Document history
The following table describes the documentation for this release of the Amazon Cost Management console.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Updated the AWSBudgetsActions_RolePolicyForResourceAdministrationWithSSM policy. | December 14, 2023 | |
Increased the number of anomaly monitors you can create for other monitor types (linked account, cost category, cost allocation tag). | September 12, 2023 | |
Added documentation to migrate your policies to the new IAM fine-grained actions. | August 23, 2023 | |
Added automatic configuration of Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection for all new Amazon Cost Explorer users. | March 27, 2023 | |
New Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection percentage-based thresholds | Added support for percentage-based thresholds in Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection for anomaly alerting. | December 15, 2022 |
New Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection details in alert notifications | Added important details such as account name, monitor name, and monitor type in alert emails, the console, and notifications sent through SNS to Slack or Chime. | December 8, 2022 |
Added a new feature to create a budget using a template with recommended configurations as well as walk-through tutorials to learn about creating different kinds of budgets. | September 27, 2022 | |
Added information about new values in the Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection history tab into the Amazon Cost Management guide to align with the console. | August 16, 2022 | |
Added a new feature to enhance the console experience by adding a split-view panel that allows you to view budget details without leaving the Budgets Overview page. | June 15, 2022 | |
Split the Billing and Cost Management user guide and aligned the feature details into the Billing guide and Amazon Cost Management guide to align with the console. | October 20, 2021 | |
Added a new Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection feature that uses machine learning to continuously monitor your cost and usage to detect unusual spends. | December 16, 2020 | |
Added a new purchase order feature to configure how your purchases are reflected on your invoices. | October 15, 2020 | |
Added a new Amazon Budgets actions feature to run an action on your behalf when a budget exceeds a certain cost or usage threshold. | October 15, 2020 | |
Added a new payment method that allows China CNY customers using Amazon to pay their overdue payments using China Bank Redirect. | February 20, 2020 | |
Added a new security chapter that provides information about various security controls. Former "Controlling Access" chapter contents have been migrated here. | February 6, 2020 | |
Added a new reporting functionality using Amazon Budgets reports. | June 27, 2019 | |
Amazon Cost Explorer reports now include normalized units. | February 5, 2019 | |
Amazon India customers can now enable the auto-charge ability for their payments. | December 20, 2018 | |
Updated the Amazon Cost Explorer UI. | November 15, 2018 | |
Added the ability to see the history of a budget. | November 13, 2018 | |
Expanded RI budgets to Amazon OpenSearch Service. | November 8, 2018 | |
Added the SEPA Direct Debit payment method. | October 25, 2018 | |
Updated the budget UI and workflow. | October 23, 2018 | |
Added new columns to the Amazon Cost Explorer RI recommendations. | October 18, 2018 | |
Expanded RI reports to Amazon OpenSearch Service. | October 10, 2018 | |
Amazon Cost Explorer now provides a walkthrough for the most common functionality. | September 24, 2018 | |
Added the ACH Direct Debit payment method. | July 24, 2018 | |
Added RI purchase recommendations for additional services in Amazon Cost Explorer. | July 11, 2018 | |
Added RI purchase recommendations for linked accounts in Amazon Cost Explorer. | June 27, 2018 | |
Added Budgets templates for Amazon CloudFormation. | May 22, 2018 | |
Updated the RI allocation behavior size-flexible RI for linked accounts. | May 9, 2018 | |
Added RI coverage alerts. | May 8, 2018 | |
Unblend linked account bills | Linked account bills no longer show the blended rate for the organization. | May 7, 2018 |
Added Amazon RDS Recommendations to Amazon Cost Explorer. | April 19, 2018 | |
Added a new Amazon Cost Explorer dimension and Amazon Cost and Usage Reports line item | Added a new Amazon Cost Explorer dimension and Amazon Cost and Usage Reports line item. | March 27, 2018 |
Added purchase recommendations to the Amazon Cost Explorer API | Added access to the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) purchase recommendations via the Amazon Cost Explorer API. | March 20, 2018 |
Added RI coverage for Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and ElastiCache | Reserved Instance (RI) coverage for Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and ElastiCache . | March 13, 2018 |
Added | February 22, 2018 | |
Added RI recommendations based on previous usage. | November 20, 2017 | |
Enabled programmatic access to Amazon Cost Explorer via API. | November 20, 2017 | |
Added notifications for additional services. | November 10, 2017 | |
Expanded RI reports to Amazon RDS, Redshift, and ElastiCache. | November 10, 2017 | |
Updated preferences so that Amazon credits and RI discount sharing can be turned off. | November 6, 2017 | |
Added notifications for when RI utilization drops below a preset percentage-based threshold. | August 21, 2017 | |
Released a new Amazon Cost Explorer UI. | August 16, 2017 | |
Amazon Web Services Marketplace data integration | Added Amazon Web Services Marketplace so that customers can see their data reflected in all billing artifacts, including the Bills page, Amazon Cost Explorer, and more. | August 10, 2017 |
Added support for creating cost and usage budgets based on specific usage types and usage type groups, and extended budget creation capabilities to all account types. | June 19, 2017 | |
You can now filter Amazon Cost Explorer reports by additional advanced options, such as refunds, credits, RI upfront fees, RI recurring charges, and support charges. | March 22, 2017 | |
You can now track your Reserved Instance (RI) coverage in Amazon Cost Explorer. | March 20, 2017 | |
You can now filter Amazon Cost Explorer reports by tenancy, platform, and the Amazon EC2 Spot and Scheduled Reserved Instance purchase options. | March 20, 2017 | |
Amazon India users can now use Amazon Cost Explorer and budgets. | March 6, 2017 | |
Amazon Cost Explorer supports grouping for both cost and usage data, enabling customers to identify their cost drivers by cross-referencing their cost and usage charts. | February 24, 2017 | |
You can now track your monthly Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) utilization in Amazon Cost Explorer. | December 16, 2016 | |
You can now track your daily Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) utilization in Amazon Cost Explorer. | December 15, 2016 | |
You can now exclude tagged resources from your Amazon Cost Explorer reports. | November 18, 2016 | |
You can now use budgets to track usage data. | October 20, 2016 | |
You can now use Amazon Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by usage type groups. | September 15, 2016 | |
You can now save Amazon Cost Explorer queries. | November 12, 2015 | |
You can now manage your Amazon usage and costs using budgets and cost forecasts. | June 29, 2015 | |
You can now manage your account settings and payment methods for an Amazon Web Services India Private Limited (Amazon India) account. | June 1, 2015 | |
You can now use Amazon Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by Availability Zone, API operation, purchase option, or multiple cost allocation tags. | February 19, 2015 | |
You can now change the currency associated with your credit card. | February 16, 2015 | |
You can now use Amazon Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by Amazon EC2 instance type or region. | January 5, 2015 | |
You can now enable federated users or roles to access and manage your account settings, view your bills, and perform cost management. For example, you can grant people in your finance department full access to the financial setup and control of your Amazon account, without having to give them access to your production Amazon environment. | July 7, 2014 | |
Amazon Cost Explorer provides a visualization of your Amazon costs that enables you to analyze your costs in multiple ways. | April 8, 2014 | |
Version 2.0 published for the Billing guide | The Amazon Billing User Guide has been reorganized and rewritten to use the new Billing and Cost Management console. | October 25, 2013 |