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title: "Cost Pools"
canonical: "https://ai-docs.certero.com/space/CXCM/108298819/Cost%20Pools"
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Pools are the means by which you allocate costs to reflect cost reporting requirements, and are configured as per [Cost Allocation](https://certero.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CXCM/pages/108298704). In this section, we explain the reporting elements of the **Cost Pools** screen.

> ℹ️ The date range for data on this screen is always the **current month to date**.

Looking initially at the pool list:

- Pools will have a **red **marker on the left if the month to date spend (**Current Spend**) has exceeded the pool’s limit.
- Pools will have an **orange **marker on the left if the end of month **Forecast **has exceeded the pool’s limit.
- When the hierarchy for a parent pool is collapsed (not shown below), the parent will display the most impactful marker for the pool and its sub-pools, with red being of higher impact.

![image-20250814-045612.png](media://dbc80bfa-d522-474d-9397-aee4d5a8e707)

There is a series of tiles at the top:

![image-20250814-044857.png](media://114057d8-419a-4b66-9aa1-12e3a6468284)

- **Spent over limit**: The sum of the differences between current spend and limit, for pools with red markers.
- **Exceeded limit**: The number of pools with a red marker, excluding collapsed parent pools showing a marker for sub-pools, as described above.
- **Space limit**: The limit set on the top-level Space pool.
- **Current Spend**: The month to date spend for the top-level organization pool.
- **Forecast**: The end of month forecast for the top-level organization pool.
- **Possible monthly savings**: The sum of the possible savings across all of the tiles on the [Optimization Insights](https://certero.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CXCM/pages/108299180) screen. The link on this tile switches to the [Resources](https://certero.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CXCM/pages/108298896) cost reporting screen, with a filter applied to only show resources in scope of Optimization Insights tiles.

The **Actions **column displays a range of control icons:

![image-20250814-052255.png](media://31dd0ec5-5289-4892-a93b-061b276b530c)

In order, the actions are:

- Add a sub-pool, for users with sufficient [permissions](https://certero.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CXCM/pages/108298357).
- Switch to the **Resources **cost reporting screen, pre-filtered on the selected pool.
- Switch to the [Cost Explorer](https://certero.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CXCM/pages/108298788) screen, pre-filtered on the selected pool.
- Delete the sub-pool, for users with sufficient permissions.