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vCenter Chargeback User's Guide
Option
Select a cost model
Computation Resources
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In the Resource Summary tab, select Include Resource Summary In Report.
Select this option to include the summary of costs for the selected resources in the report. You must also
select the type of resource summary to be reported. The resource summary can either be Complete
(default) or Basic. A basic summary includes the resource cost summary for the entity and its immediate
child in the report. A complete summary provides the resource cost summary for the selected entity and
all its child entities.
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Select the computing resources whose usage and cost details have to included in the report.
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Select Include cost summary in report to include the summary of costs in the report.
The cost summary cab be either Complete (default) or Basic.
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In the Details tab, select the fixed cost details, usage-related details, and other information to be displayed
in the report.
Option
Show these details in report
Show these columns in the usage
details table
Show fixed cost in report
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Click Generate Report.
The generated report is displayed on the right pane.
Generate a Usage Report
You can generate resource usage reports for an hierarchy and for individual entities in a hierarchy.
You must have create privilege on the report resource type and at least the read privilege on the hierarchy,
chargeback hierarchical entities, and cost models to perform this task.
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Description
Select the cost model to be used for generating the report.
If you are generating a report for multiple entities, you can choose to use
different cost models for each entity by selecting the Use different cost
models for entities option and then select the required cost models for each
entity. Ensure that the selected cost models have the same currency type.
Select the resources to be considered for calculating the costs and to be
reported. You can either select Disk Read and Disk Write to be reported
individually or to be reported in total as Disk Read and Write. Similarly, the
data traffic over the network can be either reported separately as Network
Received and Network Transmitted or in total as Network Received and
Transmitted.
Description
Select this option if you want to include information about the selected cost
model or the entity attributes, or information messages in the Cost Details
section of the report. The selected information is displayed in the report for
the selected entity and all the entities that are under it in the chargeback
hierarchy.
Select this option to include the usage statistics in the report. You must also
select the types of information that should be displayed in the usage table in
the report.
Select this option to include the details of the fixed costs in the report. If you
select this option, you must also select the fixed cost details to be included
in the report.
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