# View Potential Savings

Here is a walkthrough of the Potential Savings UI in OneLens. Each savings opportunity is based on a policy violation and is calculated using **region-specific AWS pricing**.

## Accessing Potential Savings

To get started:

1. Log in to your **OneLens UI**.
2. Navigate to **Savings Dashboards** from the left sidebar.
3. The below **Potential Savings** page opens by default.

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#### Number References

1. [View Option](#view-option)
2. [Filters](#filter)

**Metric**

3. [Potential Saving](#potential-savings)
4. [Violation Detected](#violations-detected)
5. [Unique Resources](#unique-resources)

**Potential Saving Charts**

6. By Services
7. By Account
8. By Region

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## **Hover Chart for Detailed Insights**

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## Configuring the View

When you open the Potential Savings page, the **default view** is displayed. From here, you can either choose a pre-saved view or save a customized view for future use.

### View Option

You can start with pre-saved views or customize your own using filters.

* **Recent Tickets**: Shows tickets created in the last 7 days.
* **Quick Wins**: Filters for low-risk, easy-effort opportunities.
* **Waste**: Focuses on unused resources.
* **Graviton**: Surfaces opportunities to switch to Graviton instances.

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## Tip&#x20;

To learn how to save a customized view, [click here](https://docs.onelens.cloud/observe-visibility-and-insights/cost-reporting/cost-atlas/saved-views#how-to-save-a-view).
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### Filter

Refine your view using filters:

* **Account ID**: Focus on a specific AWS account.
* **Region**: Limit results to a particular AWS region.
* **Service**: Select an individual AWS service.
* **Cost Center**: Filter by your organizational cost centers.
* **Created Date**: Choose a time window for ticket creation.
* **Change Type**:
  * **Application Changes**: Updates to app components.
  * **Config Changes**: Infrastructure-level adjustments.
  * **Decommissioning**: Terminating unused resources.
  * **Scheduling**: Time-based cost-saving actions.
* **Cost Saving Category**: Filter by the nature of the savings opportunity.
* **Risk**:
  * **Low**: Low-risk, generally safe changes.
  * **High**: Higher risk may need review.
* **Effort**:
  * **Easy**: Quick wins with minimal effort.
  * **Medium**: Requires moderate effort or coordination.
  * **Hard**: Higher-effort tasks with broader impact.

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## Key Metrics

**Potential Savings**

See how much you could be saving monthly if you implement all recommended actions.

**Violations Detected**

Track the number of policy violations across your infrastructure.

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A single resource can be counted in multiple violations.
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**Unique Resources**

Understand how many distinct resources are contributing to your potential savings.

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## Potential Savings Trend

Understand how your savings opportunities are distributed:

### **Group By**

1. **Account**: Spot which accounts offer the most savings.
2. **Service**: Focus on the services where optimization will make the biggest impact.

### **Stack By**

Options vary based on your selection above:

1. When grouping by **Account**, you can stack by::
   1. **Service**
   2. **Region**
2. When grouping by **Service**, you can stack by::
   1. **Region**
   2. **Account**

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## Potential Savings by Effort

This chart breaks down savings by how easy or hard they are to implement:

1. **Easy**: Minimal effort to implement.
2. **Medium**: Moderate effort and planning.
3. **Hard**: Significant changes or collaboration needed.

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## Top 5 Saving Opportunities

Here you get the top 5 saving opportunities identified across your cloud environment. These are based on policy evaluations highlighting the most impactful actions you can take to reduce costs.

The table displays the following:

1. **Policy Name**: The policy that flagged the opportunity.
2. **Service**: The AWS service where the savings apply.
3. **Potential Savings**: Estimated monthly savings if all recommended actions are completed.
4. **Achieved Savings**: Actual monthly savings already realized from resolved tickets.
5. **Resources**: Total number of affected resources under this policy.

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## Tip

Clicking on any **Policy Name** opens a detailed view with all related tickets.
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