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Cost Management
- 1: Overview
- 2: How-to Guides
- 2.1: Payment History
- 2.2: Cost Analysis
- 2.3: Credit Management
- 2.4: Budget Management
- 2.5: Cost Savings
- 2.6: Account
- 2.7: Payment Management
- 2.8: Carbon Emissions
- 2.9: EDP Report
- 3: Release Note
1 - Overview
Service Overview
The Cost Management service provides tools to manage and track the costs of Samsung Cloud Platform services.
You can make faster and more accurate financial decisions by identifying cost trends and savings opportunities. Users can efficiently obtain the desired information through the grouping and subdivision of information.
Provided Features
- Usage and Billing Details: You can predict the expected amount for this month and check the billing amount. It provides the amount, usage, and unit price by resource, and it is possible to save it as an Excel file.
- Payment Details: Provided when the payment method is a credit card. Check the billing amount, overdue amount, payment date, payment status, etc.
- Cost Analysis: You can check the cost trend for up to 6 months. It provides cost grouping and various search filters to analyze cost and usage data.
- Credit Management: You can manage and use credits.
- Budget Management: You can set and manage budgets.
- Cost Savings: You can save on usage costs by setting a time contract for the Compute service of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
- Account: You can check the account information. You can check the account name, account ID, alias, and company name.
- Payment Management: Provides information about the payment method of the Account. Credit card and non-cash deposit information are displayed.
- Carbon Emissions: You can check the carbon emissions generated when using the Samsung Cloud Platform Console services, monthly carbon emissions trends, carbon emissions by service group, and carbon emissions information by account.
Constraints
- Provided based on the Asia/Seoul(GMT +09:00) time zone.
- Cancellation fees and Support plan amounts can be checked in the month when the billing settlement is completed.
- Cost analysis is provided on a monthly basis.
- The tag information of the billing report will be provided when sending an email.
Preceding Service
Cost Management has no preceding service.
2 - How-to Guides
The user supports cloud efficiency optimization by utilizing various cost management tools through the Cost Management of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console. Cost Management allows you to check usage and billing details, payment history, and cost analysis, and manage Credit, budget, Account, and payment methods.
Check usage and billing history
You can predict the expected amount for this month and check the billing amount for the services used in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To check the usage details and billing details, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Usage and Billing Details menu. It moves to the Usage and Billing Details page.
- Usage and Billing Details page, in the period setting area at the top right, select the year and month to check the usage and billing details, the usage or billing details for the corresponding period will be displayed.
- Select the item to check the details in the upper right corner of the detailed list of expenses. The details of the item will be displayed.
Check payment history
Account의 monthly payment details can be checked by item, including billed amount, used amount, unpaid amount, and payment amount, etc.
Samsung Cloud Platform Console에서 사용자의 Account의 납부 내역을 월별로 확인할 수 있습니다, translates to: On the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, you can check the payment history of the user’s account on a monthly basis.
To use the payment history, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Payment Details menu. It moves to the Payment Details page.
- Payment History page where you can check the payment history of the corresponding Account.
Item Description Claim Month and Year Reference Month and Year Claim Amount The amount added to the unpaid accumulated amount for the current month’s usage Used Amount Monthly Used Amount Overdue Amount (Current Month) Overdue Amount for the Current Month unpaid amount (cumulative) total unpaid amount Payment Amount Denoted as the actual payment currency preferred, not the contract currency of the Account Payment Date Credit Card Payment Date Table. Payment Details Item
- All rates are exclusive of value-added tax.
- For more detailed information about the payment history, please refer to Payment History.
Analyzing Costs
You can check the analysis data on costs, such as the estimated or invoiced amount for up to 6 months of the Account, the average monthly invoiced amount, and the top 5 costs.
You can check the cost analysis on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To check the cost analysis, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. It moves to the Cost Analysis page.
- Cost Analysis page where you can check the cost analysis of the corresponding Account.
- By selecting the inquiry period at the top right, you can check the cost analysis for the corresponding period.
- The search period can be selected from the start to the end, up to a maximum of 6 months.
- The inquiry period is based on the 1st day of the starting month to the last day of the ending month.
- It provides a graph visualized based on the search period.
- When selecting by service group, colors are applied by service group, and service group colors and amount information are provided as tooltips when hovering over with the mouse.
*is displayed when it is an estimated amount.
- Cost Analysis page where you can check the detailed cost statement.
Item Description Service Group Service Group Notation of Resources Service Service name notation of resources Resource Name Resource Name Notation Billed amount or estimated billed amount* The billed amount or estimated billed amount of the resource is displayed Table. Detailed Cost Analysis Items
- The analysis content varies depending on whether the billing settlement month and the unsettled month are included within the inquiry period.
- For more information about cost analysis, please refer to Cost Analysis.
Credit check
You can check and manage the monthly usage of the Credit received through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Credit Management menu. It moves to the Credit Management page.
- Credit management page where you can check the monthly usage of Credit.
- Account item’s right end expand button click then you can check the monthly detailed contents.
Division Detailed Description Division Credit Type Valid period The usage amount of the month displayed as the valid period will be applied. - In the credit expiration month, the extension button appears.
Issued Credit Credit issued respectively by Credit type and issue date Remaining Credit The remaining credit amount after excluding the total used credit from the received credit usage month you can check the monthly limit amount set by the user for the corresponding month. - in the current month, the limit setting button appears, and the credit amount to be used in the month can be set within the remaining credit
Monthly Limit The monthly limit amount set by the user. If not set, it represents the same amount as the remaining credit each month. Monthly Used Credit This is the actual cost of Credit used within the monthly limit set for the corresponding month. Monthly Remaining Credit This is the cost excluding the actual Credit used from the monthly limit amount set for the month, the balance is included in the remaining Credit. Table. Credit Management List
Managing Budget
You can set and manage the budget.
To check the budget management information, follow the following procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Budget Management menu. It moves to the Budget Management page.
- Budget Management page where you can check the list of budgets set.
Division Detailed Description Budget Name Budget name to distinguish the generated budget management type You can check the type that manages the budget. - Monthly budget setting: Initialize the usage amount on a monthly basis
- Total budget setting: Accumulate and calculate the used amount from the set month
Budget setting amount Check the set budget. This month’s usage amount It represents the usage amount of the account up to yesterday of the current month. Burn rate It represents the ratio of the total amount used up to the previous day to the budget setting amount compared to this month’s usage amount. - In the case of the total budget, it is calculated as the total of the usage amount from the starting month to this month.
This month’s estimated usage amount It represents the estimated value of the total usage amount for this month based on the usage fee of the account up to the previous day of the current month. Expected consumption rate It represents the ratio of the expected usage amount for this month to the set budget amount. - In the case of the total budget, it is calculated as the total of the expected usage amount from the start month to this month.
More button You can move to the budget modification page by clicking the More button in the list. Table. Budget Management List Information
Cost Savings
The user can set a time contract for the Compute service of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console to save usage costs.
To check the detailed information of Cost Savings, please follow the next procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings list menu. It moves to the Cost Savings list page.
- Cost Savings Click the plan group name to check the detailed information in the list. It moves to the Cost Savings details page.
- Cost Savings Details page consists of Coverage, Utilization, Plan Group tabs.
Division Detailed Description Plan Group Name Plan Group’s Name Plan ID Plan group’s ID Contract Period Contract period of the plan group Start Date Plan Start Date Expiration Date Plan Expiration Date hourly contract amount hourly contract amount Status Plan application status - Creating: After application is completed, plan creation waiting status
- Active: Plan start status
- Expired: Plan contract period expiration status
Application Cancellation Cancel the plan application - Creating status only can be canceled
Table. Cost Savings list information
Account information check
Account information can be checked and account aliases can be managed.
Account information to confirm, please follow the next procedure.
For more information about payment method registration, please check Registering a payment method.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Account menu. It moves to the Account page.
- You can also move by clicking My menu > Account at the top right of the Console.
- Account page where you can check the Account information.
Item Description Account name The name given to the account when creating an account. It allows you to easily identify the account when managing multiple accounts. AccountID Account’s unique identification number. Used when the IAM user logs in. Account Alias Alias given to the Account when the Account is created. - In the case of managing multiple Accounts, it allows for easy identification of Accounts for billing management, etc.
- The IAM user can log in using the Account alias when logging in to the Console.
- Modify: Refer to Modifying Account Alias to modify the Account alias
- Delete: Refer to Deleting Account Alias to delete the Account alias
Company Name Company name entered when registering payment method Table. Account Detailed Information
Payment method management
Samsung Cloud Platform Console에서 Account에 등록된 결제 수단을 확인하고 등록할 수 있습니다 translates to You can check and register the payment method registered in the Account on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To check the payment method, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Payment Management menu. It moves to the Payment Management page.
- Payment Management page where you can check the currently registered payment method.
- Payment method, receipt collection, and other payment-related inquiries should be requested through the sales representative or contact us.
- For more information about payment methods, please refer to payment methods.
Check carbon emissions
You can check the carbon emissions generated when using the Samsung Cloud Platform Console service.
To check the carbon emissions by service, follow the next procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Carbon Emissions menu. It moves to the Carbon Emissions page.
- Set the period for checking the carbon emission in the period setting area at the top right.
Classification Detailed Description Carbon Emission by Period Carbon emission from day 1 to present and On-prem. comparison carbon emission display - Month-end expected On-prem. comparison: Display of month-end expected On-prem. comparison increase/decrease amount
- Month-end expected carbon emission: Month-end expected carbon emission
Carbon Emission Trend The carbon emission trend is displayed as a graph compared to the previous month - If you place the mouse cursor on the graph, you can check the total carbon emission
- Month-over-Month: The increase/decrease rate (%) of carbon emissions compared to the previous month
- Increase/Decrease: The increase/decrease amount of carbon emissions compared to the previous month
- Previous Month’s Carbon Emissions: The carbon emissions of the previous month
Average monthly carbon emissions Average carbon emissions over the past 6 months Carbon Emission Graph 1-day to current carbon emission graph - Total: Displays the total carbon emission of the entire service
- Service Group: Selects a service group (e.g. Compute, Storage) to display the carbon emission of the corresponding service group Placing the mouse cursor over the graph allows you to check the detailed information of the graph
Service-based carbon emissions Service-based carbon emissions from day 1 to the present - Detailed statement Excel download: Download service-based carbon emissions as an Excel file
Table. This month's carbon emission information
- On the 1st of every month, data is not displayed. (based on Asia/Seoul, GMT +09:00)
- The expected amount at the end of the month is an estimated value based on the current emission.
- For more information on carbon emissions, please refer to Carbon Emissions.
- The amount of carbon emissions is rounded after summing up the decimal points by service, so there may be a difference in the total.
- Indirect 서비스군: Compute와 Storage 서비스를 제외한 기타 모든 이용 서비스에서 발생한 배출량을 포함합니다 translates to * Indirect service group: Includes emissions from all other services used, excluding Compute and Storage services.
2.1 - Payment History
Users can check the billing details of their account, such as the billing amount, usage amount, unpaid amount, and payment amount, on a monthly basis through the payment history in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
Check payment history
You can check the payment history of the user’s account on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console on a monthly basis.
To use the payment history, follow the next procedure.
- Click All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Payment History menu. It moves to the Payment History page.
- Payment History page where you can check the payment history of the corresponding Account.
Item Description Billing Month Billing Standard Month Claim Amount The amount obtained by adding the unpaid accumulated amount to the monthly usage amount Amount Used Monthly Amount Used Overdue Amount (Current Month) Overdue amount for the current month Accumulated Amount of Unpaid Fees Total Unpaid Amount Payment Amount The actual payment currency, not the contract currency of the account, is indicated by the symbol Payment Date Credit Card Payment Date Payment Status Payment Status - Normal: Payment completed
- Overdue: Overdue for more than 1 month
Table. Payment Details Item
- All prices are exclusive of VAT.
- The unpaid amount will be re-charged on the next billing date.
Detailed statement Excel download
You can download the payment history as an Excel file.
To download the payment history as an Excel file, follow these steps.
- 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu should be clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Payment History menu. It moves to the Payment History page.
- Payment Details page, click the Detailed Statement Excel Download button.
- Please check the downloaded Excel file.
2.2 - Cost Analysis
The user can check the analysis data of the cost, such as the estimated billing amount or billing amount for up to 6 months of the user’s account, the average monthly billing amount, and the top 5 costs, through the cost analysis of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
Check cost analysis
You can check the cost analysis on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To check the cost analysis, follow the following procedure.
- 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu should be clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. It moves to the Cost Analysis page.
- Cost Analysis page where you can check the cost analysis of the corresponding Account.
- You can check the cost analysis for the selected period by selecting the inquiry period at the top right.
- The search period can be selected up to a maximum of 6 months from the start to the end.
The inquiry period is based on the 1st of the starting month to the last day of the ending month.
- It provides a graph visualized based on the search period.
- When selecting by service group, colors are applied by service group, and when mouse-over, service group colors and amount information are provided as tooltips.
*is displayed when it is an estimated amount.
- If the inquiry period includes a month with unsettled claims, a month with settled claims only, a month with unsettled claims only, or only the current month, please refer to each case respectively.
- Cost Analysis page where you can check the detailed cost statement.
Item Description Service Group Service Group Notation of Resources Service Resource Service Name Display Resource Name Resource Name Notation The billed amount or expected billed amount* Displays the billed amount or expected billed amount of the resource Table. Detailed Cost Analysis Items
If the month with unsettled bills is included in the inquiry period
In cost analysis, if the inquiry period includes an unsettled billing month, it provides the total expected billing amount*, monthly average billing amount, expected monthly average billing amount*, and graph.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Total Estimated Billing Amount* | Estimated usage amount from the 1st of the current month to the day before the inquiry date |
| Average monthly billing amount | Predicted billing amount based on the trend of usage from the 1st to the end of the month |
| Expected monthly average billing amount* | Expected monthly average billing amount during the inquiry period |
| Monthly Graph | Monthly graph provided
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In case of only billing settlement month within the inquiry period
In cost analysis, if there are only billing settlement months within the inquiry period, it provides the total billing amount, monthly average billing amount, cost Top5, and graph.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Total billed amount | Actual billed amount and discount amount within the inquiry period |
| Average monthly billing amount | Average actual billing amount and discount amount during the inquiry period |
| Cost Top5 | Top 5 costs and discount amounts within the inquiry period |
| Monthly Graph | Monthly Graph Provided |
If there are only unsettled bills for the month within the inquiry period
In cost analysis, if only unsettled months are included in the inquiry period, it provides total expected billing amount*, monthly average billing amount, expected monthly average billing amount*, and graph.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Total Estimated Billing Amount* | Estimated billing amount and discount amount during the inquiry period |
| Average monthly billing amount | Indicated as no data |
| Expected monthly average billing amount* | Expected billing amount from the 1st to the last day of the inquiry month |
| Graph | Monthly graph provided |
If only the current month is included in the search period
In the cost analysis, if only the current month is included in the inquiry period, it provides the usage amount, expected billing amount*, monthly average billing amount, and graph.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Estimated usage amount* | Estimated usage amount from the 1st of the current month to the day before the inquiry date |
| Expected billing amount* | Expected billing amount from the 1st to the end of the current month |
| Monthly average billing amount | Average billing amount for the past 6 months |
| Graph | Daily Graph/Daily Accumulated Graph |
Detailed statement Excel download
You can download the detailed breakdown of the cost analysis as an Excel file.
To download the detailed breakdown of cost analysis as an Excel file, follow these steps.
- Click All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. It moves to the Cost Analysis page.
- On the Cost Analysis page, click the Detailed Statement Excel Download button.
- Please check the downloaded Excel file.
Item Description Contract Number Ledger ID (Unique Key of the instance) Account ID Account ID Account name Account full name Billing Year and Month Billing Year and Month of Cost Service Service Group Type Service Name Resource Name Name of the Resource Region Resource Usage Region Name Unit Price Pricing Unit and Pricing Standard Usage Time resources were used Currency Currency of Account Amount Used Amount Used Before Discount Planned Compute Planned Compute discounted amount Cancellation fee A cancellation fee occurs for cancelled resources. It occurs for 2 months after the cancellation date Total Used Amount Used Amount + Cancellation Fee - Planned Compute Amount SLA SLA Discount Amount Credit Credit Application Amount Other discounts Total of discounts excluding SLA/Credit discounts Billing Amount The final payment amount after excluding the discount amount from the total usage amount Table. Detailed cost analysis Excel download
2.3 - Credit Management
The user can check and manage the monthly usage of the credits received through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
Credit check
You can check the Credit received from Samsung Cloud Platform Console. To check the Credit, please follow the following procedure.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Credit management menu. It moves to the Credit management page.
- Credit management page where you can check the monthly usage of Credit.
Credit Summary Information: You can check the summary information of valid Credit and expired Credit.
Division Detailed Description Summary Classification Select Credit type to check summary information - Valid Credit: Summary information of currently valid Credit
- Expired Credit (last 6 months): Summary information of Credit that expired within the last 6 months
Summary Information Summary information by summary classification - Valid Credit
- Total Remaining Credit: total amount of remaining Credit
- Total Used Credit: total amount of used Credit
- Number of Active Credits: total number of valid Credits
- Expired Credit (last 6 months)
- Total Remaining Credit: total amount of unused Credit
- Total Used Credit: total amount of used Credit
- Number of Expired Credits: total number of expired Credits
Table. Summary of Credit ItemsCredit detailed information: You can check the detailed information by credit type. Clicking the expand button at the far right of the Account item displays the monthly detailed contents.
Division Detailed Description Division Credit Type Valid period The usage amount of the month displayed as the valid period will be applied. - In the credit expiration month, the extension button appears.
Paid Credit Credit paid by each type and issue date Remaining Credit The remaining credit amount after excluding the total used credit from the paid credit usage month you can check the monthly limit amount specified by the user for the corresponding month. - in the current month, the limit setting button appears, and the credit amount to be used in the month can be set within the remaining credit
Monthly Limit The monthly limit amount set by the user. If not set, it represents the same amount as the remaining credit each month. Monthly Used Credit This is the actual cost of Credit used within the monthly limit set for the corresponding month. Monthly Remaining Credit This is the cost excluding the actual Credit used from the monthly limit amount set for the month, the balance is included in the remaining Credit. Table. Credit Details
Credit extension
Credit 만료월에는 유효 기간 오른쪽에 extension 버튼을 확인할 수 있습니다 should be translated to: Credit expiration month, you can find the extension button to the right of the validity period.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Credit Management menu. It moves to the Credit Management page.
- Credit management page, click the extension button. Credit extension popup window opens.
- Select the period you want to extend among 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, and then click the Confirm button.Caution
- The remaining amount of Credit that is not extended during the extension period will expire when the period expires, and the Credit will be destroyed and can no longer be used.
- Credit extension is only possible once, and after the extension is completed, it is not possible to change the extended usage period.
- Credit 연장은 is translated to: * Credit extension can only be changed if you have IAM permissions or are a Root Account, Organization Manager Account.
Credit limit setting
The user can set the amount to be deducted from the credit in the current month’s usage amount in Credit management.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Credit Management menu. It moves to the Credit Management page.
- Credit management page, click the limit setting button. Credit limit setting popup window opens.
- Credit limit setting popup window to check the Credit balance.
- Automatic full deduction setting, the Credit monthly limit input box is deactivated, and the full amount is automatically deducted every month.
- Automatic full deduction setting is disabled, the Credit monthly limit input box is activated, allowing you to set the limit amount.
- Credit monthly limit Enter the amount you want to deduct every month in the input field.
- The amount entered will be applied equally until the Credit period expires, and if the remaining Credit amount is less than the monthly set limit, the monthly limit will be applied to the remaining Credit amount.
- An amount larger than the remaining Credit amount cannot be entered.Reference
- Credit limit will be automatically deducted in full if it is not set.
- Until the middle of every month is the settlement period of the previous month’s bill, so the credit limit setting button does not appear.
Caution- By the end of each month at 23:00(Asia/Seoul(GMT +09:00)), modifications are not possible after the set limit, so please be sure to check the monthly limit.
- Credit limit setting can only be changed if you have IAM permissions or are a Root Account, Organization Manager Account.
2.4 - Budget Management
The user can enter essential budget management information through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, select detailed options, and create the service.
Create Budget
You can create a budget in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To create a budget, follow these steps.
- Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Create Budget button on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Create Budget page.
- Budget Creation on the page, enter the information required for budget creation and select detailed options.
| Category | Required? | Detailed description |
|---|---|---|
| Budget Name | Required | Enter the budget name to distinguish when creating multiple budgets.
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| Management Type | Required | Select the budget management method.
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| Budget | Required | Enter the budget based on this month’s usage amount. |
| Start month | Required | Select the month to start budget management.
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| Threshold Reached Notification | Optional | Set whether to send a notification when the budget consumption rate reaches the threshold.
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| New Creation Prevention | Select | When using New Creation Prevention, the creation of new services included in Compute or Database service groups is restricted.
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- Check the entered content and click the Complete button. A popup notifying the creation of the budget will open.
- Confirm Click the button. Budget creation is complete.
- Completed budgets can be viewed on the Budget Management list page.
New Creation Prevention function target services (as of December 2025) are as follows.
- Virtual Server, Database Category, Event Streams, Serch Engine, Vertica, Oracle Service
Check budget management list
Budget management can view and edit the entire budget list.
To check the budget management information, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Budget Management menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Budget Management page.
- Budget Management 페이지에서 설정된 예산 목록을 확인할 수 있습니다.
Category Detailed description Budget Name Budget name to distinguish the created budget Management Type You can check the type of budget management. - Monthly budget setting: Reset the used amount on a monthly basis
- Total budget setting: Accumulate the used amount from the set month
Budget Setting Amount Check the set budget. This month’s usage amount Indicates the usage amount of the Account up to yesterday of the current month. Consumption rate Shows the proportion of the amount used up to the day before today this month compared to the budgeted amount. - For the total budget, it is calculated as the sum of this month’s usage amounts from the start month.
- For budgets that have not started, the consumption rate cannot be checked.
Estimated usage amount for this month Based on the usage fees up to the day before the current month of the Account, it shows the estimated total usage amount for this month. Estimated Burn Rate Indicates the ratio of the expected usage amount for this month to the budgeted amount. - For the total budget, it is calculated as the sum of the expected usage amounts from the start month to this month.
- For budgets that have not started, the estimated burn rate cannot be determined.
Start month Indicates the month when the usage amount starts to be applied to budget management. More button By clicking the More button in the list, you can go to the Budget Edit page. Table. Budget Management List Information
Edit Budget
The user can edit the budget they created.
To edit the budget management information, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Budget Management menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Budget Management page.
- In the list, click the More button > Edit Budget button. You will be taken to the Edit Budget page.
- On the Budget Edit page, enter the information that needs to be edited and select the detailed options.
| Category | Required? | Detailed description |
|---|---|---|
| Budget Name | Required | Enter the budget name to distinguish when creating multiple budgets.
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| Management Type | Required | Select the budget management method.
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| Budget | Required | Enter the budget based on this month’s usage amount. |
| Start Month | Required | Select the month to start budget management.
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| Threshold Reached Notification | Optional | Set whether to send a notification when the budget consumption rate reaches the threshold.
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| New Creation Prevention | Select | When using New Creation Prevention, the creation of new services included in Compute or Database service groups is restricted.
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- Verify the entered content and click the Complete button. A popup notifying budget modification will open.
- Click the Confirm button. Budget creation is complete.
- The revised budget can be viewed on the Budget Management list page.
Delete Budget
Unused budgets can be deleted. However, once a budget is deleted it cannot be recovered, so you must consider the impact thoroughly before proceeding with the deletion.
To delete the budget, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Budget Management menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Budget Management page.
- In the list, click the More button > Delete budget button. A notification popup appears for budget deletion.
- Pressing the Confirm button will delete the budget.
- When deletion is complete, check whether the budget has been deleted on the Budget Management list page.
2.5 - Cost Savings
Users can set time commitments for instance-based services in the Compute, Database, and Data Analytics service categories of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console to save usage costs.
Cost Savings Apply
You can apply for and use Cost Savings on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To apply for Cost Savings, follow the following procedure.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Cost Savings Apply button on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Apply page.
- Cost Savings Plan Application page, please enter the information required for the Cost Savings plan application.
| Category | Required? | Detailed description |
|---|---|---|
| Plan Group | Required | Select the plan group to set the plan
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| Plan Name | Required | Enter the name of the plan to create
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| Reference usage fee | Select | Select reference past fee period
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| View fee history | Select | Select the previous fee verification period to refer to for recommending a fee plan
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| Contract Period | Select | Select Plan Application Period |
| Hourly contract amount (₩) | Select | Enter hourly contract amount
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| Plan start date | Required | Select plan application start date
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- When creation is complete, check the created budget on the Budget Management list page.
- If you group into a plan group, you share the plan amount with other accounts within the Organization.
- Single plan groups cannot be shared.
Cost Savings Plan Group Management
You can create and manage Cost Savings plan groups.
Cost Savings Create a plan group
- Organization Management Account can create a plan group of Member Account and share the contracted amount between groups.
- Plan groups can only be created in the Management Account. However, if the account belongs to a plan group created by the Management Account, a plan group that only the Member Account belongs to can be created.
To create a Cost Savings plan group, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings plan group menu. Navigate to the Cost Savings plan group list page.
- Click the Create Plan Group button on the Cost Savings Plan Group List page. You will be taken to the Create Plan Group page.
- Cost Savings Plan Group Application on the page, after setting the basic information and target Account, click the Confirm button.
| Category | Required status | Detailed description |
|---|---|---|
| Plan Group Name | Required | Enter the name of the plan group
|
| Description | Select | Description of the plan group |
| Target Account | Required | Select the target Account of the plan group |
- When the popup notifying the creation of a plan group opens, click the Confirm button.
Cost Savings Check detailed information of the plan group
You can view the list of Cost Savings plan groups that are currently applied or pending, along with detailed information.
To view the detailed information of the Cost Savings plan group, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan Group menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Group List page.
- Click the plan group name to view detailed information in the Cost Savings list. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Group Details page.
- Cost Savings Plan Group Details page consists of Basic Information, Plan, Coverage, Utilization tabs.
Basic Information
You can view the basic information about the plan group.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| Creator | Plan Group Creator |
| Creation Date/Time | Plan Group Creation Date/Time |
| Editor | Plan Group Editor |
| Modification DateTime | Plan Group Modification DateTime |
| Plan Group Name | Name of the plan group
|
| Plan Group ID | Plan Group’s ID |
| Contract period | Contract period of the plan group |
| Description | Description of the plan group
|
| Create Account | Create Plan Group Account |
| Target Account | Plan Group Target Account
|
Plan
You can view the plan information included in the plan group.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| Plan | Plan ID, contract period, hourly contract amount, start date, status display
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| Monthly Billing Amount | Basic Information and Billing Amount Details by Plan ID
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| Cancel Application | Cancel plan application
|
Coverage
You can check the coverage with Cost Savings applied to non-contract resources for a specific period.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| Total estimated amount (non-contract) | Total amount of non-contract instances for the set period
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| Cover Amount Total | Total coverage amount for the set period |
| Coverage (%) | The proportion of Coverage amount among the expected amount without contract during the set period
|
| Used Resources | Plan Start Date |
| Usage Time | Plan Start Date |
| No contract | Plan expiration date |
| Cost Savings | Contracted amount per hour |
| Cost Savings Unapplied Amount | Plan Application Status
|
- Since it is displayed based on the amount used up to 2 days before the inquiry date, the amount for this month is not displayed on the 1st-2nd of each month.
- Detailed Excel Download button, when clicked, you can download detailed information about the Coverage amount as an Excel file.
Utilization
You can check the used amount, unused amount, and savings amount compared to the contracted amount of Cost Savings.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| Plan ID | Plan Group ID |
| Total contract amount | Sum of the plan group’s contract amount |
| Used amount | Amount used compared to contracted amount |
| Unused Amount | ‘Total contract amount - used amount’ as the plan’s contract amount’s unused amount |
| Utilization (%) | Ratio of used amount to total contracted amount |
| Savings Amount | Difference between the instance’s non-contract amount and the actual plan applied amount for instance usage (including plan contract amount) |
| Expiration Date | Contract End Date of the Plan |
- Since it is displayed based on the amount used up to 2 days before the inquiry date, the amount for this month is not displayed on the 1st-2nd of each month.
- Excel download button can be clicked to download detailed information about Utilization as an Excel file.
Cost Savings Delete Plan Group
You can delete the Cost Savings plan group.
To delete the Cost Savings plan group, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings plan group menu. Navigate to the Cost Savings plan group list page.
- Cost Savings In the plan group list, after selecting all plan groups to delete, click the Delete button at the top of the list.
- Cost Savings Plan Group Details page’s Plan Group Delete button can be clicked to delete individually.
- When a popup window notifying deletion opens, click the Confirm button.
Cost Savings Plan Management
You can create and manage a Cost Savings plan.
Cost Savings Apply for the plan
To apply for the new Cost Savings plan, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings 플랜 menu on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Cost Savings 플랜 목록 page.
- Cost Savings Plan List page, click the Apply for Plan button. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Application page.
- Cost Savings Plan Application page, please enter the information required for the Cost Savings plan application.
- After checking the estimated discount amount, click the Complete button.
- When the popup notifying the Cost Savings application opens, click the Confirm button.
- When creation is complete, check the created budget on the Budget Management list page.
- If you group by plan group, you share the plan amount with other accounts within the Organization.
- Single plan groups cannot be shared.
Cost Savings Plan Detailed Information Check
You can view the list and detailed information of Cost Savings plans that are currently applied or pending application.
To view detailed information of the Cost Savings plan, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan list page.
- Click the plan name to view detailed information in the Cost Savings list. Cost Savings Plan Details page will be opened.
- Cost Savings Plan Details page consists of Basic Information, Tag tabs.
Basic Information
You can view basic information about the plan group.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| service | service name |
| Resource Type | Resource Type |
| SRN | Unique resource ID in Samsung Cloud Platform |
| Resource Name | Resource Name |
| Resource ID | Unique resource ID of the service |
| Creator | User who created the service |
| Creation DateTime | DateTime when the service was created |
| Editor | User who modified the service |
| Modification Date/Time | Date/Time the service was modified |
| Creator | Plan Creator |
| Creation Date/Time | Plan Creation Date/Time |
| Editor | Plan Group Editor |
| Modification Date/Time | Plan Modification Date/Time |
| Plan Name | Plan Name |
| Plan Group Name | Name of the plan group set in the plan |
| Plan ID | Plan’s ID |
| Contract period | Contract period of the plan |
| Hourly contracted amount | Hourly contracted amount |
| Start Date | Plan start date
|
| Expiration Date | Plan Expiration Date |
| Create Account | Create Plan Group Account |
Tag
You can view the plan’s tag information, and add, modify, or delete it.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| Tag List | Tag List
|
Cost Savings Cancel Plan
You can cancel the Cost Savings plan you are currently applying for.
If you want to cancel the Cost Savings plan, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan List page.
- Cost Savings After selecting all plans to cancel in the Cost Savings plan list, click the Delete button at the top of the list.
- Cost Savings Plan Details page’s Plan Cancellation button by clicking you can also cancel individually.
- If a popup notifying termination opens, click the Confirm button.
2.6 - Account
When you sign up for the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, an Account is created, and the person who created the Account becomes the Root user. You can check the account information in the Account and manage the account alias.
Check Account Information
To check the account information and modify the account alias, follow the next procedure.
For payment method registration, please check Registering a payment method.
- 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Account menu. It moves to the Account page.
- You can also move by clicking My menu > Account at the top right of the Console.
- Account page where you can check the account information.
Item Description Account name The name given to the account when creating an account. It allows you to easily identify the account when managing multiple accounts. AccountID Account’s unique identifier. Used when IAM user logs in. Account Alias Alias given to the Account when the Account is created. - In the case of managing multiple Accounts, it allows for easy identification of Accounts for billing management, etc.
- The IAM user can log in using the Account alias when logging in to the Console.
- Modify: Refer to Modifying Account Alias to modify the Account alias
- Delete: Refer to Deleting Account Alias to delete the Account alias
Company Name Company name entered when registering payment method Table. Account detailed information
Modify account alias
- Click All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Account menu. It moves to the Account page.
- You can also move by clicking My menu > Account at the top right of the Console.
- Account page, click the Edit button in the Account Alias item. Move to the Account Alias Edit popup window.
- In the Account Alias Modification popup window, check the guide message, modify the Account alias, and click the Confirm button.
After modification, if the alias is not used in other accounts, the current alias can be used again.
Delete account alias
- Click on the menu for all services > Financial Management > Cost Management. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Service Home page, click the Account menu. It moves to the Account page.
- You can also move by clicking My menu > Account at the top right of the Console.
- On the Account page, click the Delete button in the Account Alias section. It moves to the Account Alias Delete pop-up window.
- Delete Account Alias popup window, check the guide message, then click the Confirm button.
If you delete an account alias, IAM users can no longer use it to sign in.
- IAM login URL is also unavailable.
2.7 - Payment Management
You can check and register the payment method registered in the Account on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
Check payment method
You can check the payment method registered in the Account on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To check the payment method, follow the next procedure.
- 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management > Payment Management menu를 클릭하세요. Payment Management 페이지로 이동합니다.
- Payment Management page where you can check the registration date and alias of the currently registered payment method.
- To check and modify account information, a payment method must be registered.
- When you belong to an Organization, it will be billed as a payment method for the Management Account.
Change payment method
You can change the payment method registered in the Account on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management > Payment Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Payment Management page.
- Payment Method Clicking the edit button on the right of the payment method allows you to change the payment method.
- You can register and distinguish the alias of the payment method through the alias creation button of the registered payment method, and it is possible to delete it through alias deletion.
Registering a payment method
To use all services of the Samsung Cloud Platform, you must register a payment method. To register a payment method, follow the procedure below.
- All services > Financial Management > Cost Management > Payment Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Payment Management page.
- If a payment method is not registered, the Payment Method Registration button is activated. Click the Payment Method Registration button.
- Please enter the business registration number, then enter the company name, representative name, and address.
- If you have a transaction history with Samsung SDS, the company name, representative name, and address will be automatically filled in.
If the lot address is entered, it may need to be changed to a road name address and saved.
- If you have a transaction history with Samsung SDS, the company name, representative name, and address will be automatically filled in.
- After attaching the applicant’s business card and business registration certificate, click the next button to proceed with payment method registration.
2.8 - Carbon Emissions
When using the Samsung Cloud Platform Console service, it provides carbon emission data visualization, allowing you to understand the emission trend. Additionally, it estimates the expected carbon emissions that could have been saved by using the Samsung Cloud Platform instead of On-Premise data centers, and reviews the predicted emissions based on current usage.
Check Carbon Emissions
You can check the carbon emissions by service of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To check the carbon emissions by service, follow the next procedure.
- 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Carbon Emissions menu. It moves to the Carbon Emissions page.
- In the period setting area at the top right, set the period for which to check the carbon emissions. The carbon emissions for the set period will be displayed.
Check this month’s carbon emissions
Click the This month button in the period setting area of the Carbon Emissions page.
| Division | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
| Carbon Emissions by Period | Carbon emissions from day 1 to the present and On-prem. comparison carbon emissions
|
| Carbon Emission Trend | A graph comparing the carbon emission trend with the previous month
|
| Average monthly carbon emissions | Average carbon emissions over the past 6 months |
| Carbon Emission Graph | A graph of carbon emissions from day 1 to the present
|
| Carbon Emissions by Service | Carbon emissions by service from day 1 to the present
|
- On the 1st of every month, data is not displayed. (Based on Asia/Seoul, GMT +09:00)
- The estimated amount at the end of the month is based on the current emission rate.
- The carbon emission is rounded after summing up by service unit, so there may be differences in the total.
- Indirect Service group: Includes emissions from all other services used, excluding Compute and Storage services.
Checking carbon emissions over a certain period
In the period setting area of the Carbon Emissions page, click the Direct button and select the period for which you want to check the carbon emissions.
| Classification | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
| Carbon Emissions by Period | Total carbon emissions during the set period and On-prem. comparison of carbon emissions displayed
|
| Carbon Emission Trend | Displays the trend of carbon emissions as a graph during the set period
|
| Average monthly carbon emissions | Average carbon emissions during the set period |
| Carbon Emission Graph | A graph of carbon emissions during the setting period
|
| Carbon Emissions by Service | Carbon emissions by service during the set period
|
- The carbon emission amount is rounded after summing up the decimal points by service group, so there may be a difference in the total.
- Indirect service group: Includes emissions from all other services used, excluding Compute and Storage services.
2.9 - EDP Report
When signing an EDP contract, you can check contract information and usage cost information.
EDP Report Check Basic Information
To check the basic information of the EDP Report, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the EDP Report menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the EDP Report page.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| Company Name | Company Name |
| Target Information | Samsung Cloud Platform version-specific offering and target ID information
|
| contract period | contract period |
| Annual contract status | Annual contract status |
| Contract Amount | Annual Contract Amount
|
| Base discount rate | Base discount rate when contracted |
| Discount rate by product | Discount rate per product when contracted
|
EDP Report Check
To check the EDP Report, follow the steps below.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- Click the EDP Report menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the EDP Report page.
- Click the Report tab on the EDP Report page.
| Category | Detailed description |
|---|---|
| EDP Cumulative Graph | Total contract amount data of EDP agreement
|
| EDP Details | Contract period, contract amount, offering, target ID, usage amount, shortage and excess amount display
|
3 - Release Note
Cost Management
- Credit management 페이지에서 유효한 Credit과 만료된 Credit의 요약 정보를 확인할 수 있습니다 -> * Credit management page where you can check the summary information of valid Credit and expired Credit.
- A function for budget management has been added.
- When creating a budget, you can specify the month to start applying the budget.
- The budget depletion rate can be set to limit new service creation when it reaches the corresponding point.
- Cost Savings, Carbon Emissions feature has been added.
- Cost Savings: Samsung Cloud Platform Console’s Compute service allows you to set time contracts to save on usage costs.
- Carbon Emissions: You can check the carbon emissions generated when using the services of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
- Cost Management service has been launched. You can manage and optimize service costs.
- It provides features such as usage and billing records, cost analysis, and credit management.
- You can set and manage budgets and provide account and payment method information.