You can view the AWS total monthly cost grouped by service name and the resource count under each service. You can also see the service and account details and cost details. You can change or edit the view, by hiding, sorting, freezing and grouping the columns. You can select a report type to display the values through charts and also define a filter to view the specific values.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have added a AWS account in vRealize Business for Cloud. See vRealize Business for Cloud Installation and Administration Guide.
Procedure
- Log in to vRealize Business for Cloud as an administrator.
- https://vRealize_Automation_host_name/vcac/org/tenant_URL (for the vRealize Automation integrated setup)
- https://vRealize_Business_for_Cloud_host_name/itfm-cloud (for the vRealize Business for Cloud standalone setup)
- Click Business Management.
- Expand Expenses, select Public Cloud (AWS).
- Click Charges.
You see the service names, resource count, and total monthly cost. You can expand the view to see the service details such as the account, service ID, name, availability zone, tags, last seen information, resource existence and cost information.
Note: Each AWS service will have an entry with the name
Service Cost, by default. This is the fixed cost of the service which is not associated with any resources.
