Merge pull request #85049 from flanakin/patch-10

Call out fields required to build a unique id

Author: PRMerger17

articles/billing/billing-understand-your-usage.md

@@ -39,46 +39,46 @@ The list covers pay-as-you-go (PAYG), Enterprise Agreement (EA), and Microsoft C
 Term | Account type | Description
 --- | --- | ---
 AccountName | EA, PAYG | Display name of the EA enrollment account or PAYG billing account.
-AccountOwnerId | EA, PAYG | Unique identifier for the EA enrollment account or PAYG billing account.
+AccountOwnerId<sup>1</sup> | EA, PAYG | Unique identifier for the EA enrollment account or PAYG billing account.
 AdditionalInfo | All | Service-specific metadata. For example, an image type for a virtual machine.
-BillingAccountId | All | Unique identifier for the root billing account.
+BillingAccountId<sup>1</sup> | All | Unique identifier for the root billing account.
 BillingAccountName | All | Name of the billing account.
 BillingCurrency | All | Currency associated with the billing account.
 BillingPeriod | EA, PAYG | The billing period of the charge.
 BillingPeriodEndDate | All | The end date of the billing period.
 BillingPeriodStartDate | All | The start date of the billing period.
-BillingProfileId | All | Unique identifier of the EA enrollment, PAYG subscription, MCA billing profile, or AWS consolidated account.
+BillingProfileId<sup>1</sup> | All | Unique identifier of the EA enrollment, PAYG subscription, MCA billing profile, or AWS consolidated account.
 BillingProfileName | All | Name of the EA enrollment, PAYG subscription, MCA billing profile, or AWS consolidated account.
 ChargeType | All | Indicates whether the charge represents usage (**Usage**), a purchase (**Purchase**), or a refund (**Refund**).
 ConsumedService | All | Name of the service the charge is associated with.
-CostCenter | EA, MCA | The cost center defined for the subscription for tracking costs (only available in open billing periods for MCA accounts).
+CostCenter<sup>1</sup> | EA, MCA | The cost center defined for the subscription for tracking costs (only available in open billing periods for MCA accounts).
 Cost | EA, PAYG | See CostInBillingCurrency.
 CostInBillingCurrency | MCA | Cost of the charge in the billing currency before credits or taxes.
 CostInPricingCurrency | MCA | Cost of the charge in the pricing currency before credits or taxes.
 Currency | EA, PAYG | See BillingCurrency.
-Date | All | The usage or purchase date of the charge.
+Date<sup>1</sup> | All | The usage or purchase date of the charge.
 EffectivePrice | All | Blended unit price for the period. Blended prices average out any fluctuations in the unit price, like graduated tiering, which lowers the price as quantity increases over time.
 ExchangeRateDate | MCA | Date the exchange rate was established.
 ExchangeRatePricingToBilling | MCA | Exchange rate used to convert the cost in the pricing currency to the billing currency.
 Frequency | All | Indicates whether a charge is expected to repeat. Charges can either happen once (**OneTime**), repeat on a monthly or yearly basis (**Recurring**), or be based on usage (**UsageBased**).
 InvoiceId | PAYG, MCA | The unique document ID listed on the invoice PDF.
 InvoiceSection | MCA | See InvoiceSectionName.
-InvoiceSectionId | EA, MCA | Unique identifier for the EA department or MCA invoice section.
+InvoiceSectionId<sup>1</sup> | EA, MCA | Unique identifier for the EA department or MCA invoice section.
 InvoiceSectionName | EA, MCA | Name of the EA department or MCA invoice section.
 IsAzureCreditEligible | All | Indicates if the charge is eligible to be paid for using Azure credits (Values: True, False).
 Location | MCA | Datacenter location where the resource is running.
 MeterCategory | All | Name of the classification category for the meter. For example, *Cloud services* and *Networking*.
-MeterId | All | The unique identifier for the meter.
+MeterId<sup>1</sup> | All | The unique identifier for the meter.
 MeterName | All | The name of the meter.
 MeterRegion | All | Name of the datacenter location for services priced based on location. See Location.
 MeterSubCategory | All | Name of the meter subclassification category.
-OfferId | All | Name of the offer purchased.
-PartNumber | EA, PAYG | Identifier used to get specific meter pricing.
+OfferId<sup>1</sup> | All | Name of the offer purchased.
+PartNumber<sup>1</sup> | EA, PAYG | Identifier used to get specific meter pricing.
 PlanName | EA, PAYG | Marketplace plan name.
 PreviousInvoiceId | MCA | Reference to an original invoice if this line item is a refund.
 PricingCurrency | MCA | Currency used when rating based on negotiated prices.
 Product | All | Name of the product.
-ProductId | MCA | Unique identifier for the product.
+ProductId<sup>1</sup> | MCA | Unique identifier for the product.
 ProductOrderId | All | Unique identifier for the product order.
 ProductOrderName | All | Unique name for the product order.
 PublisherName | All | Publisher for Marketplace services.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Quantity | All | The number of units purchased or consumed.
 ReservationId | EA, MCA | Unique identifier for the purchased reservation instance.
 ReservationName | EA, MCA | Name of the purchased reservation instance.
 ResourceGroup | All | Name of the [resource group](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-overview) the resource is in.
-ResourceId | All | Unique identifier of the [Azure Resource Manager](https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/resources/resources) resource.
+ResourceId<sup>1</sup> | All | Unique identifier of the [Azure Resource Manager](https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/resources/resources) resource.
 ResourceLocation | All | Datacenter location where the resource is running. See Location.
 ResourceName | EA, PAYG | Name of the resource.
 ResourceType | MCA | Type of resource instance.
@@ -96,13 +96,15 @@ ServiceInfo1 | All | Service-specific metadata.
 ServiceInfo2 | All | Legacy field with optional service-specific metadata.
 ServicePeriodEndDate | MCA | The end date of the rating period that defined and locked pricing for the consumed or purchased service.
 ServicePeriodStartDate | MCA | The start date of the rating period that defined and locked pricing for the consumed or purchased service.
-SubscriptionId | All | Unique identifier for the Azure subscription.
+SubscriptionId<sup>1</sup> | All | Unique identifier for the Azure subscription.
 SubscriptionName | All | Name of the Azure subscription.
-Tags | All | 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/).
+Tags<sup>1</sup> | All | 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/).
 Term | All | Displays the term for the validity of the offer. For example: In case of reserved instances, it displays 12 months as the Term. For one-time purchases or recurring purchases, Term is 1 month (SaaS, Marketplace Support). This is not applicable for Azure consumption.
 UnitOfMeasure | All | The unit of measure for billing for the service. For example, compute services are billed per hour.
 UnitPrice | EA, PAYG | The price per unit for the charge.
 
+_<sup>**1**</sup> Fields used to build a unique ID for a single cost record._
+
 Note some fields may differ in casing and spacing between account types.
 Older versions of pay-as-you-go usage files have separate sections for the statement and daily usage.