Working and managing billing and costs information using Cloudyn can be sometimes misleading.
You can find below a few tips and tricks related to Cloudyn and Azure that can be useful.
Remarks: Please take into account that information is valid for March 2019 can become absolutes in the future if any changes appear.
Tips and Tricks:
1. Can I have multiple Azure accounts under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can have. I was not able to find a limit of no. of Azure accounts that you can have under the same Cloudyn console.
2. Can I have CSP accounts and EA under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can. You can have multiple accounts of different types. You are not limited to have only one kind of Azure account under the Cloudyn console.
3. Can I have AWS and Azure accounts under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can have both types of accounts under the same Cloudyn console.
4. Can I have Google Cloud Platform under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can.
4. After how long I can see data in Cloudyn after I add a cloud account?
It can take up to 1 day to see costs information inside Cloudyn for new accounts. Usually, it takes only a few hours.
5. How often is consumption information updated?
You can see cost information for your previous day after 3 AM UTC. This latency is required by Cloudyn to be able to import and crunch the data and not all the time data are available for Cloudyn immediately.
There is some exception like tags, where there is 1-day latency in some special situations.
6. Why do consumption data change for the same day after a while?
It caused by the cloud provider, that updates the billing and consumption information with new data.
7. Starting from when I can see billing information for the previous month?
The billing information from the previous month is available after the billing date. Take into account that it takes some times for Cloudyn to get the final data and prepare the billing. After a few days (5-10 days) some billing information can be updated retrospective from the previous month. Because of this at this moment in time can be a challenge to generate invoices on top of Azure consumption for the last month in the first few days of the month.
8. Can an indirect CSP access the Cloudyn?
Yes, Cloudyn supports it. You need to create a user with admin rights.
9. Is Cloudyn free?
For Azure cost management Cloudyn, it is free. For Google Cloud Platform and AWS, the cost is 1% of managed cloud that is spent.
10. Should I use Cloudyn for reporting?
For simple reports, it's good, but for anything more than this I recommend taking a look at PowerBI, that it's well integrated with Azure Consumption. I would keep Cloudyn for billing information and for drilling down on consumption I would use PowerBI.
Remarks: Please take into account that information is valid for March 2019 can become absolutes in the future if any changes appear.
Tips and Tricks:
1. Can I have multiple Azure accounts under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can have. I was not able to find a limit of no. of Azure accounts that you can have under the same Cloudyn console.
2. Can I have CSP accounts and EA under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can. You can have multiple accounts of different types. You are not limited to have only one kind of Azure account under the Cloudyn console.
3. Can I have AWS and Azure accounts under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can have both types of accounts under the same Cloudyn console.
4. Can I have Google Cloud Platform under the same Cloudyn console?
Yes, you can.
4. After how long I can see data in Cloudyn after I add a cloud account?
It can take up to 1 day to see costs information inside Cloudyn for new accounts. Usually, it takes only a few hours.
5. How often is consumption information updated?
You can see cost information for your previous day after 3 AM UTC. This latency is required by Cloudyn to be able to import and crunch the data and not all the time data are available for Cloudyn immediately.
There is some exception like tags, where there is 1-day latency in some special situations.
6. Why do consumption data change for the same day after a while?
It caused by the cloud provider, that updates the billing and consumption information with new data.
7. Starting from when I can see billing information for the previous month?
The billing information from the previous month is available after the billing date. Take into account that it takes some times for Cloudyn to get the final data and prepare the billing. After a few days (5-10 days) some billing information can be updated retrospective from the previous month. Because of this at this moment in time can be a challenge to generate invoices on top of Azure consumption for the last month in the first few days of the month.
8. Can an indirect CSP access the Cloudyn?
Yes, Cloudyn supports it. You need to create a user with admin rights.
9. Is Cloudyn free?
For Azure cost management Cloudyn, it is free. For Google Cloud Platform and AWS, the cost is 1% of managed cloud that is spent.
10. Should I use Cloudyn for reporting?
For simple reports, it's good, but for anything more than this I recommend taking a look at PowerBI, that it's well integrated with Azure Consumption. I would keep Cloudyn for billing information and for drilling down on consumption I would use PowerBI.
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