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ActionTrail:Audit events for Expenses and Costs

Last Updated:Jun 23, 2026

Expenses and Costs is integrated with ActionTrail to record management events that you can query in ActionTrail. ActionTrail can deliver these events to a Simple Log Service (SLS) Logstore or an Object Storage Service (OSS) bucket for real-time auditing and issue analysis.

Currently, only events generated by calling Expenses and Costs OpenAPI operations are recorded.

Event name

Event definition

AddAccountRelation

Creates an account linking.

AllocateCostUnitResource

Allocates resource instances (instance-based and split-based) from a source cost center to a target cost center.

ApplyInvoice

Submits an invoice application.

CancelOrder

Cancels an unpaid order.

ChangeConsumeAmount

Adjusts a user's spending quota.

ChangeResellerConsumeAmount

Deducts from a user's quota.

ConfirmRelation

Confirms an account linking.

ConvertChargeType

Changes the subscription type for an instance.

CreateAgAccount

Creates a parallel account.

CreateCostUnit

Creates a cost center.

CreateInstance

Creates an instance.

CreateResellerUserQuota

Creates a quota ledger and a consumption ledger.

CreateResourcePackage

Creates a resource plan instance for a user.

CreateSavingsPlansInstance

Creates a savings plan instance.

CreateUserQuota

Creates a user quota.

DeleteCostUnit

Deletes a cost center.

DescribeInstanceBill

Queries instance bills.

DescribePricingModule

Queries the module information of an Alibaba Cloud product.

DescribeResourceCoverageDetail

Queries the details of resource coverage.

DescribeResourceCoverageTotal

Queries the summary of resource coverage.

DescribeResourcePackageProduct

Queries the information about a resource plan product.

DescribeResourceUsageDetail

Queries the details of resource usage.

DescribeResourceUsageTotal

Queries the summary of resource usage.

DescribeSavingsPlansCoverageDetail

Queries the details of savings plan coverage.

DescribeSavingsPlansCoverageTotal

Queries the summary of savings plan coverage.

DescribeSavingsPlansUsageDetail

Queries the details of savings plan usage.

DescribeSavingsPlansUsageTotal

Queries the summary of savings plan usage.

DescribeSplitItemBill

Queries split bills.

EnableBillGeneration

Enables bill generation.

GetAccountRelation

Queries an account linking.

GetCustomerAccountInfo

Finds the account information of a virtual operator customer.

GetCustomerList

Queries a list of RAM users.

GetOrderDetail

Queries the details of an order for a user or a distribution customer.

GetPayAsYouGoPrice

Queries the price of a pay-as-you-go product.

GetResourcePackagePrice

Queries the price of a user's resource plan.

GetSubscriptionPrice

Queries prices for subscription products.

InquiryPriceRefundInstance

Inquires about the refund price for unsubscribing from an instance.

ModifyAccountRelation

Modifies the permissions of an account linking.

ModifyCostUnit

Modifies a cost center.

ModifyInstance

Modifies the configuration of an instance.

QueryAccountBalance

Queries a user's account balance.

QueryAccountBill

Queries a user's consumption within a billing cycle.

QueryAccountBookList

Queries a user's list of quota ledgers.

QueryAccountTransactionDetails

Queries the transaction details of an account.

QueryAccountTransactions

Queries a user's transaction records.

QueryAvailableInstances

Queries a user's list of available instances.

QueryAvaliableQuota

Queries the remaining available quota.

QueryBill

Queries a user's settlement bills within a billing cycle.

QueryBillOverview

Queries a user's bill overview within a billing cycle.

QueryBillToOSSSubscription

Queries information about the OSS bucket for a bill subscription.

QueryCashCoupons

Queries a user's coupon information.

QueryCostUnit

Queries all cost center nodes under the current node in the cost center tree.

QueryCostUnitResource

Queries the list of resource instances that belong to a user's cost center.

QueryCustomerAddressList

Queries the mailing address information for Alibaba Cloud invoices.

QueryDPUtilizationDetail

Queries the usage of a resource plan.

QueryEvaluateList

Queries information about objects to be invoiced.

QueryFinancialAccountInfo

Queries financial account information.

QueryInstanceBill

Queries the consumption summary of all product instances or billable items for a user within a billing cycle.

QueryInstanceByTag

Queries instances by tag.

QueryInstanceGaapCost

Queries the monthly cost allocation for an instance.

QueryInvoicingCustomerList

Queries the invoice title information of an Alibaba Cloud user.

QueryMonthlyBill

Queries monthly bills.

QueryMonthlyInstanceConsumption

Queries monthly instance bills.

QueryOrders

Queries the list of orders for a user or a distribution customer.

QueryPermissionList

Queries a list of permissions.

QueryPrepaidCards

Queries a user's prepaid card information.

QueryPrice

Queries a price.

QueryPriceList

Queries a price list.

QueryProductList

Queries Alibaba Cloud product information.

QueryRedeem

Queries a user's redemption coupon information.

QueryRelationList

Queries the relation list.

QueryResellerAvailableQuota

Queries the current available quota balance.

QueryResourcePackageInstances

Queries the instances of a user's resource plan.

QueryRIUtilizationDetail

Queries the usage of a reserved instance (RI).

QuerySavingsPlansDeductLog

Queries the deduction details of a savings plan.

QuerySavingsPlansInstance

Queries savings plan instances.

QuerySettleBill

Queries a user's settlement bills within a billing cycle.

QuerySettlementBill

Queries settlement bills.

QuerySplitItemBill

Queries split bills.

QueryUserOmsData

Queries metering records based on the specified cloud product.

RefundInstance

Unsubscribes from an instance.

ReleaseInstance

Manually releases an instance.

RelieveAccountRelation

Removes an account linking.

RenewInstance

Renews related instances.

RenewResourcePackage

Renews a resource plan instance for a user.

SaveUserCredit

Saves user credit information.

SetAllExpirationDay

Sets a unified expiration date for ECS instances.

SetCreditLabelAction

Sets a credit label.

SetEnduserStatus

Sets a user status.

SetRenewal

Sets auto-renewal for an instance.

SetResellerUserAlarmThreshold

Sets a low quota alert rule.

SetResellerUserQuota

Sets the quota for a user's quota ledger.

SetResellerUserStatus

Sets the hosting or frozen status.

SetUserQuota

Sets a user quota.

SubscribeBillToOSS

Exports detailed data of subscribed bills to an OSS bucket.

SubscribeExportToOSS

Exports subscribed bills.

TagResources

Adds tags to resources.

UnsubscribeBillToOSS

Cancels the subscription to export detailed bills.

UpgradeResourcePackage

Upgrades a resource plan instance for a user.

ModifyWarnConfig

Modifies a remaining balance alert.

AcceptCommodityAgreement

Accepts new Terms of Service on the purchase page.