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title: Reservations software costs for Azure | Microsoft Docs
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title: Reservations software costs for Azure
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description: Learn which software meters are not included in Azure Reserved VM Instance costs.
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services: 'billing'
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documentationcenter: ''
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tags: billing
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ms.date: 10/01/2019
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ms.date: 11/14/2019
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## Rates for Azure meters
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## Get rates for Azure meters
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You can get the cost of each of these meters through Azure RateCard API. For information on how to get the rates for an azure meter, see [Get price and metadata information for resources used in an Azure subscription](/previous-versions/azure/reference/mt219004(v=azure.100)).
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## Analyze costs in cost analysis
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Partners can explore and analyze costs in cost analysis across customers for a specific customer or for an invoice.
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The following fields are found in usage detail files and Cost Management APIs. You can use filter and group by features in cost analysis to analyze costs by multiple fields. To view a complete list of fields, see [Cost Management data fields](understand-cost-mgt-data.md#cost-management-data-fields).
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| Field name | Description |
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| CustomerTenantID | Identifier of the Azure Active Directory tenant of the customer's subscription. |
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| CustomerName | Name of the Azure Active Directory tenant for the customer's subscription. |
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| CustomerTenantDomainName | Domain name for the Azure Active Directory tenant of the customer's subscription. |
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| PartnerTenantID | Identifier for the partner's Azure Active Directory tenant. |
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| PartnerName | Name of the partner Azure Active Directory tenant. |
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| ResellerMPNID | MPNID for the reseller associated with the subscription. |
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| costinUSD | Estimated ExtendedCost or blended cost before tax in USD. |
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| paygCostInBillingCurrency | Shows costs if pricing is in retail prices. Shows pay-as-you-go prices in the billing currency. Available only at RBAC scopes. |
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| paygCostInUSD | Shows costs if pricing is in retail prices. Shows pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Available only at RBAC scopes. |
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| partnerEarnedCreditRate | Rate of discount applied if there is a partner earned credit (PEC) based on partner admin link access. |
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| partnerEarnedCreditApplied | Indicates whether the partner earned credit has been applied. |
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In the [cost analysis](quick-acm-cost-analysis.md) view, you can also [save views](quick-acm-cost-analysis.md#saving-and-sharing-customized-views) and export data to [CSV and PNG files](quick-acm-cost-analysis.md#automation-and-offline-analysis).
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Partners can explore and analyze costs in cost analysis across customers for a specific customer or for an invoice. In the [cost analysis](quick-acm-cost-analysis.md) view, you can also [save views](quick-acm-cost-analysis.md#saving-and-sharing-customized-views) and export data to [CSV and PNG files](quick-acm-cost-analysis.md#automation-and-offline-analysis).
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You can use filter and group by features in cost analysis to analyze costs by multiple fields. Partner-specific fields are shown in the next section.
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## Data fields
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The following data fields are found in usage detail files and Cost Management APIs. Where available, Partner Center equivalent information is shown. For the following bold fields, partners can use filter and group by features in cost analysis to analyze costs by multiple fields. Bold fields apply only to Microsoft Customer Agreements supported by partners.
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| **Field name** | **Description** | **Partner Center equivalent** |
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| invoiceId | Invoice ID shown on the invoice for the specific transaction. | Invoice number where the transaction is shown. |
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| previousInvoiceID | Reference to an original invoice there is a refund (negative cost). Populated only when there is a refund. | N/A |
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| billingAccountName | Name of the billing account representing the partner. It accrues all costs across the customers who have onboarded to a Microsoft customer agreement and the CSP customers that have made entitlement purchases like SaaS, Azure Marketplace, and reservations. | N/A |
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| billingAccountID | Identifier for the billing account representing the partner. | MCAPI Partner Commerce Root ID. Used in a request, but not included in a response.|
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| billingProfileID | Identifier for the billing profile that groups costs across invoices in a single billing currency across the customers who have onboarded to a Microsoft customer agreement and the CSP customers that have made entitlement purchases like SaaS, Azure Marketplace, and reservations. | MCAPI Partner Billing Group ID. Used in a request, but not included in a response. |
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| billingProfileName | Name of the billing profile that groups costs across invoices in a single billing currency across the customers who have onboarded to a Microsoft customer agreement and the CSP customers that have made entitlement purchases like SaaS, Azure Marketplace, and reservations. | N/A |
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| invoiceSectionName | Name of the project that is being charged in the invoice. Not applicable for Microsoft Customer Agreements onboarded by partners. | N/A |
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| invoiceSectionID | Identifier of the project that is being charged in the invoice. Not applicable for Microsoft Customer Agreements onboarded by partners. | N/A |
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| **CustomerTenantID** | Identifier of the Azure Active Directory tenant of the customer's subscription. | Customer's organizational ID - the customer's Azure Active Directory TenantID. |
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| **CustomerName** | Name of the Azure Active Directory tenant for the customer's subscription. | Customer's organization name, as shown in the Partner Center. Important for reconciling the invoice with your system information. |
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| **CustomerTenantDomainName** | Domain name for the Azure Active Directory tenant of the customer's subscription. | Customer Azure Active Directory tenant domain. |
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| **PartnerTenantID** | Identifier for the partner's Azure Active Directory tenant. | Partner Azure Active Directory Tenant ID called as Partner ID, in GUID format. |
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| **PartnerName** | Name of the partner Azure Active Directory tenant. | Partner name. |
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| **ResellerMPNID** | MPNID for the reseller associated with the subscription. | MPN ID of the reseller on record for the subscription. Not available for current activity. |
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| costCenter | Cost center associated to the subscription. | N/A |
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| billingPeriodStartDate | Billing period start date, as shown on the invoice. | N/A |
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| billingPeriodEndDate | Billing period end date, as shown on the invoice. | N/A |
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| servicePeriodStartDate | Start date for the rating period when the service usage was rated for charges. The prices for Azure services are determined for the rating period. | ChargeStartDate in Partner Center. Billing cycle start date, except when presenting dates of previously uncharged latent usage data from a previous billing cycle. The time is always the beginning of the day, 0:00. |
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| servicePeriodEndDate | End date for the period when the service usage was rated for charges. The prices for Azure services are determined based on the rating period. | N/A |
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| date | For Azure consumption data, it shows date of usage as rated. For reserved instance, it shows the purchased date. For recurring charges and one-time charges such as Marketplace and support, it shows the purchase date. | N/A |
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| productID | Identifier for the product that has accrued charges by consumption or purchase. It is the concatenated key of productID and SKuID, as shown in the Partner Center. | The ID of the product. |
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| product | Name of the product that has accrued charges by consumption or purchase, as shown on the invoice. | The product name in the catalog. |
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| serviceFamily | Shows the service family for the product purchased or charged. For example, Storage or Compute. | N/A |
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| productOrderID | The identifier of the asset or Azure plan name that the subscription belongs to. For example, Azure Plan. | N/A |
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| productOrderName | The name of the Azure plan that the subscription belongs to. For example, Azure Plan. | N/A|
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| consumedService | Consumed service (legacy taxonomy) as used in legacy EA usage details. | Service shown in the Partner Center. For example, Microsoft.Storage, Microsoft.Compute, and microsoft.operationalinsights. |
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| meterID | Metered identifier for measured consumption. | The ID of the used meter. |
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| meterName | Identifies the name of the meter for measured consumption. | The name of the consumed meter. |
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| meterCategory | Identifies the top-level service for usage. | The top-level service for the usage. |
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| meterSubCategory | Defines the type or subcategory of Azure service that can affect the rate. | The type of Azure service that can affect the rate.|
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| meterRegion | Identifies the location of the datacenter for certain services that are priced based on datacenter location. | The regional location of a data center for services, where applicable and populated. |
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| subscription ID | Unique Microsoft generated identifier for the Azure subscription. | N/A |
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| subscriptionName | Name of the Azure subscription. | N/A |
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| Term | Displays the term for the validity of the offer. For example, reserved instances show 12 months of a yearly term of the reserved instance. For one-time purchases or recurring purchases, the term displays one month for SaaS, Azure Marketplace, and support. Not applicable for Azure consumption. | N/A |
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| publisherType (firstParty, thirdPartyReseller, thirdPartyAgency) | Type of publisher that identifies the publisher as first party, third-party reseller, or third-party agency. | N/A |
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| partNumber | Part number for the unused reserved instance and Azure Marketplace services. | N/A |
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| publisherName | Name of the publisher of the service including Microsoft or third-party publishers. | The name of the product's publisher.|
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| reservationId | Identifier for the reserved instance purchase. | N/A |
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| reservationName | Name of the reserved instance. | N/A |
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| reservationOrderId | OrderID for the reserved instance. | N/A |
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| frequency | Payment frequency for a reserved instance. | N/A |
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| resourceGroup | Name of the Azure resource group used for lifecycle resource management. | Name of the resource group. |
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| instanceID (or) ResourceID | Identifier of the resource instance. | Shown as a ResourceURI that includes complete resource properties. |
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| resourceLocation | Name of the resource location. | The location of the resource. |
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| Location | Normalized location of the resource. | N/A |
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| effectivePrice | The effective unit price of the service, in pricing currency. Unique for a product, service family, meter, and offer. Used with pricing in the price sheet for the billing account. When there is tiered pricing or an included quantity, it shows the blended price for consumption. | The unit price after adjustments are made. |
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| Quantity | Measured quantity purchased or consumed. The amount of the meter used during the billing period. | Number of units. Ensure it matches the information in your billing system during reconciliation. |
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| unitOfMeasure | Identifies the unit that the service is charged in. For example, GB and hours. | Identifies the unit that the service is charged in. For example, GB, hours, and 10,000s. |
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| pricingCurrency | The currency defining the unit price. | The currency in the pricelist.|
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| billingCurrency | The currency defining the billed cost. | The currency of the customer's geographic region. |
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| chargeType | Defines the type of charge that the cost represents in Azure Cost Management like purchase and refund. | The type of charge or adjustment. Not available for current activity. |
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| costinBillingCurrency | ExtendedCost or blended cost before tax in the billed currency. | N/A |
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| costinPricingCurrency | ExtendedCost or blended cost before tax in pricing currency to correlate with prices. | N/A |
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| **costinUSD** | Estimated ExtendedCost or blended cost before tax in USD. | N/A |
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| **paygCostInBillingCurrency** | Shows costs if pricing is in retail prices. Shows pay-as-you-go prices in the billing currency. Available only at RBAC scopes. | N/A |
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| **paygCostInUSD** | Shows costs if pricing is in retail prices. Shows pay-as-you-go prices in USD. Available only at RBAC scopes. | N/A |
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| exchangeRate | Exchange rate used to convert from the pricing currency to the billing currency. | Referred to as PCToBCExchangeRate in the Partner Center. The pricing currency to billing currency exchange rate.|
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| exchangeRateDate | The date for the exchange rate that's used to convert from the pricing currency to the billing currency. | Referred to as PCToBCExchangeRateDat in the Partner Center. The pricing currency to billing currency exchange rate date.|
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| isAzureCreditEligible | Indicates whether the cost is eligible for payment by Azure credits. | N/A |
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| serviceInfo1 | Legacy field that captures optional service-specific metadata. | Internal Azure service metadata. |
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| serviceInfo2 | Legacy field that captures optional service-specific metadata. | Service information. For example, an image type for a virtual machine and ISP name for ExpressRoute.|
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| additionalInfo | Service-specific metadata. For example, an image type for a virtual machine. | Any additional information not covered in other columns. The service-specific metadata. For example, an image type for a virtual machine.|
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| tags | Tag that you assign to the meter. Use tags to group billing records. For example, you can use tags to distribute costs by the department that uses the meter. | Tags added by the customer.|
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| **partnerEarnedCreditRate** | Rate of discount applied if there is a partner earned credit (PEC) based on partner admin link access. | The rate of partner earned credit (PEC). For example, 0% or 15%. |
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| **partnerEarnedCreditApplied** | Indicates whether the partner earned credit has been applied. | N/A |
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