# View Budgets

## View a custom group budget

To view a custom group budget:

1. Navigate to **Cloud tools** > **Budgets**.
2. On the **Custom Groups** tab, select the reporting period.
3. Locate the budget you want to view, and then in the **Actions** column, select **View**. The following details are displayed:
   * **Utilized** - Spend generated by resources assigned to the budget group within the budget time.
   * **Final Spend** - Prediction calculated until the end of the budget period.
   * **Time Remaining** - Days left until the end of the budget period.
   * **Budgeting period** - Start and end date of the budget.
   * **Owner** - Email address of the person responsible for this budget.

On the details page of your budget, you can also select the following tabs to view additional details: 

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Monthly Budget Breakdown" %}
By default, the budget amount is equally distributed across budget months. 

Based on this, the table displays consumption and utilization information for every month. You can **Edit Monthly Budgets** to adjust the budget amount for each month.
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Child Budgets" %}
This tab provides information about child budget amounts and utilization. 

Consumption in child budgets is included in the parent budget utilization value. You can edit the child budget amounts by selecting **Edit Budgets**.

<figure><img src="/files/1IK8uNJqh8zXCP6G4lPi" alt=""><figcaption><p>Child budgets</p></figcaption></figure>
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Top 50 Resources" %}
This tab shows the top-consuming resources of the displayed budget. You can expand a resource to view more details.

<figure><img src="/files/y6hQDW1Ovr7nsfb7dgAH" alt=""><figcaption><p>Top 50 resources</p></figcaption></figure>

* Select **View in Resource Manager** to open resource details in Resource Manager.
* Select **View Consumption** to open resource spend analytics.
  {% endtab %}
  {% endtabs %}

## View a per-provider budget

To view a per-provider budget:

1. Navigate to **Cloud tools** > **Budgets**.
2. Select the **Per-Provider** tab.
3. Locate the budget you want to view, and then in the **Actions** column, select **View**. The following details are displayed:
   * **Utilized** - Spend generated by resources assigned to the budget group within the budget time.
   * **Final Spend** - Prediction calculated until the end of the budget period.
   * **Time Remaining** - Days left until the end of the budget period.
   * **Budgeting period** - Start and end date of the budget.
   * **Owner** - Email address of the person responsible for this budget.

On the budget details page, you can also select the following tabs:

* **Subscriptions** - Displays the list of subscriptions along with consumption and prediction details. You can add and edit the budget for a selected subscription by clicking on **Edit Budgets** or **Add**.
* **Top 50 Resources** - Displays a list of the top resources consuming the most for that budget (Account or Subscription). You can expand the selected resource to view more details and navigate to the Resource page or the **Consumption Details** page in Consumption Overview.


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