Cloud Cost Report → Google Sheets → Executive Dashboard

intermediate30 minPublished Feb 24, 2026
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Generate comprehensive multi-cloud cost reports and automatically update executive dashboards with spending trends and optimization opportunities.

Workflow Steps

1

Cloud-cost-CLI

Generate detailed cost analysis

Run comprehensive scans across AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts to identify waste, get resource utilization metrics, and export results in structured JSON format with cost breakdowns by service and team.

2

Python Script

Process and transform data

Parse CLI output, calculate month-over-month trends, categorize waste by type (unused, oversized, unoptimized), and format data for dashboard consumption with key metrics.

3

Google Sheets API

Update executive dashboard

Automatically populate a Google Sheets template with current cost data, potential savings by cloud provider, trend charts, and top 10 optimization opportunities with impact estimates.

4

Google Data Studio

Generate visual reports

Create interactive dashboards connected to the Google Sheets data source, showing cost trends, waste distribution, and ROI of optimization efforts with drill-down capabilities.

Workflow Flow

Step 1

Cloud-cost-CLI

Generate detailed cost analysis

Step 2

Python Script

Process and transform data

Step 3

Google Sheets API

Update executive dashboard

Step 4

Google Data Studio

Generate visual reports

Why This Works

Transforms raw CLI output into executive-ready visualizations, making it easy to track cost optimization efforts and communicate savings opportunities to leadership.

Best For

Finance and engineering leaders who need regular visibility into cloud spending and optimization progress

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