Getting started with Cost Explorer - Amazon Cost Management
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Getting started with Cost Explorer

After you enable Cost Explorer, you can launch it from the Amazon Cost Management console.

Starting Cost Explorer

Start Cost Explorer by opening the Amazon Cost Management console.

To open Cost Explorer

This opens the Cost dashboard that shows you the following:

  • Your estimated costs for the month to date

  • Your forecasted costs for the month

  • A graph of your daily costs

  • Your five top cost trends

  • A list of reports that you recently viewed