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View attribution reports

Use the attribution overview to analyze how your Grafana Cloud costs are distributed across teams, services, departments, or systems. The attribution reports provide detailed insights into consumption patterns and help identify optimization opportunities.

Before you begin

You must have the permissions granted by the Cost attribution reader role.

Access attribution reports

To view your cost attribution data:

1. Sign in to your Grafana Cloud instance.
2. Navigate to Cost Management and Billing.
3. Click the Attributions tab in the top navigation menu.

By default, the overview displays attribution data for the current month billing period and shows how costs are distributed across your configured attribution labels.

Understand the attribution overview

The Billing period summary

By default, the overview displays cost data for the current month billing period at the top of the page. You can see:

• Total Cost: The complete spend across all Grafana Cloud products for the billing period
• Metrics: Cost breakdown for metrics billable series
• Logs: Cost breakdown for log ingestion
• Traces: Cost breakdown for trace ingestion

Each product card includes a visual trend line showing usage patterns throughout the billing period.

Data export

You can download detailed attribution data using the Download (CSV) button in the upper right corner. This exports cost and usage data for integration with external financial reporting tools.

Attribution breakdown table

The Attributions Breakdown section provides detailed cost allocation across your configured attribution labels.

Label filtering

Use the Label drop-down to filter the attribution data by specific label values. The interface shows attribution data organized by the labels you configured during setup.

Attribution data columns

The breakdown table displays the following information for each label value:

Total cost: The complete cost attributed to this label value across all products.

Metrics (billable series):

• Volume of billable metric series
• Associated costs for metrics

Logs (volume):

• Volume of log data ingested
• Associated costs for logs

Traces (volume):

• Volume of trace data ingested
• Associated costs for traces

Unattributed costs

The table includes an unattributed row that shows costs for telemetry data without the required attribution labels. High unattributed costs indicate opportunities to improve your labeling coverage.

Analyze attribution data

Identify cost drivers

Review the attribution breakdown to understand:

• Which teams, services, or environments generate the highest costs
• How costs are distributed across different products (metrics, logs, traces)
• Which label values have the most significant spending

Monitor attribution coverage

Track the ratio of attributed to unattributed costs:

• High unattributed costs: Indicate missing or inconsistent labeling
• Well-distributed attributed costs: Show effective cost allocation across your organization
• Concentrated costs: May indicate specific teams or services driving usage

Usage and cost correlation

For each attribution label, compare:

• Volume metrics: The amount of data ingested for each product
• Associated costs: How volume translates to actual spending
• Cost efficiency: Which label values provide the best value for observability investment

Improve attribution accuracy

Address labeling gaps

If you see high unattributed costs:

1. Review your telemetry collection configuration
2. Ensure attribution labels are consistently applied across all data sources
3. Coordinate with teams to standardize labeling practices

Optimize cost allocation

Use attribution data to:

• Set team or department budgets based on historical usage
• Identify optimization opportunities in high-cost areas
• Track the impact of cost reduction initiatives

Data timing considerations

• Data processing: Final attribution data becomes available after the billing period closes
• Historical availability: Attribution data is only available from when cost attribution was first enabled.