Octo Updates You’ll Love
We’ve been busy making Octo even better for you.
This release introduces a new navigation rail for easier navigation and a visual way to explore cost allocations, so you can track costs across groups more quickly and efficiently. These improvements are designed to help you work smarter and understand your costs more clearly.
We hope these updates make your experience smoother and more productive—explore the details below to see what’s new!
🆕 Octo Navigation Improvement
We’ve introduced a new navigation rail in Octo, making it easier to move between sections, access key features quickly, and stay oriented while exploring the platform.
What’s New?
Collapsed View – The rail now shows only application icons when collapsed. Hover over an icon to instantly see the application name for quicker recognition.
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Submenu Access – Applications with submenus will display the submenu clearly when you click, making it easy to navigate directly to the function you need.
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Dropdown in Expanded Mode – In expanded mode, submenus remain easy to access through a dropdown.
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🆕 Improved Cost Allocation’s Allocator Experience
As part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing the Cost Allocation feature and making it more intuitive and easier to use, we recently introduced improvements to the allocator creation process for the Discount Plan type. In this release, we’re excited to turn our attention to Cost Usage, bringing you a smoother and more efficient allocation experience.
What’s New?
Simplified Allocation Part: We’ve replaced the complex logic builder with a more streamlined selection process. You can now define allocation sources by choosing accounts, services, and tags from a clear, searchable list. This improvement makes it faster and more efficient to identify and allocate the right costs.
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Easier Target Selection: We’ve introduced a new, comprehensive view of all accounts when setting allocation targets. This enhanced display provides greater visibility and makes it easier to select the appropriate target accounts—whether you’re distributing costs using fixed percentages or allocating them proportionally based on usage.
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Proportional Allocation:
🆕 Cost Allocation’s Visualization
We are introducing Cost Allocation’s Visualization to provide a clearer and more interactive way of understanding how cost allocation works among cost groups. Previously, allocation details were only available in the Details section. With this release, users can now visually identify the source and target of allocations and easily track costs after allocation.
Key Enhancements
Direct & Shared Cost Tabs
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Direct Cost now shows the original cost, the allocated cost to the account, and the deducted cost after allocation.
Shared Cost displays the portion of cost assigned to another account.
These improvements apply to charges/fees and cost usage allocations.
Charges Visualization
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Items are now grouped by type (e.g., all tax-related items are categorized under Tax).
Allocated charges are displayed under a dedicated Allocated Charges type.
Discount Plan Visualization
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Works similarly to charges and cost usage visualization but focuses on savings.
Direct Savings shows the original saving from discount plans, the allocated savings, and deductions after allocation.
Allocated Savings shows the savings distributed to another account.
Applied Allocators Overview
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Each visualization now includes the applied allocators for a cost group, giving users immediate visibility into which allocators influenced the results.
With these enhancements, users gain a more intuitive and structured view of cost allocations, making it easier to analyze both charges and savings distribution across accounts.
🛠️Minor Bug Fixes and Other Enhancements
We have also made some minor bug fixes and improvements to other existing features.