Azure Field Dictionary

Dictionary of the most used fields in Azure

Prefix
Azure Billing Field
Description

lineitem

lineitem/amortizedcost

Amortized Cost

lineitem

lineitem/actualcost

Actual Cost

lineitem

lineitem/usagestartdate

Date for recording the start of use.

lineitem

lineitem/departmentname

Invoice Section Name.

lineitem

lineitem/accountname

Display name of the EA registration account or pay-as-you-go billing account.

lineitem

lineitem/accountowneremail

Account Owner Id.

lineitem

lineitem/subscriptionid

Unique identifier for your Azure subscription.

lineitem

lineitem/subscriptionguid

Subscription guid.

lineitem

lineitem/subscriptionname

Azure subscription name.

lineitem

lineitem/resourcegroup

Name of the resource group the resource is in. Not all charges come from resources deployed in resource groups. Charges that do not have a resource group will show as null or empty, Other, or Not Applicable.

lineitem

lineitem/resourcelocation

The Azure region where the resource is deployed, also known as the datacenter location where the resource is running. For an example using virtual machines, see What is the difference between MeterRegion and ResourceLocation.

lineitem

lineitem/product

Product name for the consumed service or purchase. Not available for Marketplace.

lineitem

lineitem/meterid

The meter id (GUID). Not available for marketplace. For reserved instance this represents the primary meter for which the reservation was purchased. For the actual VM Size for which the reservation is purchased see productOrderName.

lineitem

lineitem/accountid

Billing Account identifier.

lineitem

lineitem/additionalinfo/vcpus

Refers to the number of VCPUs on the machines

lineitem

lineitem/benefitid

Unique identifier for the applicable benefit.

lineitem

lineitem/benefitname

Name of the applicable benefit.

lineitem

lineitem/billingaccountname

Billing Account Name.

lineitem

lineitem/billingcurrency

Currency associated with the billing account.

lineitem

lineitem/billingperiodenddate

The billing period end date.

lineitem

lineitem/billingperiodstartdate

The billing period start date.

lineitem

lineitem/billingprofileid

Billing Profile identifier.

lineitem

lineitem/billingprofilename

Billing Profile Name.

lineitem

lineitem/chargesbilledseparately

The properties are opposites. If isAzureCreditEnabled is true, ChargesBilledSeparately would be false.

lineitem

lineitem/chargetype

Indicates a charge represents credits, usage, a Marketplace purchase, a reservation fee, or a refund.

lineitem

lineitem/consumedquantity

The usage quantity.

lineitem

lineitem/consumedservice

Consumed service name. Name of the azure resource provider that emits the usage or was purchased. This value is not provided for marketplace usage.

lineitem

lineitem/costcenter

The cost center of this department if it is a department and a cost center is provided.

lineitem

lineitem/frequency

Indicates how frequently this charge will occur. OneTime for purchases which only happen once, Monthly for fees which recur every month, and UsageBased for charges based on how much a service is used.

lineitem

lineitem/instanceid

Unique identifier of the Azure Resource Manager usage detail resource.

lineitem

lineitem/metercategory

The category of the meter, for example, 'Cloud services', 'Networking', etc..

lineitem

lineitem/metername

The name of the meter, within the given meter category

lineitem

lineitem/meterregion

The name of the Azure region associated with the meter. This is typically aligned with the resource location, except for certain global meters that are shared across regions. In these cases, the meter region indicates the primary region of the meter.

Note: Metering is used to control usage of specific services or resources, primarily for billing purposes. Each Azure service, resource, and region has its own billing meter ID that accurately reflects how its consumption and pricing are calculated.

lineitem

lineitem/metersubcategory

The subcategory of the meter, for example, 'A6 Cloud services', 'ExpressRoute (IXP)', etc..

lineitem

lineitem/offerid

Offer Id. Ex: MS-AZR-0017P, MS-AZR-0148P.

lineitem

lineitem/partnumber

Part Number of the service used. Can be used to join with the price sheet. Not available for marketplace.

lineitem

lineitem/paygprice

Retail price for the resource.

lineitem

lineitem/planname

Plan Name.

lineitem

lineitem/pricingmodel

Identifier that indicates how the meter is priced.

lineitem

lineitem/productorderid

Product Order Id. For reservations this is the Reservation Order ID.

lineitem

lineitem/productordername

Product Order Name. For reservations this is the SKU that was purchased.

lineitem

lineitem/publishername

Publisher Name.

lineitem

lineitem/publishertype

Publisher Type.

lineitem

lineitem/reservationname

User provided display name of the reservation. Last known name for a particular day is populated in the daily data. Only applies to records relevant to reservations.

lineitem

lineitem/resourcename

Resource Name.

lineitem

lineitem/resourcerate

Effective Price that's charged for the usage.

lineitem

lineitem/servicefamily

The service family.

lineitem

lineitem/serviceinfo1

Service-specific metadata.

lineitem

lineitem/serviceinfo2

Legacy field with optional service-specific metadata.

lineitem

lineitem/tags

Tags assigned to the resource. Does not include resource group tags. Can be used to group or distribute costs for internal chargeback. For more information, see Organize Azure resources with tags.

lineitem

lineitem/term

Term (in months). 1 month for monthly recurring purchase. 12 months for a 1 year reservation. 36 months for a 3 year reservation.

lineitem

lineitem/unitofmeasure

The unit in which the meter consumption is charged, for example, 'Hours', 'GB', etc.

lineitem

lineitem/unitprice

Unit Price is the price applicable to you. (your EA or other contract price).

custom

custom/azure/computeunitcost

Computational unit cost

piercloud

piercloud/unitcost

Cost after customer discount

piercloud

piercloud/paygcost

Market cost

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