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Using Power Manager Reports to Determine Power Costs
9 Using OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager for Chargeback
Metric report downloaded for 1-month report duration
To calculate total consumption for this device [ABCDEFG], add all the energy consumed metric available in
the Total Energy Consumed column as shown in the above screenshot from the beginning of the metric
duration, that is a month’s data.
To find energy consumption for all devices in this duration (1 month), directly perform an aggregate of column
K (Total Energy Consumed).
The above example considers the billing cycle from 6th July to 6th Aug of 2020 (1 month). Similarly,
depending on when metric collection started and for the time range for which you want to calculate the
consumption, change the time value in column Collected At.
To calculate the power bill for power consumption of all monitored devices, multiply per unit power cost to
number of units of power consumed.
The second method to compute is by checking individual devices for the value of Energy Consumption
(highlighted in below Figure 3) for the device in the Metrics and Monitoring History section.
Metric report downloaded as csv for 1 month report duration
To view the power consumption on a monthly basis, set the Report Duration to 1 Month, and for each billing
cycle aggregate the value of energy consumed for all devices using the report.