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# Pools

The **Pools** page in FinOps for Cloud allows you to view and manage your organization’s resource pools, including their limits, expenses, and forecasts. 

With Pools, you can:

* Monitor resource usage and identify potential overspending.
* Visualize current expenses and forecasted costs for pools and sub-pools.
* Analyze pool data using custom and predefined date ranges, including **This month**, **Last month**, **Last 7 days**, and **Last 30 days**.
* Download pool breakdown and allocation data in CSV or XLSX format using the **Download report** option.
* View pool owners and resource assignments.
* Open pools in Cost Explorer for further analysis.
* Create sub-pools and manage the pool hierarchy.
* Delete pools and their sub-pools.

All pools and sub-pools are organized in a hierarchical structure to help you navigate and manage them easily. The **Expenses** and **Forecast** columns provide insights into your current expenses and projected costs for each pool and sub-pool. 

### About assignment rules

Newly created resources are automatically distributed into pools based on assignment rules. 

If the resources have certain tags, they are immediately assigned to the appropriate pool upon first discovery. Resources that don't belong to any pool are assigned to the data source pool, which is created automatically when the data source is connected.

Assignment rules are evaluated according to priority. You can manually reapply these rules across the entire organization or within a specific pool. Additionally, you can manage assignment rules by editing them or adjusting their priority. 

To learn more, see the following links:

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[Configure assignment rules](/insights/pools/add-assignment-rules.md)
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[View and manage assignment rules](/insights/pools/view-and-manage-assignment-rules.md)
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[Reapply ruleset](/insights/pools/re-apply-ruleset.md)
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[Create pool constraint policies](/insights/pools/pool-constraint-policies.md)
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[View pool assignment rules](/insights/pools/view-pool-assignment-rules.md)
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[Delete pools](/insights/pools/delete-a-pool.md)
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