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Cost Analysis
Users can view cost analysis data, such as the estimated or actual charges for up to six months, the monthly average charge, and the top 5 costs for their account, through the cost analysis in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
Check cost analysis
You can view cost analysis in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.
To check the cost analysis, follow the steps below.
Reference
- The billing calculation reference is midnight in the Asia/Seoul (GMT +09:00) time zone. The estimated data may differ from the actual.
- You can set up an abnormal cost detection alert to trigger a notification when the usage amount increases by more than 100% compared to the previous day.
- Weekends are excluded from the comparison group.
- New resources are excluded from detection for two weeks.
- The default alarm sender is set to the Root user.
- To add notification policies and notification groups, add [Billing System] Anomlay Detection Notification as a notification in the Samsung Cloud Platform notification settings.
- For detailed information about notification settings, see Check Notification Settings.
- Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. You will be taken to the Cost Analysis page.
- On the Cost Analysis page, you can view the cost analysis for the relevant 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.
- For the query period, refer to each of the following: When the billing unsettled month is included, When only the billing settled month is present, When only the billing unsettled month is present, When only the current month is included.
Reference
- The query period is defined from the 1st of the start month to the last day of the end month.
- Provides a graph visualized based on the search period.
- When selecting a service group, colors are applied to each group, and on mouse over, the group’s color and amount information are displayed in a tooltip.
*is displayed when it is the estimated amount.
- You can view detailed cost breakdowns on the Cost Analysis page.
Item description 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 breakdown items
If the query period includes a month with unsettled billing
In cost analysis, if the query period includes months with unbilled charges, we provide the total estimated charge amount*, monthly average charge amount, estimated monthly average charge amount*, and a graph.
| Item | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Total estimated billing amount* | Estimated usage amount from the 1st of the current month to one day before the query date |
| Monthly average billing amount | The invoice amount forecasted from the usage amount trend from the 1st to the end of the current month. |
| Estimated monthly average billing amount* | Estimated monthly average billing amount for the query period |
| Monthly graph | Monthly graph provided
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Table: When the billing unsettled month is included in the cost analysis query period.
If only the billing settlement month falls within the query period
In cost analysis, when only billing settlement months exist within the query period, we provide total billing amount, monthly average billing amount, top 5 costs, and a graph.
| Item | description |
|---|---|
| Total billed amount | Actual billed amount and discount amount within the query period |
| Monthly average billing amount | Average actual billed amount and discount amount within the query period |
| Cost Top5 | Top 5 costs and discount amounts within the query period |
| Monthly graph | Monthly graph provided |
Table. When only the billing settlement month exists within the cost analysis query period
If only months with unbilled charges exist within the query period
In cost analysis, when only unsettled months are included within the query period, we provide the total estimated charge amount*, the monthly average charge amount, the estimated monthly average charge amount*, and a graph.
| Item | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Total estimated billing amount* | Estimated billing amount and discount amount for the query period |
| Monthly average billing amount | Marked as no data |
| Estimated monthly average billing amount* | Estimated billing amount for the month from the 1st to the end. |
| graph | Monthly graph provided |
Table. When only months with unbilled charges exist within the cost analysis query period
When the query period includes only the current month
In cost analysis, when only the current month is included within the query period, we provide the usage amount, estimated billing amount*, monthly average billing amount, and a graph.
| Item | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Usage amount* | Estimated usage amount from the 1st of the current month to the day before the query date |
| Estimated billing amount* | Estimated billing amount from the 1st of the month to the end of the month |
| Monthly average billing amount | Average billed amount for the past six months |
| graph | Daily graph/Daily cumulative graph |
Table: Cost analysis includes only the current month
Download detailed Excel
You can download the detailed cost analysis as an Excel file.
To download the detailed cost analysis as an Excel file, follow these steps.
- All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
- On the Service Home page, click the Cost Analysis menu. You will be taken to the Cost Analysis page.
- On the Cost Analysis page, click the Detailed Excel Download button.
- Please check the downloaded Excel file.
Item Explanation Contract number Ledger ID (unique key of the instance) Account ID Account ID Account name Account name Billing Year-Month Expense billing year-month Service Service group type Service name Resource name Resource name Region Resource usage region name Unit price Rate unit and rate criteria Usage Resource usage time Call Account’s currency Usage amount Amount before discount Planned Compute Discounted amount with Planned Compute Termination fee Termination fees are incurred for terminated resources. They apply for the termination date plus two months. Total amount used Usage amount + termination fee - Planned Compute amount SLA SLA discount amount Credit Credit applied amount Other discounts Total discount excluding SLA/Credit discount Billing amount Final payable amount after discount is deducted from the total usage amount Table. Download detailed cost analysis Excel