User`s guide

Option Description
Compare Cost Models
Select the cost models to be used for generating the comparison report.
Ensure that the selected cost models have the same currency type.
Computation Resources
Select the resources to be considered for calculating the costs and 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 costs 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 cost summary for the entity and its immediate
child in the report. A complete summary provides the resource cost summary for the selected entity and
all its child entities.
6 Select the computing resources whose usage and cost details have to included in the report.
7 Select Include cost summary in report to include the summary of costs in the report.
The cost summary cab be either Complete (default) or Basic.
8 In the Details tab, select the fixed cost details, usage-related details, and other information to be displayed
in the report.
Option Description
Show these details in report
Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost
model or the entity attributes, or information messages in the Cost Details
section of the report. The selected information is displayed in the report for
the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback
hierarchy.
Show these columns in the usage
details table
Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report. You must also
select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in
the report.
Show fixed cost in report
Select this option to include the details of the fixed costs in the report. If you
select this option, you must also select the fixed cost details to be included
in the report.
9 Select whether you want to open or save the report and click OK in the dialog box.
Scheduling Report Generation
When creating a report, you can choose to schedule the report to be generated periodically. vCenter Chargeback
provides various scheduling parameters for scheduling a report.
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Scheduling Parameters on page 114
You can set various scheduling parameters while scheduling a report.
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Schedule Report Generation on page 115
When creating a report, you can choose to schedule the report generation from the Create Report screen.
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Reschedule Report Generation on page 116
A report generation schedule can be modified to define a new schedule.
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Remove a Schedule on page 116
An existing and valid report generation schedule can be deleted from the application. However, deleting
a schedule does not delete the reports generated and archived as per the schedule.
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