This topic describes how to activate CloudQuotation services, manage the activated services, and report service usage.
Before you begin
Create an Alibaba Cloud account before you activate CloudQuotation.
Activate services
Log on to the Alibaba Cloud website with your Alibaba Cloud account. On the Use CloudQuotation, click Activate Now.
Read and agree to the service agreement by selecting the check box, and click Activate Now.
After CloudQuotation is activated, click Console to go to the CloudQuotation console.
In the CloudQuotation console, subscribe to a market and select a service.
Select the market to which you want to subscribe.
You can purchase a service based on your business requirements.
You can also click Purchase in bulk in the upper-right corner to purchase multiple services at a time. For more information about the intended customers of each service, see Cloud Quotation editions for US stocks.
Apply for activation.
In the panel that appears, enter the application information and upload the required materials. This helps CloudQuotation obtain the authorization of exchanges to provide you with the data that you want. The application materials include the Global Data Agreement (GDA), Data Feed Request Form (DFR), System Application Form (SAF), and soft dollar document. For more information, see Prepare required documents. After you submit the materials, an order is generated. Alibaba Cloud CloudQuotation staff will review your materials and complete the review within three to five days.
Configure services
You must bind an Alibaba Cloud virtual private cloud (VPC) to CloudQuotation services.
In the left-side navigation pane of the CloudQuotation console, click Service group management. On the page that appears, click Create.
Enter the basic information of the service group.
Bind a VPC to the service group.
On the Service group management page, find the service group that you create and click View details in the Operation column.
On the Network setting tab, click Bind a VPC.
In the panel that appears, specify the region in which the point of presence (POP) locations of exchanges reside, VPC, and vSwitch.
ImportantPOP locations in the China (Shanghai), China (Beijing), and China (Shenzhen) regions are supported. More regions will be supported soon. Select a supported region when you create the VPC.
Add services to the service group.
On the Bind a product tab, click Bind a product. In the panel that appears, select one or more services from the drop-down list.
Check the services added to the service group.
On the Bind a product tab, you can check the services that are added to the service group.
Click the name of a service.
Check the basic information of the service.
Manage services
Register the daily usage.
You can register your daily usage of an activated service on the Product management page.
The registration feature is unavailable between 18:00 on the last day of a month and 12:00 on the first day of the next month (UTC+8). The registration is for recording purposes only. The actual bill is generated based on the monthly usage that you report.
Report the usage in a month.
You can report your usage of an activated service in a month on the Product management page. You must submit the required materials again after you change the name of the application used for displaying quotation data or add an application used for displaying quotation data.
The reporting feature is unavailable between 18:00 on the last day of a month and 00:00 on the third day of the next month (UTC+8). You must report your service usage in a month before 18:00 on the last day of the month (UTC+8).
Unsubscribe from a service
You can unsubscribe from an activated service on the Product management page.
To unsubscribe from a service, click Unsubscribe in the Operation column. In the panel that appears, enter the application information. After the application is approved, you will be automatically unsubscribed from the service on the specified date.