My Bills

This step explains how to view the billing related information for virtual servers used in an organization on a regular basis.

Reports are viewed based on the role of a logged in user:

  • User views the report for specific year/month.
  • User views billing cost of virtual servers.

To view the Billing Reports, users need to follow the below steps:

  1. On the main menu bar, click Reports, and then click My Bill.
  2. The Billing Report screen appears and allows the user to fill in the details in the form to get billing related reports.
    Figure 1. My Bills

    Refer to the below table to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure.

    Table 1. My Bills
    Fields Description
    Provider\ Lists the name of Cloud service providers
    Organization Lists the name of the organization.
    Platform Provide the name of Cloud service providers
    Cloud Account Lists the name of environment (cloud endpoint). Only enabled Endpoints configured in billing Configuration Screen at Provider Admin level, will be populated here.
    Month Name of the Month for which the user wants to view report.
    Year Year for which the user wants to view report.
  3. To view the Billing Report, the user needs to follow the following steps:

    Cloud Filter - It allows the user to filter the results. Based on the requirement, Only the cloud Provisioning Endpoint related reports are fetched.

    1. Select Provider.
    2. Select Organization.
    3. Select Platform and Provisioning Endpoint.
    4. Select duration in terms of Months and Years.
    5. Click Filter.
      Figure 2. My Bills (Cont.)

      Report appears in the tabular form as shown below.

    6. Click Expand to view more details.
      Figure 3. My Bills (Cont.)

      Refer to the below table to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure.

      Table 2. My Bills Fields
      Fields Description
      View Allows the user to view detailed report
      Service Catalog Name of service catalog.
      Total Bill (USD) Total bill in USD
      Resource Count Total resource count
      Cloud Account Provisioning endpoint name
      Cost Type Cost Type : allowed values are possible per day costs ,One-Time Costs
      Amount (USD) Total Amount of each cost type
      Figure 4. My Bills (Cont.)

      Refer to the below table to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure. for one time costs.

      Table 3. My Bills Field
      Fields Description
      Resource Name Allows the user to view detailed report
      Total cost Name of service catalog of server.
      Request ID Total bill in USD Name to be displayed against the Resource being created
      Lease Period

      Resource category created by the provider i.e. platinum, gold or bronze
      Resource Count Total resource count
      Cloud Account Provisioning endpoint name
      Service Plan Unique ID Cost Type: allowed values are possible Per Day Costs ,One-Time Costs
      Day Billed IP address of machine Total amount of each cost Type
      Figure 5. My Bills (Cont.)
      Figure 6. Recurring Costs

      Refer to the below table to understand the fields mentioned in the above figure. for recurring costs.

      Table 4. My Bills Fields
      Fields Description
      Item Name Name of the service catalog
      Units No. of quantity
      Unit Price (USD) Unit price in USD
      Billing Frequency Frequency of price calculation.
      Cost (USD) Total cost in USD

    If a user want to export the file, follow the below steps:

    1. Select File Output as PDF, Excel, or CSV.
      Figure 7. Select file for Export
    2. Click Export.
      Figure 8. Export Functionality

      The file gets downloaded.

    Note:
    All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.