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User Center:Query the bills of savings plans

Last Updated:Oct 22, 2024

This topic describes how to view the bills and related information about savings plans, including the bills, bill details, information overview, usage details, and offset discounts.

View the bills and bill details of savings plans

Old Expenses and Costs console (orange style)

View the bills of savings plans

On the Consumption by Bill tab, you can view the bills of all savings plans.

By default, the bills of the logon account are displayed on the Consumption by Bill tab. If you log on to the Expenses and Costs console with a main financial account, you can also specify a linked financial account or a linked account to view the bills of the specified account.

  1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Bills > Bill Details.

  3. On the Consumption by Bill tab, set the Product Detail parameter to Saving Plan.

    By default, the bills of all savings plans in the current calendar month are displayed.

  4. Configure the Billing Cycle, Account/Owner Account, and Order/Bill No. parameters, and then click Search.

    This way, the bills of savings plans that meet the specified conditions are displayed. For more information, see Bills.

View the bill details of savings plans

On the Billing Details tab, you can view the usage information about savings plans. You can configure the Statistic Item and Statistic Period parameters based on your business requirements and export the bill details.

By default, the bill details of the logon account are displayed on the Billing Details tab. If you log on to the Expenses and Costs console with a main financial account, you can also specify a linked financial account or a linked account to view the bill details of the specified account.

  1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Bills > Bill Details.

  3. Click the Billing Details tab. On the Billing Details tab, set the Product Details parameter to Saving Plan.

    By default, the bill details of the current calendar month are displayed.

  4. Configure the parameters such as Billing Cycle, Resource Group, Instance Name/Instance ID, Statistic Item, and Statistic Period based on your business requirements, and then click Search.

    This way, the bill details of savings plans that meet the specified conditions are displayed. For more information, see Bill details.

View the overview of savings plans

Old Expenses and Costs console (orange style)

The Overview tab displays the savings information about all savings plans, including the total savings, savings for the current calendar year, and savings for the current calendar month. You can also view the utilization rate and status of a specific savings plan to better manage and use the savings plan.

  1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Savings Plan > Overview.

  3. On the Overview tab, configure the Start At and Savings Plan Id parameters based on your business requirements and click Search.

    Note

    You can also filter savings plans by tag.

    The following table describes the parameters on the Overview tab.

    Parameter

    Description

    Savings Plan Id

    The ID of the savings plan that is purchased.

    Type

    The type of the savings plan. Valid values: ECS Compute and General-purpose.

    Instance Family

    The instance family of the instance to which the savings plan can be applied. Example: 6th_generation_X86_group.

    Tag

    The tag of the savings plan. A maximum of 20 tags can be added to each savings plan. You can use tags to view the cost trends of specific savings plans. For more information, see Cost analysis.

    Region

    The region of the instance to which the savings plan can be applied.

    Commitment

    The fixed commitment amount per cycle, which is billed regardless of usage. This commitment offsets your pay-as-you-go fees at the discount of the savings plan up to the commitment amount. Usage exceeding the commitment is billed on a pay-as-you-go basis.

    Balance

    If the value of the Deduction Type parameter is Standard and the commitment term is on a monthly basis, the balance is calculated by using the following formula: Balance = Monthly commitment amount - Actual consumption amount in the current calendar month.

    If the value of the Deduction Type parameter is Standard and the commitment term is on a daily basis, the balance is calculated by using the following formula: Balance = Daily commitment amount - Actual consumption amount on the current calendar day.

    If the value of the Deduction Type parameter is Elastic, the balance is calculated by using the following formula: Balance = Total commitment amount - Actual consumption amount.

    Status

    The state of the savings plan. Valid values: Valid, Stopped (Overdue), Invalid, and Refunded.

    Start/End Time

    The validity period of the savings plan.

    Payment Method

    The payment option of the savings plan. Valid values: All Upfront, Partial Upfront, and No Upfront.

    Total Saving Amount

    Total savings = Regular pay-as-you-go fees - (Total amount of the savings plan + Actual amount payable).

    Utilization

    The month-to-date utilization of an ECS Compute or General-purpose savings plan, or the overall utilization of an elastic savings plan.

    Share Status

    Specifies whether the savings plan is shared with other accounts. If the savings plan is shared with other accounts, you can view the information about the accounts and sharing time.

    Actions

    You can configure offset rules based on your business requirements.

View the offset details and discounts of savings plans

Old Expenses and Costs console (orange style)

On the View Details tab, you can manage savings plans. You can view the offset details of a specific savings plan, such as the offset amount, offset discount, and account and instance for which the fee is offset.

  1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Savings Plan > Overview.

  3. On the Savings Plan page, click the View Details tab.

  4. Configure the Savings Plan Id and Start At parameters based on your business requirements and click Search.

    The following table describes the parameters on the View Details tab.

    Parameter

    Description

    Account

    The account that purchases the savings plan.

    Savings Plan Id

    The ID of the savings plan that is purchased.

    Consumed At

    The billing cycle of the pay-as-you-go instance. The billing cycle is one hour.

    Type

    The type of the savings plan. Valid values: ECS Compute and General-purpose.

    Billing Item

    The billable item of the cloud resource fees that are offset by using the savings plan, such as an instance or a system disk.

    Deduct Fee

    The pay-as-you-go cloud resource fees that are offset by using the savings plan.

    Official Price of Deducted Part

    The official list price of the cloud resource fees that are offset by using the savings plan.

    Official Price of Deducted Bills

    The official list price of the bill in which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan.

    Deduction Rate for Bills

    The ratio of the fees that are offset for the pay-as-you-go bill by using the savings plan to the total bill amount. The offset rate of a bill is calculated by using the following formula: Offset rate = (Offset amount/Offset discount)/Official price of the pay-as-you-go bill.

    Deduction Account

    The account for which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan.

    Deduction Product

    The pay-as-you-go service for which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan.

    Deducted For

    The ID of the cloud resource instance for which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan.

    Instance Family of Deducted Instance

    The instance family of the cloud resource instance for which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan.

    Specifications of Deducted Instance

    The specifications of the cloud resource instance for which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan.

    Region of Deducted Instance

    The region ID of the cloud resource instance for which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan.

    Discount

    The discount at which the fees of the pay-as-you-go bill are offset by using the savings plan. The offset discount is calculated by using the following formula: Offset discount = Offset amount/Official list price of the offset amount.

    Deducted Bill ID

    The ID of the bill in which the cloud resource fees are offset by using the savings plan. This field is displayed in the Excel file that is generated after you export the offset details, and is also included in the data pulled by calling API operations.