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Users can optimize cloud efficiency by leveraging various cost management tools through the Cost Management feature of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console. Through Cost Management, you can view usage and billing details, payment history, and cost analysis, and manage Credit, budget, Account, and payment methods.

Check usage and billing details

You can forecast this month’s estimated cost for the services used in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console and verify the billed amount.

To view usage and billing details, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Usage and Billing Details menu. You will be taken to the Usage and Billing Details page.
3. Usage and Billing Details page’s top-right period setting area, select the year and month for which you want to view usage and billing details. The usage or billing details for the selected period will be displayed.
4. Select the item to view details from the top right of the cost detail list. The detailed information for that item will be displayed.

Check payment details

In the monthly payment history of the Account, you can view items such as billed amount, usage amount, overdue amount, and payment amount.

In the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, you can view a user’s account payment history by month.

To use the payment history, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Payment History menu. You will be taken to the Payment History page.
3. Payment History page lets you view the payment history for the relevant Account.

   Item	Explanation
   Billing Year-Month	Billing reference year-month
   Billing amount	The amount obtained by adding the accumulated unpaid balance to the current month’s usage amount
   Usage Amount	Current month usage amount
   Handsome amount (current month)	Unpaid amount for the current month
   Cumulative handsome amount	Total outstanding amount
   Payment amount	Represent the actual payment currency with its symbol instead of the account’s contract currency.
   Payment date	Date of credit card payment

   Table. Payment details items

Cost Analysis

You can view cost analysis data, including an account’s estimated or actual charges for up to six months, the monthly average charge, and the top 5 cost items. To verify the cost analysis, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. You will be taken to the Cost Analysis page.
3. Cost Analysis page allows you to view the cost analysis for the specified Account.
   • If you select the query period in the upper right corner, you can view the cost analysis for that period.
   • The query period can be set for a maximum of six months, from the start date to the end date.

4. Cost Analysis page allows you to view detailed cost information.

   Item	Explanation
   Service group	Resource Service Group Notation
   Service	Resource service name display
   Resource Name	Resource name notation
   Billing amount or estimated billing amount*	The resource’s billed amount or estimated billed amount is displayed.

   Table. Cost analysis detailed item breakdown

Check Credit

You can view and manage the monthly usage of credits received through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Credit Management menu. You will be taken to the Credit Management page.
3. Check the monthly usage of Credit on the Credit Management page.
   • Clicking the Expand button at the far right of the Account item lets you view the monthly details.

     Category	Detailed description
     Category	Credit type
     Validity period	The usage amount for the month indicated by the validity period is applied. In the credit expiration month, the extend button appears.
     Payment Credit	Credits issued for each Credit type and issuance date
     Remaining Credti	Remaining Credit amount after subtracting total used Credit from the received Credit
     Usage month	You can view the monthly limit amount set by the user for that month. In the current month, a Limit Setting button appears, allowing you to set the Credit amount you wish to use for the month within the remaining Credit.
     Monthly limit	This is the monthly limit amount set by the user. If not set, it shows the same amount as the remaining Credit each month.
     Monthly usage credit	This is the Credit cost actually used within the monthly limit set for that month.
     Monthly remaining credit	This is the cost after subtracting the Credit actually used from the monthly limit amount set for that month. The remaining balance is included in the remaining Credit.

     Table. Credit Management List

Budget Management

You can set and manage budgets. To view the budget management information, follow these steps.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Budget Management menu. You will be taken to the Budget Management page.
3. On the Budget Management page, you can view the list of budgets that have been set.

   Category	Detailed description
   Budget Name	Budget name for distinguishing generated budgets
   Management Type	You can see the type for managing the budget. Monthly budget setting: reset the spent amount on a monthly basis Overall budget setting: accumulate the spent amount from the set month onward
   Budget set amount	Check the configured budget.
   This month’s usage amount	Displays the amount used for the Account up to yesterday in the current month.
   consumption rate	It shows the ratio of the amount used up to the day before today to the budgeted amount for this month’s usage. For the total budget, it is calculated as the sum of this month’s usage from the start month.
   Estimated usage amount for this month	It represents the estimated total usage amount for this month, based on the usage fees up to yesterday in the current month of the Account.
   Estimated depletion 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.
   More button	Click the More button in the list to navigate to the Budget Edit page.

   Table. Budget Management List Information

Cost Savings

Users can set time commitments for Compute services in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console to reduce usage costs. To view detailed information of Cost Savings, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings List menu. You will be taken to the Cost Savings List page.
3. Click the plan group name to view detailed information in the Cost Savings list. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Details page.
   • Cost Savings Details page consists of Coverage, Utilization, Plan Group tabs.

     Category	Detailed description
     Plan group name	Plan group name
     Plan ID	Plan group ID
     Contract period	Contract term of the plan group
     Start date	Plan start date
     Expiration date	Plan expiration date
     Hourly contracted amount	Hourly contracted amount
     status	Plan application status Creating: After the application is completed, the plan is pending creation Active: Plan start status Expired: Plan contract period expired status
     Cancel application	Cancel plan application Can only be canceled in Creating status

     Table. Cost Savings list information

Check Account Information

You can view account information and manage account aliases. To check the Account information, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Account menu. You will be taken to the Account page.
   • You can also navigate by clicking My menu > Account in the top right of the Console.
3. Check the Account information on the Account page.

   Item	Explanation
   Account name	The name assigned to an Account when creating the Account. It allows the Account to be easily identified when managing multiple accounts.
   AccountID	The unique identifier of the Account. Used when an IAM user logs in.
   Account alias	Alias assigned to the Account when creating the Account. When managing multiple Accounts, it helps to easily identify the Account for billing management and other purposes. IAM users can log in to the Console using the Account alias. Edit: Modify the Account alias. Edit Account Alias see Delete: Delete the Account alias. Delete Account Alias see
   Company Name	Company name entered when registering a payment method

   Table. Account detailed information

Managing Payment Methods

In the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, you can view and register payment methods associated with the Account. To verify the payment method, follow these steps.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. Click it. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Payment Management menu. You will be taken to the Payment Management page.
3. Payment Management on the page, you can view the currently registered payment methods.

Check Carbon Emissions

You can view the carbon emissions generated when using services in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console. To check the carbon emissions per service, follow these steps.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Carbon Emissions menu. You will be taken to the Carbon Emissions page.
3. In the period setting area at the top right, set the period for checking carbon emissions.

   Category	Detailed description
   Carbon emissions by period	Carbon emissions from day 1 to the present and Compared to On-prem. carbon emissions display Estimated end-of-month On-prem. comparison: Display the increase/decrease amount of the estimated end-of-month On-prem. comparison Estimated end-of-month carbon emissions: Estimated end-of-month carbon emissions
   Carbon emission trend	Display the carbon emission trend as a graph compared to the previous month Hovering the mouse cursor over the graph shows the total carbon emissions Compared to previous month: Show the change in carbon emissions compared to the previous month as a percentage (%) Change amount: Increase or decrease in carbon emissions compared to the previous month Previous month’s carbon emissions: Carbon emissions of the previous month
   Monthly average carbon emissions	Average carbon emissions over the past six months
   Carbon Emissions Graph	Carbon emissions graph from day 1 to the present Overall: Display carbon emissions of all services By Service Group: Select a service group (e.g., Compute, Storage) to display its carbon emissions Hover the mouse cursor over the graph to view detailed information for that point
   Carbon emissions by service	Service-specific carbon emissions from the 1st to the present Download detailed Excel: Download service-specific carbon emissions as an Excel file

   Table. This month's carbon emission information

Check EDP Report

When signing an EDP contract, you can view the contract details and usage cost information.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the EDP Report menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the EDP Report page.