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# Cost Explorer

The **Cost explorer** feature contains tools and options to help you analyze costs and understand the cost structure for your organization. 

Using this feature, you can view your total expenses for the selected period and compare them with the total expenses from the previous period. You can also view a chart of your expense data to understand your overall spending and identify any trends or changes in your spending patterns.

<figure><img src="/files/1cswOf6yIkTfR6I5yAxl" alt=""><figcaption><p>The Cost Explorer in FinOps for Cloud.</p></figcaption></figure>

The Cost Explorer contains the following options to display a breakdown of your expenses:

* **Time interval** - Use this to change the time interval on the graph. You can change the time interval to **Daily**, **Weekly**, or **Monthly**. This allows for a more detailed or broader view of cost trends over different periods.
* **Date range** - Use this to adjust the date range. The date range selector offers flexibility in analyzing costs over different time frames.
* **See expenses breakdown by** - Allows you to explore and analyze the expense breakdown by **Source**, **Pool**, or **Owner**. When you select any of these options, a detailed pie chart and data summary are displayed.

You can also download your Cost Explorer views as a PDF file using the **Download** option on the page.


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