--- title: "Cost adjustment" slug: "cost-adjustment" updated: 2026-10-29T11:13:36Z published: 2026-10-29T11:13:36Z canonical: "docs.turbo360.com/cost-adjustment" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.turbo360.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cost adjustment ## Overview Cost adjustment applies a custom percentage increase to a cost management group's displayed Azure spend. It lets Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and internal finance teams layer billing markups, service fees, or chargeback rates on top of raw Azure costs without modifying the underlying cost data. You can also set a different percentage for a single chart in Cost analysis, which replaces the group's percentage for that chart only. ### Business value Raw Azure spend rarely reflects what a business actually bills or allocates internally. MSPs need to apply client-specific markups; internal IT teams need to add overhead charges before cross-charging departments. Cost adjustment makes these calculations visible in Cost Analyzer directly, so teams can report on fully-loaded costs without maintaining a separate spreadsheet. ## Prerequisites ### Required permissions Cost adjustment is restricted to the **Account owner** role. No other role, including Owner and Contributor, can access or modify cost adjustment settings. This applies to both the group-level setting and the per-chart setting. A cost management group must exist before cost adjustment can be configured. ## How it works Cost adjustment is configured per cost management group, and can optionally be overridden for an individual chart. When enabled at group level, the specified percentage is applied to all cost figures displayed for that group, including the Essentials summary, dashboard widgets, and any cost views scoped to the group. The adjustment applies to displayed figures only. The underlying Azure cost data is not modified. The **Apply for child groups** option propagates the adjustment percentage to all child groups under the configured group, overriding any individual cost adjustment settings those child groups may have. This is useful for MSP scenarios where a single markup rate applies across an entire client hierarchy. Cost adjustment applies immediately after saving. All cost data displayed for the group reflects the adjusted figures from that point forward, including the current month's data. ### Cost adjustment for a single chart A chart in Cost analysis can have its own cost adjustment. When it's enabled, the chart's percentage replaces the group's percentage for that chart. The two percentages aren't added together. When it's disabled, the chart uses the group's cost adjustment. A percentage of 0 is valid and shows the raw cost with no markup. A chart's cost adjustment applies to: - The chart and its grid in Cost analysis. - The view's pinned and cached data, including comparison and forecast figures. - The view's scheduled export. - Monitors configured on the view. A chart's cost adjustment doesn't apply to dashboard widgets, chart library charts, group reports (such as Cost summary, Executive cost summary, and End of month report), Overview, Home, rightsizing, reservations, schedules, or group monitors. There is no **Apply for child groups** option at chart level. Other users who open the view see the adjusted numbers, with no indicator that an adjustment is applied. ## Steps Open Cost adjustment from the cost management group's context menu in the tree view to adjust a whole group, or from the **Actions** menu of a Cost analysis view to adjust a single chart. Only the Account owner sees these options. ### Enable cost adjustment Enabling cost adjustment applies a percentage markup to all cost figures displayed for the group. 1. Click the **Context menu ( ⋮ )** next to the cost management group in the tree view. 2. Select **Cost adjustment**. 3. Enable the toggle. 4. Enter the adjustment percentage to apply. 5. Optionally enable **Apply for child groups** to propagate the adjustment to all child groups, overriding their individual settings. 6. Click **Save**. ### Disable cost adjustment Disabling cost adjustment removes the markup and restores displayed costs to the original Azure figures. 1. Click the **Context menu ( ⋮ )** next to the cost management group in the tree view. 2. Select **Cost adjustment**. 3. Disable the toggle. 4. Click **Save**. ### Adjust cost for a single chart Adjusting a single chart lets you show one view with a different markup, or with no markup, without changing the group's setting. If the cost management group also has a cost adjustment, the chart-specific adjustment overrides the group's percentage for that chart only. The two percentages aren't added together. 1. Open the cost management group in Cost Analyzer and go to **Analysis**. 2. Open an existing view, or create a new one. 3. Click **Actions** and select **Cost adjustment**, just below **Clone**. When a chart-level adjustment is active, the option reads **Cost adjustment (X%)**. 4. In **Set cost adjustment percentage**, enable **Enable cost adjustment for this chart**. 5. Enter the percentage in **Cost adjustment percentage (%)**. This field is required when the toggle is on. 6. Click **Save**. To make a chart use the group's percentage again, open **Cost adjustment**, turn off **Enable cost adjustment for this chart**, and click **Save**. Turbo360 keeps the percentage you entered, but it isn't used while the toggle is off. There is no separate reset option. For a new view that isn't saved yet, the adjustment previews immediately and is saved together with the view. A cloned view inherits the saved cost adjustment of the view it was cloned from. ## Example scenario Contoso is an MSP managing Azure costs for three client organizations. Each client's subscriptions are scoped to a dedicated child group under a parent group called Contoso MSP. After agreeing a 15% service fee with Client B, the account owner opens the Client B group, selects Cost adjustment, sets 15%, and enables Apply for child groups. All cost figures displayed for Client B and its sub-groups now reflect the markup. When Contoso renegotiates the rate to 12% the following quarter, updating the parent group's adjustment automatically propagates the new rate across all child groups. For one Cost analysis view that Client B wants to see at the raw Azure cost, the account owner opens the view, selects Actions > Cost adjustment, enables the adjustment for that chart, and sets it to 0%. The rest of Client B's figures keep the 15% markup. ## Limitations - Cost adjustment is available to the Account owner role only. It cannot be delegated to any other role. - The adjustment is applied to displayed cost figures only. It does not affect the underlying Azure billing data or the data imported from Azure Cost Management. - Enabling Apply for child groups overrides all individual cost adjustment settings on child groups. Those individual settings cannot be recovered after the override is applied. They must be reconfigured manually if the parent adjustment is later disabled. - At chart level, turning the toggle off is different from entering 0: with the toggle off, the chart uses the group's percentage. - A chart's cost adjustment applies only to that chart's view. It isn't used in dashboard widgets, chart library charts, group reports, Overview, Home, rightsizing, reservations, schedules, or group monitors. ## Troubleshooting 1. **Cost adjustment option is not visible in the context menu or the chart Actions menu** Cause: Only the Account owner role can access Cost adjustment. Owner and Contributor roles do not have access. Fix: Confirm you are signed in as the Account owner. If the option is still absent, contact your Turbo360 administrator to verify your role assignment. 2. **Child group cost figures did not update after enabling Apply for child groups** Cause: The child group may have had an individual cost adjustment override that was not immediately replaced, or the dashboard is showing cached data. Fix: Open each child group and verify the cost adjustment settings reflect the parent value. If the figures still appear stale, select **Reset cached data** under **Tools** in the group's **Context menu ( ⋮ )**. 3. **Displayed costs look incorrect after saving a cost adjustment** Cause: The dashboard may be serving cached cost data that predates the adjustment. Fix: Click **Reset cached data** to force a refresh. The adjusted figures should appear immediately after the cache resets. 4. **Apply for child groups was enabled but a specific child group still shows the old rate** Cause: The child group may have a separately configured adjustment that was applied after the parent propagation. Fix: Open the child group's Cost adjustment settings and verify the current percentage. Re-apply from the parent group if the child value has drifted. 5. **Cost adjustment was disabled but costs still appear adjusted** Cause: The dashboard cache has not yet refreshed since the adjustment was disabled. Fix: Select **Reset cached data** under **Tools** in the group's **Context menu ( ⋮ )** to force a reload of the current, unadjusted figures. ## FAQs 1. **Does cost adjustment apply to historical data or only from the date it was enabled?** Cost adjustment applies to all cost data displayed for the group, including historical months. It is not applied from a specific date. All displayed figures reflect the adjusted percentage regardless of when the costs were incurred. 2. **What happens to child group adjustments if I disable Apply for child groups on the parent?** Disabling Apply for child groups on the parent stops future propagation, but does not restore the child groups' previous individual settings. The child groups retain the parent's rate until each is individually updated. 3. **Can I apply different adjustment rates to different child groups?** Yes. Configure cost adjustment individually on each child group without enabling Apply for child groups on the parent. Each group will display its own rate independently. 4. **If a chart has its own cost adjustment, is it added to the group's percentage?** No. The chart's percentage replaces the group's percentage for that chart. 5. **How can I show a chart at the raw Azure cost?** Enable the chart's cost adjustment and set the percentage to 0. The chart then shows the raw cost with no markup, even when the group has an adjustment. 6. **Can other users tell that a chart has a cost adjustment?** Not from the numbers. Other users who open the view see the adjusted figures with no indicator. Only the Account owner sees the **Cost adjustment (X%)** option in the **Actions** menu. ## Related articles - [Managing cost groups](https://docs.turbo360.com/docs/managing-cost-management-groups) - [Cost management groups](https://docs.turbo360.com/docs/cost-management-groups) - [Cost allocation](https://docs.turbo360.com/docs/cost-allocation) - [Unit economics](https://docs.turbo360.com/docs/unit-economics)