Our platform collects in daily basis the Azure usage data using Azure Resource Usage API. These data are accessible from the customer in subscription details page in Storefront.
Subscription's Usage Records
For a customer / reseller to view the consumption of his Azure subscriptions, he must login in CSP's Storefront and to open the subscription details page from the Billing > Subscriptions menu.
In the details page there is the section Usage Records where the customer can see the usage records for the subscription.
The usage records are grouped by the resources groups the customer defined in Azure portal. For each usage record, we display the following information:
- Resource Name (as defined by user in Azure portal) - Name (as defined by Azure)
The "Name (as defined by Azure)" is not displayed when the Meter Category or Sub Category is Cloud Services, Networking - Basic Application Gateway, Networking - Public IP Addresses and Virtual Machines - Resource Meter Category
- Resource Meter Subcategory
- Usage for the current billing cycle until the last update
- Price for the displayed Usage.
- If the subscription is for a direct customer, the price is Microsoft's suggested retail price
- If the subscription is billed to a customer / reseller that has a discount (check Defining the Azure Product for setting a discount), the price is after applying the discount to Microsoft's suggested retail price.
How many hours / minutes before these usage records were collected, it is displayed in Updated field. If you want the usage records to be collected sooner, you can change this by following the instruction explained in page Setting how often Azure Usage Records and their Rates are Collected.
Understanding Subscription's Estimated Amount
In subscription details page, the customer can see not only the Total Amount, that is the current cost of the Azure Subsccription, but also the Estimated Amount that is a projection of the current consumption until the end of the current billing cycle. It is calculated as the sum of:
- The actual consumption which is the Total Amount of the subscription
- For the active resources that are billed per hour, we estimate the usage by assuming that the specific resources will be fully operative until the end of the billing cycle. For example, on 5th of September for a A0 VM with cost 0.02€ / hour, the estimated usage until the end of the month will be 25 days x 24 hours x 0.02€
- For the active resources that are not billed per hour, we estimate the usage until the end of the month by multiplying the current usage to the percentage of month spent. For example, on the 5th of September if usage is 12 GB, then the estimated usage will be 12 GB x (30 days for September / 5 days spent) = 72 GB