Metrics and dimensions

This page lists the metrics, dimensions, and labels that are specific to the ChannelOps service.

Metrics

In addition to the predefined metrics, ChannelOps service supports two extra extended metrics:

• Cost MSRP: Cost based on the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, that is, costs stripped out distributor discounts.

• Margin: Gross margin.

Dimensions

Dimensions for the ChannelOps services are grouped into multiple sections.

• Standard: A subset of FOCUS dimensions.

• Extended: Dimensions specific to distributors and resellers for channel management.

• Recent, Allocations, Date/Time: These sections are the same as those explained at Dimensions, labels, and tags.

Standard dimensions (FOCUS)

Standard dimensions in reports for AWS billing data are FOCUS dimensions. Note that the dimensions available vary with the user's tier.

• Provider: An entity that makes the resources or services available for purchase. DoiT also uses this dimension for data providers.

• Availability Zone: (maps to DoiT dimension Zone) Identifies a physically separated and isolated area within a Region.

• Billing Currency (End customer only): Identifies the currency that a charge for resources or services was billed in

• Billing Period Start (End customer only): The inclusive start bound of a billing period.

• Charge Category: (maps to DoiT dimension Cost Type) The highest-level classification of a charge based on how it is billed.

  • CustomCharge: Custom line items that are stored as separate items, defined in a price book.

  • For other values, see Credits and discounts.

• Charge Description: A summary of the charge's purpose and price. For AWS it comes from aws/item_desc.

• Consumed Unit: (maps to DoiT dimension Unit) A measurement unit indicating how the usage of a metered SKU is measured.

• Invoice ID (End customer only): Identifies an invoice in the corresponding billing period for a given billing account.

• Invoice Issuer Name (End customer only): Name of the entity that issues payable invoices for the resources or services consumed.

• Publisher: The entity that provides the purchased resources or services. For an end customer, the publisher is the reseller; for a reseller, the publisher is the distributor; and for a distributor, the publisher is the cloud provider.

• Region ID: (maps to DoiT dimension Region) Identifies an isolated geographic area where a resource or service is provisioned.

• Resource ID (Reseller and end customer): (maps to DoiT dimension Resource) Identifies the resource that generats usage. For example, AWS EC2 instance ID.

• SKU Meter: (maps to DoiT dimension SKU) A description of the resource type that is metered or measured by a particular SKU.

• SKU Price ID (End customer only): (maps to DoiT dimension SKU ID) Identifies a specific SKU Price associated with a resource or service used or purchased.

• Service Category: (derived from the service description of DoiT dimension Service) The high-level classification of a service that can be broken down into SKUs.

• Service Name: (derived from the service name of DoiT dimension Service) A display name for the service that can be purchased.

• Sub Account ID: (maps to DoiT dimension Project/Account ID) A provider-assigned identifier assigned to a grouping construct.

• Sub Account Name (End customer only): (maps to DoiT dimension Project/Account name) A display name assigned to a sub account.

Extended dimensions

Extended dimensions are available only to distributors and resellers.

• Billing Rule Name: Name of the applied billing rule.

• Created by

• Customer Name: Name of the end customer.

• Customer ID: ID of the end customer in the DoiT platform.

• Pricebook Rule: Name of the applied price book rule.

• Reseller Name (Distributor only): Primary domain of a reseller.

• Reseller ID (Distributor only): ID of the reseller in the DoiT platform.

• Reserved Instance: Boolean (True/False). Indicates whether the usage is covered by RIs.

• Savings Plan Covered: Boolean (True/False). Indicates whether the usage is covered by SPs.

• Vendor Contract ID: ID of the contract.

• Vendor Contract Version: Version of the contract in use.

Tags (End customer only)

The Tags section supports the following AWS labels for end customers:

• aws/pricebook_include_credits: A boolean value that indicates whether the current rule was set to include credits.

• aws/pricebook_rate: PPU (Price Per Unit) or %.

• aws/pricebook_rule_name: Name of the rule defined in a price book.

• aws/invoice_id: Dummy value for split lines and fixed charge lines.

• aws/custom_line_item_{index}: Name of the applied custom line item. {index} is used to distinguish stacked rules.

• aws/custom_line_item_rate_{index}: The specific rate of the custom line item.

• aws/item_desc: Name of the applied rule. Valid only for split line items.