Create a budget

Available in Classic and VPC

This section describes the interface layout of the Budgets menu and provides instructions on creating and deleting budgets.

Budgets interface

The Budgets interface includes the following components:

Create a budget

You can create a budget to systematically and efficiently manage your service usage costs. To create a new budget:

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to > Services > Management & Governance > Cost Explorer.
2. Click Budgets.
3. Click [Create budget].
4. When the Create budget interface appears, set the budget:
   • Basic budget information
     • Budget name: The criterion for managing the budget.
       • You can enter up to 50 characters.
     • Budget description: A description of the budget.
       • You can enter up to 100 characters.
   • Budget settings
     • Budget cycle: Select the cycle to which the budget will be applied.
       • Based on the selected cycle, the Budget period can be set monthly, quarterly, or yearly.
     • Budget period: Select the period to which the budget will be applied.
       • You can select from the current month, quarter, or year. The available budget periods for each budget cycle are as follows:
         • Monthly: Up to 3 years.
         • Quarterly: Up to 4 years.
         • Yearly: Up to 5 years.
     • Budget type: Select the type of budget to apply.
       • Fixed budget: A fixed budget is applied during the budget period.
       • Variable budget: A flexible budget is applied during the budget period.
     • Budget amount: Enter the amount of the budget to apply.
       • For variable budgets, you must enter the budget for each period separately.
       • The currency unit varies depending on the billing currency, and the input range per currency is as follows:
         • KRW (won): -1,000,000,000,000-1,000,000,000,000
         • JPY (yen): -105,064,000,000 - 105,064,000,000
         • USD (dollar): -725,000,000 - 725,000,000
   • Budget application range
     • Account: Select the account to which the budget will be applied.
       • The master account of the Organization service can search for member accounts by email address or member number in the dropdown menu and select both its own account and member accounts.
       • General accounts or member accounts of the Organization service will only display their own account in the dropdown menu, and the budget can only be applied to their own account.
     • Service-specific billing item group: Select the service billing items to be included in the budget.
       • You can search by the service name.
     • Charge type: Select the charge type to be included in the budget.
       • You can search by charge type name.
   • Budget and cost information preview: View a preview graph of costs reflecting the configured budget information.
   • Notification settings
     • Notification setting: Use the toggle button to enable or disable notifications.
     • Notification conditions: Set conditions and click the [Add condition].
       • You can view up to 5 conditions.
       • The Threshold unit is in percentages, and you can input values from 0 to 100.
       • If periodic notifications are disabled, the notification is sent only once.
       • To delete the added condition, click .
     • Notification recipient designation: Click the [Check and edit recipients] to configure notification recipients.
       • Only recipients added to the Notification Recipient service can be designated as notification recipients. If no recipients have been added, click the [Manage notification recipient] to add recipients first. For more information, see Add recipient.
       • In the popup window for notification settings, click the dropdown menu at the top to select a recipient group. Only recipients belonging to the selected group appear in the dropdown menu for Notification recipients.
         
       • When you select a Recipient, the contact information registered in the Notification Recipient service is automatically displayed, and notifications can only be sent using the registered information.
         • Example: If only a phone number is registered, you cannot select EMAIL as the Notification method.
       • After selecting a Recipient and a Notification method, click the [Add condition].
       • To delete an added notification recipient, click .
       • Once you complete adding the notification recipients, click [Save settings].
       Note

       • Notifications are sent to recipients by comparing the cost data from the previous day with the budget's notification conditions. (A notification received on day N is based on the cost data from day N-1.)
5. Click [Create].
   • The budget is created and displayed on the list.

Delete a budget

To delete a budget:

1. In the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to > Services > Management & Governance > Cost Explorer.
2. Click Budgets.
3. Select the budget to delete from the budget list, and then click [Delete].
   • You can select multiple budgets to delete them at once.
   • Alternatively, click the name of the budget you want to delete, navigate to the budget details interface, and click the [Delete] to delete the budget individually.
4. When the Delete budget popup window appears, check whether it's the budget you want to delete and click the [Delete].
   • The budget is deleted from the list and is no longer visible.