Schedule and manage the Cloud Cost Management jobs that download Microsoft Azure price sheets
A Price Sheet Download job downloads and stores price sheet data. The Rightsizing and Unused resources processes use price sheet data when generating recommendations.
Before you begin
Run the Discovery application on each service account.
Role required: insights_admin [sn_clin_core.insights_admin].
About this task
- You create a scheduled Price Sheet Download job for Microsoft Azure.
- Each execution of a Price Sheet Download job runs multiple execution items. Each execution item imports and stores the price sheet for one subscription or billing profile.
- To ensure accurate reporting and recommendations for some providers, make sure that the Discovery application runs before the scheduled execution.
- When the scheduled time arrives, job execution happens in multiple stages (for example, connect to the provider, download the data, perform the post-import sort, and so on). The system logs status and results on the Price Sheet Executions page for each stage.
- Cloud Cost Management version 9.0 supports price sheet download for both Azure Enterprise Agreement (EA) and Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) accounts.
- Cloud Cost Management version 10.0 supports price sheet download for Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) accounts in addition to the Azure Enterprise Agreement (EA) and Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) accounts.
Procedure
Navigate to Cloud Cost Management Workspace > Operations > Administration > Price sheet download jobs.
Select New.
On the form, fill in the fields.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | A unique and meaningful name for the Price Sheet Download job. |
| Provider | Name of the cloud provider. |
| Download retail price sheet | Option to download retail price sheet without the need to provide account details and credentials required for the download. |
| Azure Service Account | Name of the Azure service account. |
| Download Price Sheet For | Price sheet downloads for different services.- Compute - Database - Storage |
| Last successful execution | Timestamp of the most recent execution of the job. |
| Active | Option for activating the Price Sheet Download Job. Only active jobs are executed. |
| Run | Frequency to execute the job. Note: Depending on the value that you select, additional fields appear. For example, if you select a Run value of Monthly, a Day field appears. A value of 3 would mean the third day of the month. This field is automatically set to Monthly. |
| Time | Time of the day to execute the job. |
| Current execution status | Status of the execution that is currently running. |
| Current execution details | Details for the execution that is currently running. |
Select Save.
Select Execute to execute the job.
During execution, Cloud Cost Management downloads and stores the data. You can find the execution ID, status, and execution logs in the Price Sheet Executions tab. If there’s no new data, the execution is marked Skipped. If the download process is stuck, the execution is marked as Canceled.
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