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This article explains how to effectively use filtering and grouping options when viewing recommendations.

Filters

Filters help you to focus on the recommendations that are most relevant to your needs. You can apply multiple filters simultaneously to refine your results. For instance, after choosing specific resource groups, you can further filter by recommendation impact or select another filtering option to refine the list even more.

Some filters, like Subscription, Resource Group, and Resource Type, are visible by default in Azure Advisor. Others can be added as needed with the Add filter button, allowing you further customize your recommendations view.

Screenshot of all recommendations list with filters in Azure Advisor.

Resources filters

  • Subscription: View recommendations for selected subscriptions.

  • Resource Group: View recommendations for selected resource groups.

  • Resource Type: Focus on specific services like Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, and so on.

  • Workload: View recommendations for specific workloads. Contact your account team to add new workloads to the workload filter or edit workload names.

  • Tags: Use tags to filter by business unit, workload, or team.

Tip

Tags are especially useful for comparing Advisor scores across teams or prioritizing actions based on ownership.

Recommendations filters

  • Recommendation status: Choose between Active and Postponed & Dismissed.

  • Impact: Select one or more values: High, Medium, and Low.

  • Recommendation Type: Focus on specific recommendation.

  • Subcategory: Focus on specific optimization area. Available for Cost, Reliability, Performance, and Operational excellence.

  • Commitments: Applies to reservations recommendations, available for Cost only.

Grouping

Grouping helps you organize recommendations into logical categories.

Grouping Options

  • Subcategory (not supported for Security recommendations)

  • Subscription

  • Resource Group

  • Resource Type

  • Workload

  • No grouping

Screenshot of Cost recommendations grouped by subcategory in Azure Advisor.