and deliver automatically via email.
What It Does
The reporting system provides 31 report types covering cost summaries, optimization progress, compliance status, and resource inventory. Reports can be generated on demand or scheduled for automatic delivery -- daily, weekly, or monthly.
Report Categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Cost | Monthly cost summary, cost by namespace, cost by label, cost trend |
| Optimization | Savings achieved, open recommendations, waste breakdown |
| Compliance | Tag compliance, security posture, resource quota adherence |
| Inventory | Cluster inventory, node utilization, PVC summary |
| Executive | High-level cost overview, month-over-month comparison |
Key Capabilities
- Scheduled delivery -- Set reports to generate and deliver via email on a daily, weekly, or monthly cadence
- On-demand generation -- Generate any report immediately from the dashboard
- PDF and CSV export -- Download reports as formatted PDFs for stakeholder meetings or raw CSV for further analysis
- Multi-cluster scope -- Generate reports across all clusters or scoped to individual clusters
- Historical data -- Reports include trend data so recipients can see whether costs and waste are improving over time
- SIEM-compatible audit export -- Export audit trail data in structured formats for security information and event management systems
Scheduling
Reports can be scheduled from the dashboard under Reports > Schedules. Each schedule specifies:
- Report type
- Scope (all clusters or specific cluster)
- Frequency (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Delivery recipients (email addresses)
Scheduled reports are generated by a background job and delivered via email with the report attached as a PDF.
Common Use Cases
- Weekly FinOps digest -- Send a cost summary to engineering leadership every Monday morning
- Monthly chargeback report -- Deliver namespace-level cost breakdowns to team leads at the start of each month
- Quarterly compliance audit -- Generate tag compliance and security posture reports for audit committees
- Daily optimization tracking -- Monitor how savings accumulate as recommendations are applied
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