Coverage first
Start by checking how much of your spend is already attributed. In the cost explorer, pivot bytag:Application to see labeled coverage and spend per application — and how much remains untagged.
Recommending application labels
For resources with no application tag, Koala recommends a label. The recommendation engine is a transparent, similarity-based classifier — not a black box:Learn from what's already tagged
Koala reads existing app tags (
Application, app, product, project, and similar keys) to build labeled profiles for each application.Find untagged candidates
Resources without an app tag are grouped by resource to cut line-item noise.
Because the classifier is transparent and confidence-scored, you can see why a label was suggested and tune how aggressive the matching is — rather than trusting an opaque model.
Tag untagged resources
You don’t have to fix tags back in each cloud. From the allocation page you can apply anApplication tag to a resource in Koala; it’s picked up on the next ingestion run. You can also export your Koala tags (to CSV or as a clipboard runbook) to push them back into your cloud tagging, so the two stay in sync.
Split a shared resource
Some costs belong to more than one owner. Split allocation lets you divide a single resource’s cost across segments — owner, department, or cost center — with weighted percentages, so shared spend lands accurately on each business unit.From coverage to chargeback
With more spend labeled, application pivots become complete enough to drive showback and chargeback — giving each business unit an accurate, self-serve view of what it spends.Next steps
Cost explorer
Validate coverage and spend by application.
Insights
See what’s driving each application’s cost.