Edit budget

Overview

The Edit budget form lets you update an existing budget's name, scope, end date, or spending limit. Open it by selecting Edit from the context menu on a budget row on the Budgets page, or by clicking Edit on the Budget card.

To edit a budget, you need the Access FinOps management permission and access to all projects covered by the budget's scope.

Content on this page

The form opens with all fields pre-filled from the current budget settings. Some fields are locked and cannot be changed after a budget is created.

• Name — The budget's name. Can be changed.
• Type — The budget type (Expiring or Recurrent). Cannot be changed.
• Period — Visible only for recurrent budgets. Shows the reset schedule (Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly). Cannot be changed.
• Start date — For expiring budgets: can be changed; must remain before the end date. For recurrent budgets: cannot be changed.
• End date — Visible only for expiring budgets. Can be changed; must be on or after the current date and later than the start date.
• Budget amount — The spending limit for this budget. Can be changed.
• Scope — Filters that define which cloud costs are tracked. You can add or remove filters for:
  • Projects — visible at company level only.
  • Services
  • Cloud providers
  • Locations
  • Data sources — visible at company level only. Filters by billing origin: the built-in emma source (your emma-provisioned resources) or an external cloud billing account (AWS, Azure, or GCP) connected on the Import page.

Actions that you can perform on this page

• Save the changes — Click Save to apply your changes. The button is disabled if any field fails validation.
• Cancel — Click Cancel or close the form to discard changes and return to where you opened the form.