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Table Of Contents
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About the User's Guide
- Introduction to vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Configuring Administration Settings
- Authenticating and Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions
- Resource Based Authorization in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Permissions Defined in vCenter Chargeback Manager
- Managing Roles
- Managing Users
- vCenter Chargeback Manager User Authentication
- Managing Chargeback Hierarchies
- Creating a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Managing a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Add a vCenter Chargeback Manager Entity
- Add a vCenter Server Entity
- Rename a Chargeback Hierarchy or a Chargeback Entity
- Delete an Entity from the Hierarchy
- Delete a Chargeback Hierarchy
- Assign Attributes
- Move Entities Within a Hierarchy
- Allocate Computing Resource Units for a Chargeback Entity
- Share Virtual Machine Cost
- Backdate a Chargeback Hierarchy
- View Properties of a vCenter Server Entity
- Managing and Configuring vCenter Chargeback Manager Cost Elements
- Generating Reports
- Monitoring System Health
- Administration Utilities
- Index
Table 6-1. Report Summary
Field Description
Name Report name provided during report
creation
Description A short description about the report. This
information is provided during report
creation.
Bill Date The date on which the report is generated.
Bill Period The start and end date of the time period
for which the report is generated. The
resource usage details for this time period
is considered when generating the report.
The cost configuration details and
applicable fixed costs for this time period
are also considered when generating a cost
report or cost comparison report.
Hierarchy The name of hierarchy on which the report
is generated. If the report is generated for
an entity, then the name of the hierarchy
in which the entity exists is included.
Pricing
Model
The vCenter Chargeback Manager pricing
models used to compute the costs when
generating the report. Multiple pricing
models are displayed for cost comparison
reports and for cost reports that were
generated on multiple entities using
different pricing models. The pricing
model names are separated by a semi-
colon (;). This field is not displayed in a
usage report. In showback report, the
distribution policy is displayed instead of
the pricing model.
Report
Addressed
To
To whom the report is addressed to. This
value is entered when generating the
report.
Total
Charges
The total rolled-up cost for the entity or
hierarchy on which the report is
generated. This field is displayed only in
cost reports and showback reports.
Chargeback
Cost Summary
This section specifies the total cost for the entity and
all its child entities. The total cost for an entity is the
rolled-up cost. That is, the costs of all the child entities
are considered while calculating the cost of the parent
entity. This section is not included in a usage report.
Chargeback
Resource
Summary
This section provides cost for each chargeable
computing resource, the fixed costs, and the total cost
for the entity and its immediate child entities. These
details are displayed for each entity levels starting
from the entity on which the report is generated to the
leaf entities, that is, entities without any child entity.
The costs displayed in the report for each entity and
for each resource are the rolled-up costs at that entity
level. This section also displays the actual resource
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