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# Spend Spike Alert, Microsoft Azure KPI card, Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

> Spend change vs the prior 30d from the 60d Daily cost rows; fires on a spike per the ai_spend_trend band.

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## At a glance

* **Category:** Alerts & Anomaly Detection
* **Type:** Supporting Metrics
* **Chart:** kpi
* **Format:** percent
* **Time window:** 30D vsP
* **Alert trigger:** up >50% vsP

## Calculation

Spend change vs the prior 30d from the 60d Daily cost rows; fires on a spike per the ai\_spend\_trend band.

## Known limitations

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