Product Guides•stable•Updated 2026-05-15

Optimizations — Opportunities

Review optimization opportunities and their business impact.

What this page is for

Opportunities shows detected recommendations with scope, savings, confidence, effort, risk, links, measurement state, and possible actions.

Who uses it

  • FinOps
  • Platform
  • Finance

What you see

  • Status.
  • Type.
  • Confidence.
  • Estimated savings.
  • Provider/model/feature scope.
  • Linked alert, case, approval, or simulation.

What you can do

  • Open detail.
  • Refresh measurement.
  • Create optimization action.
  • Change status when not managed by an active action.

Permissions and safety

  • Status changes are validated server-side.
  • Direct opportunity changes are blocked when an active action owns the workflow.

Operational notes

  • Estimated savings falls back to impact when needed.
  • Managed opportunities should be updated through Actions.

What this page is not for

  • Running the model simulation itself.
  • Approving governance decisions.

Recommended workflow

  1. Confirm that you are in the right workspace and environment.
  2. Use filters before changing configuration or interpreting results.
  3. Open the detail drawer when available.
  4. Check related objects such as alerts, approvals, costs, policies, runs, deliveries, or audit entries.
  5. Apply changes only when the impact is clear.
  6. Re-check the page after the backend refreshes.
  7. Export or copy IDs when you need to escalate.

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