What's New

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Auto-Renewal Can Be Selected on the Renewals Page

On the Renewals page, the auto-renewal check box is added. When manually renewing the instances, customers can also select auto-renewal for them.

• The auto-renewal period is the same as the manual renewal period, and the number of auto-renewal times is not limited by default.
• If auto-renewal has been enabled for an instance, the original auto-renewal period and number of auto-renewal times are retained.
• If all instances do not support auto-renewal or auto-renewal has been enabled for all instances, the check box is not displayed by default.

Commercial use

Manual Renewal

2

Bank Transfer Claim Function Is Launched in the Billing Center

After a customer transfers money offline via a general account to Huawei Cloud, the customer needs to log in to the Billing Center and choose Funds Management > Bank Transfer Claim to submit an application to claim the money.

After the money arrives, Huawei Cloud will apply the money to your Huawei Cloud account based on the claim application.

Commercial use

Bank Transfer Claim

3

Alert Threshold of Expenditure Quota Can Be Configured

After the threshold is reached, the Huawei Cloud will send an SMS or email notification.

• Customers can modify the alert threshold on the Funds Management > Expenditure Quota page on the Billing Center.
• Set Alert Threshold is added to the Overview page on the Billing Center.

Commercial use

Expenditure Quota

4

Expenditure Data Storage Function Is Optimized

The bill data storage service is optimized to provide more detailed bill data to customers. The customers who have enabled the bill data storage service can click the button in the upper right corner of the page to experience the new version of the service.

The new version does not affect the old version of the service. If the customers want to switch to the new version, they can disable the old version by themselves.

In the new version, customers can subscribe to the following types of bill files:

• Bill details filtered by a combination of Resource and By billing cycle
• Bill details filtered by a combination of Usage Type and Details

Commercial use

Data Storage

1

Auto-renewal Fee Deduction Date Is Optimized

• Two options are added to Auto-renewal Deduction Date so that customers can choose to enable the system to renew resources 1 day before they expire or on the day when they expire. Resources can be automatically renewed on their expiration dates or 1 to 7 days before they expire.
• The position of the Auto-renewal Deduction Date button is moved to the upper right corner of the tab page, and the current fee deduction date for auto-renewal is displayed.

Commercial use

Deduction Date for Auto-Renewal

2

Export Function on Renewals Is Optimized

The export function on the Renewals page is optimized, and prompts are added to introduce the functions in brief.

• One-click Export is changed to Export Renewal Prices. All resources that meet the filter criteria on the current tab page can be exported. The exported file contains the current list prices and discounted prices, which can be used to estimate the renewal fees. A maximum of 10,000 records can be exported.
• Batch Export is changed to Export Pending Renewals. The selected resources to be renewed can be exported. On the Export page, customers can adjust the renewal duration as required, view the available discounts and discounted prices, and estimate the renewal fees. A maximum of 200 records can be exported.

Commercial use

Exporting the Renewal List

3

Rules of Calculating the Billing Cycle Are Changed

In accordance with the Huawei Cloud User Agreement, Huawei Cloud will change how the billing cycle is calculated.

Starting at 00:00:00 (GMT+08:00) on September 1, 2024, Huawei Cloud will use the month when an expenditure occurs to calculate the billing cycle. The specific rules are as follows:

1. If the expenditure occurred in the previous month, and the bill was generated in the previous month, the expenditure is counted as part of the previous billing cycle.
2. If the expenditure occurred in the previous month, and the bill was generated between 00:00:00 and 23:59:59 on 1st day of the current month, the expenditure is counted as part of the previous billing cycle.
3. If the expenditure occurred in the previous month, and the bill was generated after 23:59:59 on 1st dat of the current month, the expenditure is counted as part of the current billing cycle.
4. If the expenditure occurred during the current month, and the bill was generated in the current month, the expenditure is counted as part of the current billing cycle.

Commercial use

How Does Huawei Cloud Calculate the Billing Cycle?

4

Prompt for Card Adding Is Optimized

• The following prompt is deleted:

  The country/region where your credit card is issued must be the same as the country/region where your HUAWEI CLOUD account is registered.

• The following prompt is modified:

  Original: The country/region to which the card belongs is different from that registered with your account. Try again with another credit card.

  New: The card verification failed. Please try again with another credit card or submit a service ticket if the problem persists.

Commercial use

Adding a Payment Method

5

Last 36 Months Can Be Selected for the Billing Cycle on the Bill Details Page

On the Bill Details page of the Billing Center, customers can select the last 36 months in Billing Cycle to view their expenditures.

• If the customer selects the last 18 months, the page displays the expenditures of the selected months.
• If the customer selects the last 18 months, the page displays the expenditures of the selected months.

Commercial use

Bill Details

6

Default Items in Customized Column on the Bill Details Page Are Adjusted

On the Bill Details page of the Billing Center, Package Usage is not selected and Package Usage (Pricing Unit) is selected.

Commercial use

Bill Details

7

Flexi-Purchase Coupon Balance Is Added to the Expenditure Quota Page

Flexi-purchase Coupon Balance is added to Used Quota.

Commercial use

Expenditure Quota

1

Orders That Cannot Be Paid Can Be Automatically Canceled

Huawei Cloud will automatically cancel an order if it cannot be paid in one of the following scenarios. Customers can view the reasons in the prompts of their canceled orders.

• The payment deadline exceeded.
• The resource has been deleted, the resource specifications have been changed, or the billing mode of the resource has been changed to Pay-per-Use.
• The order is rejected.
• The unsubscription refunds failed.
• The auto-renewal has been performed, so the manual renewal order is not required.
• The associated contract has been terminated.

Commercial use

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2

Renewal Filter Criteria Are Optimized

On the Renewals page, the two filtering items, renewal status and expiration time, are combined, and the number of resources in each status is displayed.

Commercial use

Resource Expiration Rules

3

Auto-Renewal Period Keeps the Same as Manual Renewal Period

On Renewals of Orders in the Billing Center:

• The renewal period options on the manual renewal, auto-renewal, and batch export pages are changed to buttons, which is the same as those on the cloud service purchase page.
• The auto-renewal period has more options, which keeps the same as the manual renewal period.

Commercial use

Enabling Auto-Renewal

4

Latest News Are Added to the Overview Page in the Billing Center

Latest News is added to the Overview page of the Billing Center to display the latest announcements. Customers can click the > icon to go to What's New to view all announcements.

Commercial use

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