User`s guide

Procedure
1 In the Reports tab, click Create Reports.
2 Select the required chargeback hierarchy from the drop-down menu on the left pane of the page.
The collapsed view of the chargeback hierarchy is displayed. You can expand the hierarchy by clicking
the plus sign (+) to the left of the hierarchy name. The first level entities of the hierarchy is displayed.
To further expand, click the plus sign to the left of the entities that have sub-entities.
3 Right-click the hierarchy or entity on which you want to generate the report and select Generate Usage
Report from the pop-up menu.
To generate a report for multiple entities, press the Ctrl key, select each of the required entities, and right-
click and select Generate Usage Report. Do not release the Ctrl key till you right-click.
The Create Report screen is displayed.
4 Provide a name and description for the report and specify the cost model, the computing resources, and
the duration for generating the report.
Option Description
Name
Enter a meaningful name for the report. The character limit for the report
name is 255 characters.
Description
Provide an optional description of the report. The character limit for the
report description is 512 characters.
User Name
(Optional) Enter the name of the user to whom the report is addressed to.
Report Duration
Select the Generate this report now option (default) and specify the effective
time period for generating the report by providing the start date and end
date for the reporting duration. This reporting duration is the time period
for which the usage statistics of computing resources will be retrieved.
Ensure that the dates are entered in the mm/dd/yyyy format.
Select a cost model
Select the cost model to be used for generating the report.
If you are generating a report for multiple entities, you can choose to use
different cost models for each entity by selecting the Use different cost
models for entities option and then select the required cost models for each
entity.
Computation Resources
Select the resources for which the usage statistics have to be reported. You
can either select Disk Read and Disk Write to be reported individually or
to be reported in total as Disk Read and Write. Similarly, the data traffic over
the network can be either reported separately as Network Received and
Network Transmitted or in total as Network Received and Transmitted.
5 In the Resource Summary tab, select Include Resource Summary In Report.
Select this option to include the summary of usage statistics for the selected resources in the report. You
must also select the type of resource summary to be reported. The resource summary can either be
Complete (default) or Basic. A basic summary includes the resource summary for the entity and its
immediate child in the report. A complete summary provides the resource summary for the selected entity
and all its child entities.
6 Select the computing resources whose usage details have to included in the report.
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