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Updated on 2024-07-08 GMT+08:00

Viewing Purchased Savings Plans

You can view the details of your purchased savings plans, including the basic information, purchase records, and usage summary.

Viewing Savings Summary

  1. Log in to Cost Center.
  2. Choose Savings Plans > Summary.
  3. View the savings summary of your savings plans.

    • MTD Savings: total amount saved so far for the current month.

      It may take up to one or two days to display the latest savings plan summary.

    • YTD Savings: total amount saved in the current year after the expenditures of eligible pay-per-use resources are paid for using the savings plan.
    • Cost-Saving Opportunities: number of recommended 1-year, all upfront ECS Savings Plans if you have adopted all the recommendations, which are generated based on the expenditures of the last 30 days.

Viewing All Savings Plans

  1. Log in to Cost Center.
  2. Choose Savings Plans > Summary.
  3. View all savings plans in the current account.

    You can filter savings plans by savings plan ID, status, linked account, type, and region.

    Field

    Description

    Savings Plan ID

    Unique identifier of a savings plan

    Status

    Status of a savings plan, including Start Pending, Active, Retired, and Frozen

    Linked Account

    Account that a savings plan belongs to

    Type

    Type of a savings plan

    Region

    Region that a savings plan applies to

    Site

    Site that the savings plan is used for

    Specifications

    Cloud service specifications eligible for a savings plan

    Hourly Commitment

    Committed amount per hour for a savings plan

    Payment Option

    Payment option of a savings plan, which can be no upfront, partial upfront, or all upfront

    Started

    Time when you can start using a savings plan

    Ended

    Time when you should stop using a savings plan

Viewing the Details of a Savings Plan

  1. Log in to Cost Center.
  2. Choose Savings Plans > Summary.
  3. Click the ID link of a savings plan to view its details.

    • Basic information

      Field

      Description

      Savings Plan ID

      ID of the savings plan

      Savings Plan Type

      Type of the savings plan

      Linked Account

      Account that the savings plan belongs to

      Service Type

      Cloud services eligible for the savings plan

      Region

      Region that the savings plan applies to

      Specifications

      Cloud service specifications eligible for the savings plan

      Order

      ID of the order for the savings plan. You can click the link to go to the order details page.

      Commitment Term

      Committed amount per hour for the savings plan

      Started

      Time when you start using a savings plan

      Ended

      Time when you stop using a savings plan

    • Purchase information

      Field

      Description

      Total Commitment

      Total amount of your commitment when purchasing the savings plan Total Commitment = Hourly Commitment x Commitment Term

      Upfront Fee

      Money you paid up front when purchasing an all upfront or partial upfront savings plan

      Recurring Hourly Fee

      Amount payable per hour when you purchase a no upfront or partial upfront savings plan

      Commitment Term

      Savings plan term in hours

    • MTD Usage information

      Field

      Description

      Savings

      Month-to-date savings. Savings = Pay-per-Use Cost Equivalent – Commitment

      Pay-per-Use Cost Equivalent

      Month-to-date amount you would have spent on the same pay-per-use resources if you did not commit to the savings plan

      Commitment

      Month-to-date amount you committed when purchasing the savings plan

      Utilization

      Month-to-date utilization percentage of the savings plan

      Utilization = Used Commitment/Commitment x 100%

      Used Commitment

      Month-to-date amount that has been paid for using the savings plan