Custom dashboards and saved views help you quickly apply filter configurations. Dashboards are standalone views, while saved views restore your Cost Explorer state.
Creating a Custom Dashboard
- Go to Dashboards
- Click Create Dashboard
- Configure your filters:
| Filter | What It Does |
|---|
| Relative Date | Sets a rolling date range (last 7 days, this month, etc.) |
| Models | Limits to specific models |
| Metadata | Filters by environment, feature, or custom tags |
- Add a name and description
- Click Save
Your dashboard is now available to everyone in your organization.
Using Recommended Dashboards
Every organization gets five pre-built dashboards:
| Dashboard | Filter Configuration |
|---|
| Production Monitoring | environment = production |
| This Month’s OpenAI Spend | This month + GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4-turbo |
| Development Analytics | environment = development |
| Feature Specific Costs | All feature tags |
| Last 90 Days Gemini Spend | Last 90 days + Gemini models |
Starring Dashboards
Star your most-used dashboards to keep them at the top:
- Hover over a dashboard in the list
- Click the star icon
Stars are personal. Your starred dashboards won’t affect what your teammates see.
Editing and Deleting
You can edit or delete dashboards you created:
- Hover over the dashboard
- Click the menu icon (three dots)
- Choose Edit or Delete
Recommended dashboards cannot be edited or deleted. They’re always available as baseline views.
Saved Views
Saved views capture your current Cost Explorer state. They’re faster than dashboards for quick filter switching.
What Gets Saved
- Relative date range
- Selected models
- Metadata filters
- Granularity (hourly, daily, monthly)
- Group by dimension (provider, model, modality, or metadata key)
Creating a Saved View
- Open Cost Explorer
- Apply your filters
- Click Save View
- Enter a title and optional description
- Click Save
Applying a Saved View
- Click the Saved Views button in Cost Explorer
- A sidebar opens with all your organization’s views
- Click a view to apply it
Your filters update instantly.
Saved Views vs Custom Dashboards
| Feature | Custom Dashboards | Saved Views |
|---|
| Purpose | Standalone filtered views | Quick filter presets |
| Includes granularity | No | Yes |
| Includes group by | No | Yes |
| Has recommended templates | Yes | No |
| Starring | Yes | No |
Example Workflows
Weekly Team Review
Create a dashboard for your weekly meeting:
- Name: “Weekly Cost Review”
- Date: Last 7 days
- Filter: environment = production
Open it every Monday for a consistent view.
Feature Development
Save views for the feature you’re working on:
- Apply filters: feature = chat, model = gpt-4o
- Set granularity: daily
- Group by: model
- Save as “Chat Feature Development”
Restore this view whenever you need to check costs.
Environment Comparison
Create dashboards for each environment:
- “Production Costs” (environment = production)
- “Staging Costs” (environment = staging)
- “Development Costs” (environment = development)
Star the one you check most often.
Tips
- Keep dashboards focused: One question per dashboard
- Use relative dates: “Last 30 days” stays current; fixed dates don’t
- Star strategically: Only star what you check daily
- Name clearly: “Q1 GPT-4 Production” beats “Dashboard 1”
