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ms.service: cost-management-billing
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ms.subservice: billing
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ms.topic: conceptual
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ms.date: 10/13/2021
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ms.date: 01/13/2023
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ms.author: banders
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## Changes from Azure EA usage and charges
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If you were an EA customer, you'll notice that the terms in the Azure billing profile usage CSV file differ from the terms in the Azure EA usage CSV file. Here's a mapping of EA usage terms to billing profile usage terms:
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| Azure EA usage CSV | Microsoft Customer Agreement Azure usage and charges CSV |
If you're an EA customer, you'll notice that the terms in the Azure billing profile usage CSV file differ from the terms in the Azure EA usage CSV file. Here's a mapping of EA usage terms to billing profile usage terms:
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| Azure EA usage CSV | Microsoft Customer Agreement Azure usage and charges CSV | Description |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| Date | date | Date that the resource was consumed. |
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| Month| date| Month that the resource was consumed.|
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| Day | date | Day that the resource was consumed. |
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| Year | date | Year that the resourced was consumed. |
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| Product | product | Name of the product. |
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| MeterId | meterID | The unique identifier for the meter. |
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| MeterCategory | meterCategory | Name of the classification category for the meter. Same as the service in the Microsoft Customer Agreement Price Sheet. Exact string values differ. |
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| MeterSubCategory | meterSubCategory | Azure usage meter subclassification. |
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| MeterRegion | meterRegion | Detail required for a service. Useful to find the region context of the resource. |
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| MeterName | meterName | Name of the meter. Represents the Azure service deployable resource. |
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| ConsumedQuantity | quantity | Measured quantity purchased or consumed. The amount of the meter used during the billing period. |
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| ResourceRate | effectivePrice | The price represents the actual rate that you end up paying per unit, after discounts are taken into account. It's the price that should be used with the `Quantity` to do `Price`\*`Quantity` calculations to reconcile charges. The price takes into account the following scenarios and the scaled unit price that's also present in the files. As a result, it might differ from the scaled unit price. |
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| ExtendedCost | cost | Cost of the charge in the billing currency before credits or taxes. |
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| ResourceLocation | resourceLocation | Location of the used resource's data center. |
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| ConsumedService | consumedService | Name of the service. |
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| InstanceId | instanceId | Identifier of the resource instance. Shown as a ResourceURI that includes complete resource properties. |
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| ServiceInfo1 | serviceInfo1 | Legacy field that captures optional service-specific metadata. |
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| ServiceInfo2 | serviceInfo2 | Legacy field with optional service-specific metadata. |
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| AdditionalInfo | additionalInfo | Service-specific metadata. For example, an image type for a virtual machine. |
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| Tags | tags | Tags assigned to the resource. Doesn't include resource group tags. Can be used to group or distribute costs for internal chargeback. For more information, see [Organize your Azure resources with tags](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/organize-your-azure-resources-with-tags/). |
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| StoreServiceIdentifier | N/A ||
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| DepartmentName | invoiceSection |`DepartmentName` is the department ID. You can see department IDs in the Azure portal on the **Cost Management + Billing**\>**Departments** page. `invoiceSection` is the MCA invoice section name. |
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| CostCenter | costCenter | Cost center associated to the subscription. |
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| UnitOfMeasure | unitofMeasure | The unit of measure for billing for the service. For example, compute services are billed per hour. |
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| ResourceGroup | resourceGroup | Name of the resource group associated with the resource. |
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| ChargesBilledSeparately | isAzureCreditEligible | Indicates if the charge is eligible to be paid for using Azure credits. |
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## Detailed terms and descriptions
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costCenter | The cost center defined on the subscription for tracking costs (only available in open billing periods)
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billingPeriodStartDate | The start date of the billing period for which the invoice is generated
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billingPeriodEndDate | The end date of the billing period for which the invoice is generated
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servicePeriodStartDate | The start date of the rating period which has defined and locked pricing for the consumed or purchased service
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servicePeriodEndDate | The end date of the rating period which has defined and locked pricing for the consumed or purchased service
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date | For Azure and Marketplace usage-based charges, this is the rating date. For one-time purchases (Reservations, Marketplace) or fixed recurring charges (support offers), this is the purchase date.
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servicePeriodStartDate | The start date of the rating period that has defined and locked pricing for the consumed or purchased service
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servicePeriodEndDate | The end date of the rating period that has defined and locked pricing for the consumed or purchased service
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date | For Azure and Marketplace usage-based charges, it's the rating date. For one-time purchases (Reservations, Marketplace) or fixed recurring charges (support offers), it's the purchase date.
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serviceFamily | Service family that the service belongs to
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productOrderId | Unique identifier for the product order
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productOrderName | Unique name for the product order
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consumedService | Name of the consumed service
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meterId | The unique identifier for the meter
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meterName | The name of the meter
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meterCategory | Name of the classification category for the meter. For example, *Cloud services*, *Networking*, etc.
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meterSubCategory | Name of the meter sub-classification category
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meterSubCategory | Name of the meter subclassification category
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meterRegion | Name of the region where the meter for the service is available. Identifies the location of the data center for certain services that are priced based on data center location.
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offer | Name of the offer purchased
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PayGPrice | Retail price for the resource.
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subscriptionName | Name of the subscription accruing the charges
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reservationId | Unique identifier for the purchased reservation instance
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reservationName | Name of the purchased reservation instance
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publisherType | Microsoft/Azure, Marketplace, and AWS costs. Values are `Microsoft` for Microsoft Customer Agreement accounts and `Azure` for EA and pay-as-you-go accounts.
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publisherType | Microsoft, Azure, Marketplace, and AWS costs. Values are `Microsoft` for Microsoft Customer Agreement accounts and `Azure` for EA and pay-as-you-go accounts.
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publisherName | Publisher for Marketplace services
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resourceGroupId | Unique identifier for the resource group associated with the resource
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resourceGroupName | Name of the resource group associated with the resource
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location | Normalized location of the resource if different resource locations are configured for the same regions
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quantity | The number of units purchased or consumed
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unitOfMeasure | The unit of measure for billing for the service. For example, compute services are billed per hour.
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chargeType | The type of charge. Values: <ul><li>AsCharged-Usage: Charges that are accrued based on usage of an Azure service. This includes usage against VMs that are not charged because of reserved instances.</li><li>AsCharged-PurchaseMarketplace: Either one-time or fixed recurring charges from Marketplace purchases</li><li>AsCharged-UsageMarketplace: Charges for Marketplace services that are charged based on units of consumption</li></ul>
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chargeType | The type of charge. Values: <br><br>• AsCharged-Usage - Charges that are accrued based on usage of an Azure service. It includes usage against VMs that aren't charged because of reserved instances.<br><br>• AsCharged-PurchaseMarketplace - Either one-time or fixed recurring charges from Marketplace purchases<br><br>• AsCharged-UsageMarketplace - Charges for Marketplace services that are charged based on units of consumption
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isAzureCreditEligible | Flag that indicates if the charge against the service is eligible to be paid for using Azure credits (Values: True, False)
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serviceInfo1 | Service-specific metadata
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serviceInfo2 | Legacy field that captures optional service-specific metadata
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