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Ingestion is how your cost data gets into Koala. Every load is a tracked run, so you always know what was ingested and when.

Two ways to get data in

Upload a file

On the Upload page, drop in a FOCUS export (for example a .csv or .csv.gz). Good for a quick look or a one-off.

From your cloud storage

Once a cloud connection is set up, Koala pulls FOCUS files straight from OCI Object Storage, AWS S3, Azure Blob, or GCP BigQuery.

On demand or on a schedule

  • On demand — trigger a load for a chosen date range whenever you want. Each manual run uses replace-then-load for that window, so re-running a range cleanly refreshes it rather than double-counting.
  • Scheduled — turn on automatic ingestion on a connection (a cron schedule plus a look-back window) and Koala keeps the data current without anyone lifting a finger.

Tracking runs

The Tasks page shows ingestion runs and their status, so you can confirm a load finished and see what it covered. After a successful run, the dashboard’s daily rollups refresh automatically, so charts and KPIs reflect the new data.
Koala ingests FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) exports. Configure the export in each cloud, then point a Koala connection at it — see Connect your clouds.

Next steps

Dashboard

See your spend once data is in.

Insights

Explainable, evidence-backed findings.