After you enable createdby tags, you can view them in the Resource Management console, the console of a supported Alibaba Cloud service, or the Expenses and Costs console.
Background information
For the Alibaba Cloud services that support createdby tags, see Supported services for createdby tags.
View createdby tags in the Resource Management console
The createdby tag of a resource appears on the Tag page of the Resource Management console 5 to 10 minutes after the resource is created.
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Log on to the Resource Management console.
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In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
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Click the System Tags tab and view createdby tags. The key of createdby tags is
acs:tag:createdby.The tag value prefix indicates the creator type:
customer:xxxfor an Alibaba Cloud account,assumedRoleUser:xxxfor an assumed RAM role, andsub:xxxfor a RAM user. Each record shows the number of associated resources. To view them, click View Resources. -
In the Actions column, click View Resources.
View createdby tags in the console of a related Alibaba Cloud service
The createdby tag of a resource appears in the console of the corresponding Alibaba Cloud service 5 to 10 minutes after the resource is created. For more information, see the documentation of the service.
Take an ECS instance as an example:
On the ECS instance list page, hover over an instance to view its tags in a tooltip. The createdby tag has the key acs:tag:createdby, and its value is the creator's account ID. You can click Edit Tag to modify the tags.
View createdby tags in the Expenses and Costs console
If a resource is created at least 24 hours after you enable createdby tags, you can view the createdby tag on the following Expenses and Costs console pages and allocate costs based on the tag.
After you enable the cost allocation tag feature, only tags designated as cost allocation tags appear on the Expenses and Costs pages. If no tags are designated, no tags are displayed.