Updated on 2022-09-19 GMT+08:00

Introduction

To accurately control and optimize your costs, you need a clear understanding of what parts of your enterprise incurred different costs.

Cost Center visualizes your original costs or amortized costs using various dimensions and display filters for cost analysis so that you can analyze the trends and drivers of your service usage and costs from a variety of perspectives or within different defined scopes.

  • Original costs are those recorded when the expenditures are generated.
  • Amortized costs are those recorded when the revenues are obtained or the costs are generated.

You can also predict your costs and usage to plan ahead.

To view more detailed cost and usage information, access Billing Center and choose Billing > Bills > Bill Details, or access Cost Analysis in Cost Center.

The following describes several common cost analysis methods:

Preconfigured Analysis Reports

Custom Analysis Reports

Cost Tags

Cost Details

Forecasting