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8 Click Generate Report.
The generated report is displayed on the right pane.
Generate Cost Comparison Report
You can compare the costs calculated by two different cost models on the same entity or hierarchy by generating
a cost comparison report.
You must have create privilege on the report resource type and at least the read privilege on the hierarchy,
chargeback hierarchical entity, and cost models to perform this task.
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
Comparison Report from the pop-up menu.
The Create Report screen is displayed.
4 Provide a name and description for the report and specify the cost models, 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 stats of computing resources will be retrieved and used
for calculating the costs. The entity-specific cost configuration details
applicable during this time period will also be used. Ensure that the dates
are entered in the mm/dd/yyyy format.
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.
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