Bills

Billing Generation

Once the package resources are paid for, a real-time bill will be sent to the billing system for settlement.

In the pay-per-use billing mode, resource usage is reported to the billing system for settlement on a fixed cycle. Depending on the type of usage, pay-per-use resources are settled on an hourly, daily, or monthly basis. For details about billing rules, see Periodic Settlement of Pay-per-Use Products. Pay-per-use OCR services are settled on an hourly basis.

The charging time for pay-per-use resources may lag behind the settlement cycle. For example, if an OCR service is disabled at 08:30:00 and incurs fees between 08:00:00 and 09:00:00, the charges are usually deducted around 10:00:00. On the Billing Center > Billing > Transactions and Detailed Bills > Transaction Bills page, Expenditure Time indicates the time when a pay-per-use product is used.

Viewing Bills of a Specific Resource

[Example: Use the product name to search for a bill.]

1. Log in to management console and choose Billing & Costs to switch to the Billing Center.
2. Choose Billing > Expenditure Details to access the detailed bill list. Choose Resource Type > OCR Application Programming Interface from the filter criteria drop-down list box.
   Figure 1 Choosing Resource Type
   
   Figure 2 Searching for a bill
   

   By default, the bill details are displayed by usage and billing cycle. You can choose other display options as required. For details, see Bill Details.