Configuring Cost and Usage Reports 2.0 using Amazon Billing Conductor - Amazon Data Exports
Comparing standard and Amazon Billing Conductor Cost and Usage ReportsCreating pro forma Cost and Usage Reports for a billing group
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Configuring Cost and Usage Reports 2.0 using Amazon Billing Conductor

With Amazon Billing Conductor, you can create pro forma Amazon Cost and Usage Report (Amazon CUR) 2.0 for each billing group. These pro forma reports use the same file format, granularity, and columns as the standard Amazon CUR 2.0, providing the most comprehensive cost and usage data available for a given time period.

For more information about Amazon Billing Conductor, see the Amazon Billing Conductor User Guide.

Comparing standard and Amazon Billing Conductor Cost and Usage Reports

There are a few differences between the standard Cost and Usage Reports and pro forma Amazon CUR created using the Amazon Billing Conductor configuration.

Account coverage

  • Standard Amazon CUR – Includes cost and usage data for all accounts in your consolidated billing family

  • Pro forma Amazon CUR – Includes only accounts that belong to the specific billing group at the time of report generation

Invoice handling

  • Standard Amazon CUR – Populates the invoice column after Amazon generates an invoice

  • Pro forma Amazon CUR – Does not populate the invoice column because Amazon does not generate or issue invoices based on pro forma billing data

Creating pro forma Cost and Usage Reports for a billing group

Use the following steps to generate a pro forma Amazon CUR for a billing group.

To create pro forma Cost and Usage Reports for a billing group

  1. Open the Billing and Cost Management console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/costmanagement/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Data Exports.

  3. Choose Create.

  4. In the Export details section, choose Standard data export.

  5. For Export name, enter a name for your export.

  6. Under Data table content settings, choose CUR 2.0.

  7. Under Data table configurations, choose Include resource IDs to include the IDs of each individual resources in the report.

    Split cost allocation data is disabled when pro forma data export is enabled.

  8. Choose Next.

  9. For S3 bucket, choose Configure.

  10. In the Configure S3 Bucket dialog box, do one of the following:

    • Choose an existing bucket from the drop down list and choose Next.

    • Enter a bucket name and the Amazon Web Services Region where you want to create a new bucket and choose Next.

  11. Review the Bucket policy, select I have confirmed that this policy is correct, and choose Save.

  12. For S3 path prefix, enter the S3 path prefix that you want prepended to the name of your export.

  13. For Time granularity, choose one of the following:

    • Hourly if you want the line items in the report to be aggregated by the hour.

    • Daily if you want the line items in the report to be aggregated by the day.

    • Monthly if you want the line items in the report to be aggregated by the month.

  14. For Report versioning, choose whether you want each version of the report to overwrite the previous version of the report, or to be delivered in addition to the previous versions.

    Overwriting reports can save on Amazon S3 storage costs. Delivering new report versions can improve auditability of billing data over time.

  15. Choose Next.

  16. After you have reviewed the settings for your report, choose Review and Complete.