Exclude and Restore Resources in Calculations

You can exclude applications, compute instances, custom groups, and networks from all calculations you perform in Workload Placement.

For example, you might want to exclude networks that are internal-only, or applications that are going to stay on-premises.

You can also restore the excluded resources so they are included in calculations.

For Compute Instances and Applications

Steps

Navigate to the Inventory page.
In a table column, right-click over an item and select Exclude from Calculations.
An "excluded" badge displays for the item.
The number on the Exclusion Lists button updates to reflect the total number of excluded items on all tabs.
Click Save to retain the exclusion.
You can hover your cursor over the exclusion badge to see a popup with the reason for exclusion.
To view a list of all excluded applications or compute instances, click Exclusion Lists and then select the appropriate tab.
To add a resource back into calculations, do one of the following:
- Right-click over the item in the table and click Return <Resource> to Calculation.
- Click Exclusion Lists, select the appropriate tab, and click the 'x' to remove the item from the list.
The resource will be included the next time calculations are initiated.

Steps

Navigate to the Inventory page.
Click the Applications column header and select the custom property from the dropdown.
Tip
Custom properties are used to create custom groups.
The custom properties display in the table.
In a table column, right-click over an item and select Exclude from Calculations.
An "excluded" badge displays for the item.
The number on the Exclusion Lists button updates to reflect the total number of excluded items on all tabs.
Click Save to retain the exclusion.
You can hover your cursor over the exclusion badge to see a popup with the reason for exclusion.
To view a list of all excluded applications or compute instances, click Exclusion Lists and then select the appropriate tab.
To add a resource back into calculations, do one of the following:
- Right-click over the item in the table and click Return <Resource> to Calculation.
- Click Exclusion Lists, select the appropriate tab, and click the 'x' to remove the item from the list.
The resource will be included the next time calculations are initiated.

Steps

Navigate to the Inventory page.
Click Exclusion Lists.
The number on the Exclusion Lists button indicates the total number of excluded items, if any, on all tabs.
On the Network Exclusions tab, click Add Row.
Enter one or more IP addresses or a range of IP addresses and click Save.
Individual addresses must be comma-separated. A range of addresses must be separated by a hyphen.
The number on the Exclusion Lists button updates to reflect the total number of excluded items on all tabs.
To add a resource back into calculations, click the 'x' for the network resource you want to remove from the exclusion list.
The resource will be included the next time calculations are initiated.