# Controlling cost management data access with Billing View Billing View is a feature that helps you manage and control access to cost management data within your Amazon environment. With Billing View, cost management data is represented as an Amazon resource. Through resource-based policies, you can configure what data is accessible to an account when using Amazon Billing and Cost Management tools. A billing view is identified by a unique Amazon Resource Name (ARN), which can be referenced in identity-based policies to perform specific IAM actions on the cost management data contained in that billing view. There are four different types of billing views: **** | Type | Description | Managed by | Shareable? | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Primary billing view | By default, each account has access to its primary billing view, which contains all the cost management data associated with that account. For the management account of an organization, this includes all cost management data incurred by all accounts within the organization. For standalone Amazon accounts not using Amazon Organizations, as well as for member accounts within an organization, the primary billing view contains all cost management data incurred within the individual account. When your account is part of a billing group (standard or billing transfer), your primary view shows cost data controlled by either your management account or the bill transfer account. | Amazon | Not shareable with other accounts | | Billing group billing view | Accounts that have enabled Amazon Billing Conductor also have access to billing group billing views, which correspond to each billing group. For more information about billing groups, see [Billing groups](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/billingconductor/latest/userguide/creating-abc.html) in the Amazon Billing Conductor User Guide. | Amazon | Not shareable with other accounts | | Custom billing view | Customers can create and delete custom billing views that provide cost visibility across organizations. These billing views can be derived from primary billing views or other custom billing views, and combines cost management data from multiple accounts belonging to multiple organizations. Apply filters to specify which subset of cross-organizational data to include in your view. | Customer | Shareable with accounts within and outside your organization | | Billing transfer view | When you use billing transfer as a bill transfer account, you have access to billing transfer views from the time the transfer begins. Billing transfer includes two view types: - My view: Shows the billing data that your bill transfer account is financially responsible for - Showback/chargeback view:Shows billing data configured for showback or chargeback purposes | >Amazon | Not shareable with other accounts | By using billing view, you can create custom billing views from your organization’s management (payer) account, which you can define to include a set of filtered cost management data you have access to. A custom billing view resource can then be shared with other accounts. When a custom billing view is shared with an account, that account can then access the cost management data defined in the custom billing view. You can use custom billing views to grant end users and application owners access to relevant cost management data without requiring access to the management account. Customers with Amazon Organizations enabled can create custom billing views containing a subset of cost management data from the management account's primary billing view, filtered by cost allocation tags or accounts. You can also combine cost management data from multiple organizations into a single custom billing view. Key benefits of using custom billing views include: + **Streamlined access**: Enable business unit owners who manage multiple member accounts to access all of their cost management data without needing to access each account individually, saving end users time and eliminating the need for manual data aggregation. + **Consolidated data:** Consolidate cost management data across multiple organizations. Enable central teams to have consolidated views of their cost management data across multiple organizations. + **Reduced management account access**: Eliminate the need for end users to access the management account of your organization to access cost management data spanning multiple accounts. + **Native Amazon Cost Management access**: Empower end users across your organization to independently visualize, understand, and forecast their Amazon spend using Cost Explorer and the Amazon Billing and Cost Management home page. By sharing custom billing views with other accounts, application owners can monitor their application-level Amazon spend using Cost Explorer and Amazon Budgets, and central teams can monitor their spend across multiple organizations. This eliminates the need for central teams to manually aggregate information across multiple organizations, and the need for end users to access the management account to access cost management data. The following sections guide you through the process of creating, sharing, managing, and using custom billing views. **Topics** + [ # Getting started with custom billing views ](billing-view-getting-started.md) + [ # Creating custom billing views ](create-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Sharing custom billing views ](share-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Managing custom billing views ](manage-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Accessing cost management data using billing views ](access-data-custom-billing-views.md) # Getting started with custom billing views Custom billing views in Amazon Billing and Cost Management allow you to make cost management data accessible to accounts both inside and outside your organization. These views can only be created by the management account of an organization. By creating and sharing a custom billing view, you provide recipient accounts with access to specific cost management data. End users of the recipient account can then select from a list of shared custom billing views in the navigation pane. For example, you can define a custom billing view to contain all cost management data for a business unit that spans multiple member accounts. When shared with a relevant accounts, end users can monitor and analyze costs using Cost Explorer across all accounts and resources mapped to that business unit without requiring direct access to the management account. Additionally, you can consolidate cost management data across multiple organizations by creating a custom billing view that combines data from multiple shared billing views, enabling centralized cost monitoring. ## Prerequisites To create custom billing views, you must use fine-grained Amazon Cost Management actions. For Amazon Organizations users, you can use the bulk policy migrator scripts to update policies from your payer account. You can also use the old to granular action mapping reference to verify the IAM actions that need to be added. For more information, see the Changes to Amazon Billing, Amazon Cost Management, and Account Console Permission blog. Fine-grained actions are already in effect if you have a standalone Amazon account, or you’re part of Amazon Organizations created on or after March 6, 2023, 11:00AM (PDT). To share custom billing views, you must access the management account of your organization using an IAM principal that has permissions to create and share resources using Amazon Resource Access Manager (Amazon RAM). Permissions are not required for member accounts who receive a shared custom billing view. When sharing a custom billing view outside of your organization, you must access the recipient account using an IAM principal that has permissions to accept resource invitation shares using Amazon RAM. For details about IAM actions for sharing custom billing views, see [How Amazon RAM works with IAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/ram/latest/userguide/security-iam-policies.html) in the *Amazon Resource Access Manager User Guide*. **Note** Appropriate IAM actions must be enabled to create, update, delete, and share custom billing views. For more information about IAM actions for managing custom billing views, see [Using identity-based policies (IAM policies) for Amazon Cost Management](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-permissions-ref.html). ## Accessing the console to create custom billing views There are two ways to access Billing View in the console to create custom billing views. + From the console navigation pane: If you haven’t yet created or don’t have access to any custom billing views, you can access Billing View from the navigation pane. + From Cost Management preferences: You can also access Billing View by navigating to Cost Management preferences. To access Billing View 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. Choose either of the following methods to begin creating your custom billing view: + From the console navigation pane: 1. In the navigation pane, select the **Choose billing view** menu. 1. Choose **Create new view** from the dropdown list. + From Cost Management preferences: 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. # Creating custom billing views Custom billing views allow you to grant accounts, both within and outside of your organization, specific, controlled access to cost management data. A custom billing view contains a subset of the cost management data contained in your management account's primary billing view. Once created, these custom billing view resources can then be shared with the relevant accounts, enabling tailored data visibility across your organization. Additionally, you can consolidate cost management data across multiple organizations by creating a custom billing view that combines data from multiple shared custom billing views, enabling centralized cost monitoring across your entire enterprise. If you're using Amazon Billing Conductor, a custom billing view contains cost management data based on your standard Amazon bill, even when being accessed by an account belonging to a billing group. **Note** To create custom billing views, you must use fine-grained Amazon Cost Management actions. For more information, see [Prerequisites](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-view-getting-started.html#billing-view-prerequisite). **To create a custom billing view with your organization's data** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. Choose **Create view**. 1. Choose a single dimension to filter and specify the values to include in the custom billing view. + **Cost allocation tags**: This filter is recommended if you use cost allocation tags to organize and manage your spend. This field is restricted to one key, but allows multiple values within that key. For example, you can create a custom billing view containing all usage records with the cost allocation tag where the key is Cost Center and the values are 80432 or 78925. For more information about cost allocation tags, see [Organizing and tracking costs using Amazon cost allocation tags](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/cost-alloc-tags.html). + **Accounts**: This filter allows you to include cost management data for specific accounts in the custom billing view by selecting one or more account IDs. This is useful for creating custom billing views that focus on particular accounts or groups of accounts within your organization. + **No filter (all data):** This filter includes all cost management data from your organization. 1. For **Custom billing view name**, enter a short, descriptive name that helps users identify the custom billing view's data content. This helps users quickly understand the custom billing view’s content when selecting it from the **Choose billing view** menu in the navigation pane. 1. (Optional) For **Custom billing view description**, enter details about the custom billing view's content. This description will be visible in the **Billing View** tab. 1. (Optional) Add a tag to your custom billing view. For more information about tags, see [Tagging Amazon resources](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html) in the *Amazon General Reference guide*. 1. Choose **Add new tag**. 1. Enter the key and value for the tag. 1. Choose **Add new tag** to add additional tags. The maximum number of tags that you can add is 50. 1. Review your selections and choose **Create**. Once created, the custom billing view is assigned a unique Amazon Resource Name (ARN), which serves as its identifier. **To create a custom billing view with multiple sources** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. Choose **Create multi-source view**. 1. Choose up to 20 source views. Your new view will include the cost management data from each selected source view. 1. Choose **Next**. 1. Choose a single dimension to filter and specify the values to include in the custom billing view. + **Cost allocation tags**: This filter is recommended if you use cost allocation tags to organize and manage your spend. This field is restricted to one key, but allows multiple values within that key. For example, you can create a custom billing view containing all usage records with the cost allocation tag where the key is Cost Center and the values are 80432 or 78925. For more information about cost allocation tags, see [Organizing and tracking costs using Amazon cost allocation tags](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/cost-alloc-tags.html). + **Accounts**: This filter allows you to include cost management data for specific accounts in the custom billing view by selecting one or more account IDs. This is useful for creating custom billing views that focus on particular accounts or groups of accounts within your organization. + **No filter (all data):** This filter includes all cost management data from your organization. 1. For **Custom billing view name**, enter a short, descriptive name that helps users identify the custom billing view's data content. This helps users quickly understand the custom billing view’s content when selecting it from the **Choose billing view** menu in the navigation pane. 1. (Optional) For **Custom billing view description**, enter details about the custom billing view's content. This description will be visible in the **Billing View** tab. 1. (Optional) Add a tag to your custom billing view. For more information about tags, see [Tagging Amazon resources](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/general/latest/gr/aws_tagging.html) in the *Amazon General Reference guide*. 1. Choose **Add new tag**. 1. Enter the key and value for the tag. 1. Choose **Add new tag** to add additional tags. The maximum number of tags that you can add is 50. 1. Choose **Next**. 1. Review your selections and choose **Create**. Once created, the custom billing view is assigned a unique Amazon Resource Name (ARN), which serves as its identifier. After creating a custom billing view, it is only available in your account. You can access it from the **Choose billing view** menu in the navigation pane from your own account to access its contents using Cost Explorer. You can also see the custom billing view definition details in the **Billing View** tab on the **Cost Management Preferences** page. You can choose to share the custom billing view with other accounts. Shared accounts can access the custom billing view from the **Choose billing view** menu, allowing them to access the cost management data defined in the custom billing view. To learn more, see [Sharing custom billing views](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/share-custom-billing-views.html). # Sharing custom billing views You can share custom billing views with accounts within and outside your organization. Sharing is not supported for billing views of type “Primary” or “Billing group”. **Note** For member accounts within an organization to access a shared custom billing view using Cost Explorer, the management account must have granted them access to Cost Explorer. Member account access to discounts, credits, and refunds when accessing a shared custom billing view is determined by current Cost Explorer preferences, including Linked Account Access, Linked Account Refunds and Credits, and Linked Account Discounts. For more information, see [Controlling access using Cost Explorer preferences](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-access.html#ce-controlling-access). **To share a custom billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. To access the sharing page, do one of the following: + Select the custom billing view you want to share, and choose **Share view**. + Choose the name of the custom billing view you want to share and, on the view details page, choose the **Sharing** tab. 1. Choose **Share**. 1. You can share custom billing views with accounts within and outside of your organization. From **Select**: + Choose **Within Amazon organization** to share with accounts within your organization. + Choose **With any account** to manually enter an account ID to share with. 1. Select a managed permission for the custom billing view. Managed permissions define how recipient accounts can interact with the shared resource. For more information about managed permissions, see [Managing permissions in Amazon RAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/ram/latest/userguide/security-ram-permissions.html). 1. Select which accounts you want to share the custom billing view. + If sharing **Within Amazon organization**, select member accounts to share with. + If sharing **With any account**, manually enter the 12-digit Amazon account ID you want to share with. If sharing with an account outside your organization, the recipient must accept the invitation to access the view. 1. Select the member accounts in your organization that you want to share the custom billing view with. 1. Choose **Share**. **Note** Custom billing views use Amazon Resource Access Manager (Amazon RAM) for sharing. When you share a custom billing view, an Amazon resource share is automatically created. You can directly share custom billing view resources with specific accounts in your organization using Amazon RAM. Only the management account needs permissions to share resources with Amazon RAM, with no permissions required for member accounts receiving a shared resource. For more advanced use cases such as sharing with an entire Amazon Organizational Unit or defining custom managed policies, create a resource share directly through Amazon RAM. When a custom billing view has been shared with IAM principals, other than an Amazon account, directly through Amazon RAM, these shares are displayed under **Other principals shared with** in the **Sharing** tab on the view details page. Resource shares created directly through Amazon RAM can only be managed in Amazon RAM. Once a custom billing view is shared, you can see which accounts have access to it from the **Sharing** tab on the view details page. Note that if you're using Amazon Billing Conductor, a custom billing view contains cost management data based on your standard Amazon bill, even when being accessed by an account belonging to a billing group. Additionally, you can view a list of all resource shares you’ve created in Amazon RAM. For more information, see [Viewing resource shares you created in Amazon RAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/ram/latest/userguide/working-with-sharing-view-rs.html). You have the flexibility to edit the sharing permissions of a custom billing view at any time, allowing you to maintain control over who has access to your cost management data. For details, see [Managing shared access to custom billing views](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/manage-shared-access-custom-billing-views.html). # Managing custom billing views As the creator of a custom billing view, you retain full control over the resource even after sharing it with other accounts. You can update the definition of a custom billing view to reflect changes in your organization. You can also manage which accounts can access a custom billing view, or you can delete a custom billing view, which immediately revokes access to all accounts. Accounts that have been given access to the view can’t modify the definition of the custom billing view. This ensures you retain full control over which accounts can access specific cost management data. You can change the definition of an existing custom billing view at any time. Once edited, the updated custom billing view takes immediate effect. All accounts with access, including member accounts to which the custom billing view has been shared, will immediately see the cost management data based on the updated definition. **Topics** + [ # Editing the filters of custom billing views ](edit-filters-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Editing the sources of custom billing views ](edit-sources-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Editing the tags of custom billing views ](edit-tags-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Deleting custom billing views ](delete-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Managing shared access to custom billing views in your organization ](manage-shared-access-custom-billing-views.md) + [ # Understanding Amazon managed billing views ](manage-shared-access-managed-billing-views.md) + [ # Managing shared access to custom billing views outside of your organization ](manage-external-shared-access-custom-billing-views.md) # Editing the filters of custom billing views **To edit the filters of a custom billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. To access the edit filters page, do one of the following: + Select the custom billing view you want to edit. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit view** from the dropdown list. + Choose the billing view you want to edit. Choose the **Configuration details** tab, and then choose **Edit** next to **Data filtered by**. 1. On the **Edit view** page, change the filter dimension. 1. Choose **Save**. # Editing the sources of custom billing views **To edit the sources of a custom billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. To access the edit filters page, do one of the following: + Select the custom billing view you want to edit. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit view** from the dropdown list. + Choose the billing view you want to edit. Choose the **Configuration details** tab, and then choose **Edit** next to **Data filtered by**. 1. On the **Edit sources** page, change the sources used in the view. 1. Choose **Save**. # Editing the tags of custom billing views **To edit the tags of a custom billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. To access the edit filters page, do one of the following: + Select the custom billing view you want to edit. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit view** from the dropdown list. + Choose the billing view you want to edit. Choose the **Configuration details** tab, and then choose **Edit** next to **Data filtered by**. 1. On the **Manage tags** page, change the tags used for the view. 1. Choose **Save**. # Deleting custom billing views Deleting a custom billing view permanently removes access to the custom billing view for all users. This action cannot be undone. Once a custom billing view is deleted, it will no longer appear in the **Choose billing view** menu in the navigation pane for the management account and any member accounts with which the view was shared. End users attempting to access the URL of the deleted custom billing view will receive an error message. **To delete a custom billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. Select the custom billing view you want to delete. 1. Choose **Actions**, and then choose **Delete view** from the dropdown list. 1. In the dialog box that appears, choose **Delete**. You can control which accounts can access a custom billing view by modifying its associated resource share. Once you add an account to the resource share, the account gains access to the custom billing view. Once you remove an account from the resource share, the account loses access to the custom billing view. # Managing shared access to custom billing views in your organization **Note** Custom billing views use Amazon Resource Access Manager (Amazon RAM) for sharing. When you share a custom billing view, an Amazon resource share is automatically created. You can also directly modify the resource share from the Amazon RAM console. For more information about modifying the resource share in Amazon RAM, see [Update a resource share in Amazon RAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/ram/latest/userguide/working-with-sharing-update.html). **To edit who can access a custom billing view in your organization** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. To access the sharing page, do one of the following: + Select the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update, choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit shared accounts** from the dropdown list. + Choose the name of the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update and, on the view details page, choose the **Sharing** tab. 1. In the **Sharing** tab, choose **Edit**. 1. Choose which member accounts in your organization should have access to the custom billing view. 1. Choose **Share**. **Note** Amazon RAM also supports a single resource belonging to multiple resource shares. If a custom billing view belongs to multiple resource shares, you will see a drop-down within the Edit sharing page labeled Select a share listing all resource shares the currently selected custom billing view belongs to. By selecting a resource share, you will be able to modify which accounts should be included or excluded from the selected resource share. # Understanding Amazon managed billing views Amazon managed billing views are created when you map accounts to Billing Conductor billing groups or use billing transfer. There are two types of Amazon managed billing views: Billing group views, and billing transfer billing views. **The two types of billing transfer billing views:** + My view - Shows the billing data that your bill transfer account is financially responsible for + Showback/chargeback view - Shows billing data configured for showback or chargeback purposes Amazon creates and manages these billing views, so you can't update or delete them directly. The** Cost Management Preferences **billing view tab currently shows only custom views, not Amazon managed views. To update an Amazon managed view name, update the name of its associated resource (billing group or billing transfer). Amazon managed views persist even if their associated resource is deleted or withdrawn. # Managing shared access to custom billing views outside of your organization **Note** Custom billing views use Amazon Resource Access Manager (Amazon RAM) for sharing. When you share a custom billing view, an Amazon resource share is automatically created. You can also directly modify the resource share from the Amazon RAM console. For more information about modifying the resource share in Amazon RAM, see [Update a resource share in Amazon RAM](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/ram/latest/userguide/working-with-sharing-update.html). **To edit who can access a custom billing view outside of your organization** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Management Preferences**. 1. Choose the **Billing View** tab. 1. To access the sharing page, do one of the following: + Select the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update, choose **Actions**, and then choose **Edit external shares ** from the dropdown list. + Choose the name of the custom billing view whose sharing you want to update and, on the view details page, choose the **Sharing** tab. Next to **Share outside of your organization**, choose **Edit**. 1. Choose which account IDs should have access to the custom billing view. 1. Choose **Share**. **Note** Amazon RAM also supports a single resource belonging to multiple resource shares. If a custom billing view belongs to multiple resource shares, you will see a drop-down within the Edit sharing page labeled Select a share listing all resource shares the currently selected custom billing view belongs to. By selecting a resource share, you will be able to modify which accounts should be included or excluded from the selected resource share. # Accessing cost management data using billing views # Custom billing views If your account has access to a custom billing view, you can access the cost management data defined in that custom billing view. This is in addition to the cost management data owned by your account, which is contained in your primary billing view. The primary billing view supports all Amazon Billing and Cost Management tools. To access the data in a custom billing view, you can use either Cost Explorer or the Amazon Billing and Cost Management home page. Cost Explorer offers additional functionality with custom billing views, allowing you to create forecasts and access Cost Explorer Saved Reports based on the data. **To choose a custom billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, select the **Choose billing view** menu. The default selection is the **Primary view**, which represents cost management data for the account you're currently logged in to. 1. From the **Custom views** section of the dropdown list, choose the custom billing view you want to use for accessing cost management data. 1. If the custom billing view you want to access is not listed, choose **See all views** to open the **Billing views** dialog box. 1. Use the **Find view name** search field to filter the custom billing views in the **Billing views** table. 1. Once you find the custom billing view you want to access, select it and choose **Choose**. Once you choose a custom billing view, the contents of the Amazon Billing and Cost Management console are refreshed to reflect the cost management data defined in the chosen custom billing view. The console navigation pane refreshes to display only those tools supported by the chosen custom billing view. Navigating to a different Amazon Billing and Cost Management tool will maintain the currently chosen custom billing view. **Note** Not all widgets on the Amazon Billing and Cost Management home page support custom billing views. Cost management data included in the selected custom billing view is shown in the “Cost summary”, “Cost breakdown”, and “Cost allocation coverage” widgets. The “Recommended actions”, “Savings opportunities”, and “Cost monitor” widgets don't display recommended actions, savings opportunities, or cost monitors when accessing a custom billing view. # Using Amazon managed views **To choose an Amazon managed billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, enable **billing view** mode. 1. From the dropdown list, choose** billing transfer **view. The dropdown shows your 10 most recently accessed views. To see all views, choose **See all views** at the bottom of the dropdown menu. 1. From the **Billing vieBilling view** modal, choose either `billing group view` or `billing transfer views`. 1. Use the search bar to filter results across all columns in the table. Search for views using these parameters: - View name (partial match, starts with) - Account ID (exact match) - Type (exact match for` BILLING_TRANSFER` or `BILLING_TRANSFER_SHOWBACK`) - Billing period (choose month) 1. Select the desired billing view and select **Choose**. You can analyze billing transfer showback/chargeback views and billing group views in Amazon Cost and Usage Report (during beta, only legacy Amazon Cost and Usage Report is supported), Cost Explorer, and the **Bills** page. # Viewing a Cost Explorer report using billing views Cost Explorer provides two types of default reports: cost and usage reports and Reserved Instance reports. Only Cost Explorer reports of type “cost and usage reports” are supported by custom and Amazon managed billing views; “Reserved Instance reports” can’t be used with a custom and Amazon managed billing views. Cost Explorer also enables you to create your own reports by saving the results of a Cost Explorer query as a report. Cost Explorer reports can be used alongside custom billing views to access the cost management data contained in a custom billing view with the query saved as a Cost Explorer report. When creating a new Cost Explorer report, only the Cost Explorer query is saved as part of the report definition. The currently selected custom and Amazon managed billing view is not saved as part of the report. To learn more about Cost Explorer reports, see [Understanding your costs using Cost Explorer reports](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-reports.html). **To view a saved Cost Explorer report** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, enable **billing view** mode. The default selection is the **Primary view**, which represents cost management data for the account you're currently logged in to. 1. From the dropdown list, choose either **Custom** or **Amazon managed views** (`billing group` or `billing transfer` views). Choose the custom billing view you want to use for accessing cost management data. 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Cost Explorer Saved Reports**. 1. Select the report you want to access. **Note** You can save your Cost Explorer configuration and billing view selection as a favorite or bookmark in your browser. When you return to this saved link, Cost Explorer refreshes the page to display the cost management data from the billing view along with the saved configuration. This feature allows you to quickly access frequently used combinations of configurations and billings views, saving you time and effort. # Viewing and creating budgets using billing views Amazon Budgets supports primary and custom billing views, allowing you to create and manage budgets based on filtered cost and usage data across multiple accounts within your organization. This feature enables decentralized cloud cost management across your organization without requiring access to the management account. When creating a new budget, you can select a billing view to define the scope of cost and usage data the budget will track. The selected billing view is saved as part of the budget definition. When you create a budget using a billing view, the budget only tracks cost and usage data within the scope of that billing view. For instance, you could create a budget that tracks costs only for a specific department or project. This allows for more granular budget management aligned with your organizational structure or cost allocation strategies. **To view or create a budget using a billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, select the **Choose billing view** menu. The default selection is the **Primary view**, which represents cost management data for the account you're currently logged in to. 1. From the dropdown list, choose the billing view you want to use: + **Primary view**: Shows cost management data for your current account. + **Custom views**: Shows filtered cost management data based on defined criteria. + **Amazon managed billing views (billing transfer view and billing group views)**: Shows cost management data for bill source accounts transferring their bills via Billing Transfer and for accounts included in billing groups via . 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Budgets**. 1. For existing budgets, the budgets list displays only the budgets created using the selected billing view. 1. For a new budget, choose **Create budget**, and then follow the budget creation workflow. The selected billing view is automatically applied to the new budget. For more details, see [Creating a budget](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/budgets-create.html). **Note** Budgets created with billing views can only be viewed and managed when the corresponding billing view is selected. When you switch to a different billing view, these budgets will not be visible in the budgets list. # Viewing and creating exports using billing views Amazon Cost Management Data Export supports primary, billing group, and billing transfer views that help you generate detailed cost and usage reports. You can filter data across multiple accounts in your organization. When you create a data export, you can choose a billing view to define which cost and usage data to include. This enables you to focus on specific departments or projects without requiring access to the management account. You can customize your exports by choosing specific data dimensions, time periods, and accounts. Amazon Cost Management saves all configurations for future use. The service automatically delivers exported data to your specified Amazon Simple Storage Service bucket on a schedule, enabling integration with external analysis tools. **To view or create an export using a billing view** 1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/). 1. In the navigation pane, enable **Billing Views**. The default selection is the **Primary view**, which represents cost management data for the account you're currently logged in to. 1. From the dropdown list, choose the billing view you want to use: + **Primary view**: Shows cost management data for your current account. + **Billing Group views**: Shows cost management data for accounts included in billing groups via . + **Billing Transfer views**: Shows cost management data for accounts that have transferred their Amazon billing responsibility to you. 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Data Exports**. 1. For existing exports, the exports list displays only the exports created using the selected billing view. 1. For a new export, choose **Create export**, and then follow the export creation workflow. The selected billing view is automatically applied to the new export. **Note** Custom billing views are not currently supported for Data Exports. All other billing view types are supported.