How-to Guides

• 1: Payment History
• 2: Cost Analysis
• 3: Credit Management
• 4: Budget Management
• 5: Cost Savings
• 6: Account
• 7: Payment Management
• 8: Carbon Emissions
• 9: EDP Report

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.

1. Click All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Payment History menu. It moves to the Payment History page.
3. 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

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.

1. 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu should be clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Payment History menu. It moves to the Payment History page.
3. Payment Details page, click the Detailed Statement Excel Download button.
4. Please check the downloaded Excel file.

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.

1. 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu should be clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. It moves to the Cost Analysis page.
3. 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.

4. 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.
5. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1. Click All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. It moves to the Cost Analysis page.
3. On the Cost Analysis page, click the Detailed Statement Excel Download button.
4. 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

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.

1. All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Service Home page, click the Credit management menu. It moves to the Credit management page.
3. 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 Items

• Credit 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.

1. All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Service Home page, click the Credit Management menu. It moves to the Credit Management page.
3. 1. Credit management page, click the extension button. Credit extension popup window opens.
4. 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.

1. All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Service Home page, click the Credit Management menu. It moves to the Credit Management page.
3. 1. Credit management page, click the limit setting button. Credit limit setting popup window opens.
4. 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.

6. 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.

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.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Create Budget button on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Create Budget page.
3. Budget Creation on the page, enter the information required for budget creation and select detailed options.

4. Check the entered content and click the Complete button. A popup notifying the creation of the budget will open.
5. Confirm Click the button. Budget creation is complete.
   • Completed budgets can be viewed on the Budget Management list page.

Check budget management list

Budget management can view and edit the entire budget list.

To check the budget management information, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Budget Management menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Budget Management page.
3. 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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Budget Management menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Budget Management page.
3. In the list, click the More button > Edit Budget button. You will be taken to the Edit Budget page.
4. On the Budget Edit page, enter the information that needs to be edited and select the detailed options.

4. Verify the entered content and click the Complete button. A popup notifying budget modification will open.
5. 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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Budget Management menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Budget Management page.
3. In the list, click the More button > Delete budget button. A notification popup appears for budget deletion.
4. 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.

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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Cost Savings Apply button on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Apply page.
3. Cost Savings Plan Application page, please enter the information required for the Cost Savings plan application.

• When creation is complete, check the created budget on the Budget Management list page.

Cost Savings Plan Group Management

You can create and manage Cost Savings plan groups.

Cost Savings Create a plan group

To create a Cost Savings plan group, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings plan group menu. Navigate to the Cost Savings plan group list page.
3. Click the Create Plan Group button on the Cost Savings Plan Group List page. You will be taken to the Create Plan Group page.
4. Cost Savings Plan Group Application on the page, after setting the basic information and target Account, click the Confirm button.

5. 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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. 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.
3. 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.

Plan

You can view the plan information included in the plan group.

Coverage

You can check the coverage with Cost Savings applied to non-contract resources for a specific period.

Utilization

You can check the used amount, unused amount, and savings amount compared to the contracted amount of Cost Savings.

Cost Savings Delete Plan Group

You can delete the Cost Savings plan group.

To delete the Cost Savings plan group, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings plan group menu. Navigate to the Cost Savings plan group list page.
3. 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.
4. 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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings 플랜 menu on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Cost Savings 플랜 목록 page.
3. Cost Savings Plan List page, click the Apply for Plan button. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Application page.
4. Cost Savings Plan Application page, please enter the information required for the Cost Savings plan application.
5. After checking the estimated discount amount, click the Complete button.
6. 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.

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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan list page.
3. 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.

Tag

You can view the plan’s tag information, and add, modify, or delete it.

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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan List page.
3. 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.

4. If a popup notifying termination opens, click the Confirm button.

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.

1. 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. 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.
3. 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

1. Click All services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. 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.
3. Account page, click the Edit button in the Account Alias item. Move to the Account Alias Edit popup window.
4. In the Account Alias Modification popup window, check the guide message, modify the Account alias, and click the Confirm button.

Delete account alias

1. Click on the menu for all services > Financial Management > Cost Management. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. 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.
3. On the Account page, click the Delete button in the Account Alias section. It moves to the Account Alias Delete pop-up window.
4. Delete Account Alias popup window, check the guide message, then click the Confirm button.

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.

1. 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management > Payment Management menu를 클릭하세요. Payment Management 페이지로 이동합니다.
2. Payment Management page where you can check the registration date and alias of the currently registered payment method.

Change payment method

You can change the payment method registered in the Account on the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

1. All services > Financial Management > Cost Management > Payment Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Payment Management page.
2. Payment Method Clicking the edit button on the right of the payment method allows you to change the payment method.
3. 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.

1. All services > Financial Management > Cost Management > Payment Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Payment Management page.
2. If a payment method is not registered, the Payment Method Registration button is activated. Click the Payment Method Registration button.
3. 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.
4. After attaching the applicant’s business card and business registration certificate, click the next button to proceed with payment method registration.

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.

1. 모든 서비스 > Financial Management > Cost Management menu is clicked. It moves to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Carbon Emissions menu. It moves to the Carbon Emissions page.
3. 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.

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.

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.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate 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.

EDP Report Check

To check the EDP Report, follow the steps below. ​

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Go 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.
3. Click the Report tab on the EDP Report page.