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Many Azure services use nested or child resources. SQL servers have databases, storage accounts have containers, and virtual networks have subnets. Most of the child resources are only used to configure services, but sometimes the resources have their own usage and charges. SQL databases are perhaps the most common example.
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SQL databases are deployed as part of a SQL server instance, but usage is tracked at the database level. Additionally, you might also have charges on the parent server, like for Microsoft Defender for Cloud. To get the total cost for your SQL deployment in classic cost analysis, you need to find the server and each database and then manually sum up their total cost. As an example, you can see the **aepool** elastic pool at the top of the list below and the **treyanalyticsengine** server lower down on the first page. What you don't see is another database even lower in the list. You can imagine how troubling this situation would be when you need the total cost of a large server instance with many databases.
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SQL databases are deployed as part of a SQL server instance, but usage is tracked at the database level. Additionally, you might also have charges on the parent server, like for Microsoft Defender for Cloud. To get the total cost for your SQL deployment in classic cost analysis, you need to manually sum up the cost of the server and each individual database. As an example, you can see the **aepool** elastic pool at the top of the list below and the **treyanalyticsengine** server lower down on the first page. What you don't see is another database even lower in the list. You can imagine how troubling this situation would be when you need the total cost of a large server instance with many databases.
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Here's an example showing classic cost analysis where multiple related resource costs aren't grouped.
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Group related resources, like disks under VMs or web apps under App Service plans, by adding a “cm-resource-parent” tag to the child resources with a value of the parent resource ID. Wait 24 hours for tags to be available in usage and your resources will be grouped. Leave feedback to let us know how we can improve this experience further for you.
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Some resources have related dependencies that aren't explicit children or nested under the logical parent in Azure Resource Manager. Examples include disks used by a virtual machine or web apps assigned to an App Service plan. Unfortunately, Cost Management isn't aware of these relationships and cannot group them automatically. This experimental feature uses tags to summarize the total cost of your related resources together. You'll see a single row with the parent resource. When you expand the parent resource, you'll see each linked resource listed individually with their respective cost.
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Some resources have related dependencies that aren't explicit children or nested under the logical parent in Azure Resource Manager. Examples include disks used by a virtual machine or web apps assigned to an App Service plan. Unfortunately, Cost Management isn't aware of these relationships and can't group them automatically. This experimental feature uses tags to summarize the total cost of your related resources together. You'll see a single row with the parent resource. When you expand the parent resource, you'll see each linked resource listed individually with their respective cost.
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As an example, let's say you have an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool configured with two VMs. Tagging the VMs and corresponding network/disk resources groups them under the host pool, giving you the total cost of the session host VMs in your host pool deployment. This gets even more interesting if you want to also include the cost of any cloud solutions made available via your host pool.
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As an example, let's say you have an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool configured with two VMs. Tagging the VMs and corresponding network/disk resources groups them under the host pool, giving you the total cost of the session host VMs in your host pool deployment. This example gets even more interesting if you want to also include the cost of any cloud solutions made available via your host pool.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-resource-parent-virtual-desktop.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the cost analysis preview showing VMs and disks grouped under an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-resource-parent-virtual-desktop.png" :::
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3. Find the **Resource ID** property and copy its value.
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4. Open **All resources** or the resource group that has the resources you want to link.
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5. Select the checkboxes for every resource you want to link and click the **Assign tags** command.
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6. Specify a tag key of "cm-resource-parent" (make sure it is typed correctly) and paste the resource ID from step 3.
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6. Specify a tag key of "cm-resource-parent" (make sure it's typed correctly) and paste the resource ID from step 3.
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7. Wait 24 hours for new usage to be sent to Cost Management with the tags. (Keep in mind resources must be actively running with charges for tags to be updated in Cost Management.)
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8. Open the [Resources view](https://aka.ms/costanalysis/resources) in the cost analysis preview.
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## Product column in the cost analysis preview
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Every service tracks different usage attributes of the resources you have deployed. Each of these usage attributes is tracked via a "meter" in your cost data. Meters are grouped into categories and include additional metadata to help you understand the charges. We’re testing new columns in the Resources and Services views in the cost analysis preview for Microsoft Customer Agreement. You may see a single Product column instead of the Service, Tier, and Meter columns.
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Every service tracks different usage attributes of the resources you've deployed. Each of these usage attributes is tracked via a "meter" in your cost data. Meters are grouped into categories and include other metadata to help you understand the charges. We’re testing new columns in the Resources and Services views in the cost analysis preview for Microsoft Customer Agreement. You may see a single Product column instead of the Service, Tier, and Meter columns.
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You can also enable this from the [Try preview](https://aka.ms/costmgmt/trypreview) page in the Azure portal. Note it is only applicable for Microsoft Customer Agreement accounts.
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You can also enable this preview from the [Try preview](https://aka.ms/costmgmt/trypreview) page in the Azure portal. Note this preview is only applicable for Microsoft Customer Agreement accounts.
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## Change scope from menu
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If you manage many subscriptionsand need to switch between subscriptions or resource groups often, you might want to include the **Change scope from menu** option.
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If you manage many subscriptions, resource groups, or management groups and need to switch between them often, you might want to include the **Change scope from menu** option.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-change-scope-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Change scope option added to the menu after selecting the Change menu from scope preview option." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-change-scope-menu.png" :::
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