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When should I use the Exclusion Tag feature?

The Exclusion Tag feature in OpsNow FinOps Plus allows users to exclude specific resources from optimization analysis.
This ensures that critical infrastructure or sensitive assets are not mistakenly flagged for cost-saving actions, supporting safe and accurate optimization.

✅ When to Use Exclusion Tags

  • Critical infrastructure that must not be altered
    • e.g., production databases or core application servers
  • Resources restricted by internal security or compliance policies
  • Resources explicitly marked by internal rules to be excluded
    • e.g., env=production, tier=core, keep=true

🛠️ How It Works

  • Users apply Key/Value tags to resources they want to exclude.
  • Then, within OpsNow (Optimization > Settings), they can define these as Exclusion Tags.
  • This logic is applied consistently across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

📌 Exclusion Tags help improve the precision and trustworthiness of optimization analysis, ensuring that critical workloads remain stable while maximizing cost efficiency where appropriate.