Questions tagged [aws-cost-explorer]
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Cost and Usage Reports vs aws cost explorer
What is the difference between Cost and Usage Reports and aws cost explorer? We can see graph in aws cost explorer and also we can see graph of Cost and Usage Reports in Amazon QuickSight. Where is the difference between Cost and Usage Reports and…

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What is the meaning of the different cost datasets in AWS Cost Explorer?
I went through multiple docs but was not able to figure out the appropriate meaning of the AWS Cost Explorer cost datasets:
Unblended cost
Blended Cost
Amortized cost
The docs contain complex definitions that are very difficult to understand. I…

Desh Deepak Dhobi
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AWS Cost Categories: Failed to create/update Cost Category
Someone encountered this error while updating or creating a new cost category? This is my first time encountering this and I can't find any documentation or solution in the internet.
Validation error
Failed to create Cost Category: Effective start…

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No TagKey: "" - User tags are ignored by cost explorer
I want to group the following usages by a tag named "organization":
Client VPN endpoint association hours
Client VPN endpoint connection hours
EC2 instances hours
So I set the "organization" tag on the following resources
Client VPN endpoint
EC2…

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How to Group by more than 2 fields when using the AWS Cost Explorer(API) get_cost _and_usage function?
I'm currently trying to make some reports about my AWS Cost and Usage via the Cost Explorer API(https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/ce.html)
So far, I have been able to use the "get_cost_and_usage function" to…

egg
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Using AWS step function with a wait state
I have a requirement where a client submits a job which I would like to execute after 1 hour. For this I am planning to follow the below design:
Create a AWS Step function (Standard workflow) with 2 state transitions. First is a Wait state which…

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Multiple tags to filter resource in AWS costexplorer using Go
How do you add multiple tags to filter resources using AWS golang SDK?
Hello, I have the input variable to be use for the GetCostAndUsage function from AWS SDK
input := &costexplorer.GetCostAndUsageInput{
TimePeriod:…

Karagee
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To find underutilized instances list based on CPU and network utilization
I would like to get all the AWS EC2 instances list which are idle and underutilized. I need to filter them based on CPU utilization used less than 2% and network I/O less than 5Mb for last 30 days.
Can you please provide me with the commands or any…

SriNivas
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Find the cost of each resource in AWS
I have a python script to get the cost of each service for the last month, but I want the cost for each resource using the tag mentioned for that resource. For example, I have got the cost for RDS service, am using two database instances, So I want…

Bhavesh R
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AWS Cost Explorer API doesn't return Resource ID
I'm testing the AWS Cost Explorer API (I'm using the .NET SDK), in particular the GetCostAndUsageWithResources method to get the costs split by resource.
This is the code I'm testing with:
string nextPageToken = null;
do
{
var costRequest = new…

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AWS - check cost of CloudWatch (itself)
I want to check the usage of cloud watch and how much it costs me per day/month
but I don't mean the basic output of cost explorer but detailed output of all the "components" i got there and how much I pay for each one
I can see in cost explorer…

Roman G
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SavingsPlans: Credential should be scoped to a valid region
I am trying to List all available savings plan in my account using
var savingsPlans = new AWS.SavingsPlans({endpoint: 'savingsplans.amazonaws.com', region: region});
const listResponse: AWS.SavingsPlans.DescribeSavingsPlansResponse = await…

Sanyukta Agrawal
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How to find in AWS Cost Management/ Cost Explorer the costs by region?
How to find in AWS Cost Management/ Cost Explorer the costs by region?
Or other way?
I would like to see something like the cost "by Services" but "by Region".
My goal is to find the regions where resources are deployed. I want to do something like…

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AWS costs to Tableau
I’m trying to integrate AWS to tableau, having all the cost usage reports to Tableau so that I have better visualization of my costs in tableau, has anyone does this ? I don’t find any useful documentation online.
So far I didn’t find any useful…

Pinky
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AWS API to get free tier amount for each service
Is there an AWS API to get free tier amount for each service?
I'm using the AWS Cost Explorer API to get usage of each AWS service.
GetCostAndUsage API:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/API_GetCostAndUsage.html
But…

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