How to Add Virtual Tags in CloudMonitor

Virtual Tags represent a sophisticated approach to tag management within Azure environments, offered by CloudMonitor. This feature addresses common challenges associated with tag inconsistencies, such as misspellings and duplications, by introducing a semantic layer that normalizes similar tags into unified virtual tags. Virtual Tags enhance data consistency and simplify the visualization of tagged resources, thereby improving data management and reporting accuracy. By standardizing tags across the cloud infrastructure, Virtual Tags streamline resource identification and enable more effective cost allocation and optimization strategies.

Below is a step-by-step guide to configure virtual tags,

Step 1

Navigate to your Admin App and authenticate with your credentials.

Step 2

Click on this button on the top left corner. and then select “Settings”.

Step 3

Click “Add Virtual Tag”

Step 4

Click the “Virtual Tag Name” field. and provide a name for the virtual tag.

Step 5

Select the Tags which need to be normalized from the dropdown

Tip

You can add or remove tags which need to be normalized into the virtual tag by clicking on the ”+” button or ”-” button.

Step 6

After adding all the tags which need to be normalized. Click “Save” button.

Tip

Please feel free to repeat the steps for adding virtual tags as many times as you need.

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Now you have successfully set up the virtual tags feature in CloudMonitor. It will take 24 hours to replicate the virtual tag in the Power BI report.

Note - This will not be updating your azure tenant, this will only be maintained as a semantic layer between your azure tenant and the CloudMonitor Power BI reports.