AWS - Tracking Costs Associated with an AWS Account
To change UW Billing information (D# and/or UDDS code) for your account, Contact the Public Cloud Team with the account id and the new information.
For those wanting to look at utilization and cost information (for non-STRIDES accounts)
Contact the UW Cloud team to get access to your AWS account information using CloudCheckr. Our reseller DLT/TD Synnex has a different pricebook, which unfortunately means that the AWS native Cost and Usage information displayed in the AWS console is not as accurate regarding costs. Send the request to get access to CloudCheckr to the UW Cloud Team, and please include the AWS account number. If you're not listed as one of the account contacts, we will be reaching out to those contacts to verify your access to the information.
Billing Dashboard
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console which should have current usage information displayed.
- Open the Billing & Cost Management Dashboard (Where to find the dashboard)
- Switch to the Dashboard tab
- In the Month-to-Date Spend by Service, click on Bill Details
- On this screen you should be able to view a summary of usage, but unfortunately will not be able to download a CSV of usage
Cost Explorer
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console
- Open the Billing & Cost Management Dashboard (Where to find the dashboard)
- Click on Cost Explorer button or left navigation item
- You will see a default graph of usage with lots of options to try out.
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console
- Open the Billing & Cost Management Dashboard (Where to find the dashboard)
- Click on the Reports item in the left navigation pane
- You'll see a list of preconfigured reports to choose from such as Daily costs and Monthly costs by service
Detailed Billing Report
Invoices
Billing Alarms
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Commonly Referenced Docs:
UW Madison Public Cloud Team Events Online Learning Classes for Cloud Vendors What Data Elements are allowed in the Public Cloud