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User Center:Query the bills of savings plans

Last Updated:Oct 30, 2023

This topic describes how to view the bills and related information of savings plans, including the bills, bill details, information overview, usage details, and discounts.

View the bills and bill details of savings plans

View the bills of savings plans

On the Consumption by Bill tab, you can view all bills of savings plans. By default, the bills of savings plans purchased by the logon account are displayed. To view the bills of savings plans purchased by a linked account, set the Account/Owner Account parameter to the linked account.

  1. Log on to the User Center console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Bills > Bill Details.

  3. On the Consumption by Bill tab, set the Product Detail parameter to Savings Plan.

    By default, the bills of all savings plans in the current calendar month are displayed.

  4. Configure the Billing Cycle, Account/Owner Account, and Order/Bill No. parameters, and then click Search.

    This way, the bills of savings plans that meet the specified conditions are displayed. For more information, see Bills.

View the bill details of savings plans

On the Billing Details tab, you can view the usage information of savings plans, including the billable item, unit price, and usage. You can configure the Statistic Item and Statistic Period parameters based on your business requirements and export the bill details.

The bill details displayed on the Billing Details tab belong to the logon account. If you log on with a main financial account, you can also specify a linked financial account or a linked account to view the bill details of the specified account.

  1. Log on to the User Center console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Bills > Bill Details.

  3. Click the Billing Details tab, and set the Product Details parameter to Savings Plan.

    By default, the bill details of the current calendar month are displayed.

  4. Configure the Billing Cycle, Resource Group, Instance Name/Instance ID, Statistic Item, and Statistic Period parameters based on your business requirements and click Search.

    This way, the bill details of savings plans that meet the specified conditions are displayed. For more information, see Bill details.

View the overview and usage details of savings plans

View the overview of savings plans

The Overview tab displays the savings information about all savings plans, including the total savings, savings for the current calendar year, and savings for the current calendar month. You can also view the state, payment method, total savings, and utilization rate of a specific savings plan to better manage and use the savings plan.

  1. Log on to the User Center console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Savings Plan > Overview.

  3. On the Overview tab, configure the Start At and Savings Plan Id parameters based on your business requirements and click Search.

    Note

    You can also filter savings plans by tag.

    The following table describes the parameters on the Overview tab.

    Parameter

    Description

    Savings Plan Id

    The ID of the savings plan that is purchased.

    Type

    The type of the savings plan. Valid values: General-purpose and ECS Instance Compute.

    Deduction Type

    The offset type of the savings plan. Valid values: Standard and Elastic.

    Instance Family

    The instance family of the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance.

    Tag

    The tag of the savings plan. Up to 20 tags can be added to each savings plan. You can use tags to view the cost trends of specific savings plans. For more information, see Cost analysis.

    Region

    The region to which the savings plan can be applied.

    Commitment

    The committed consumption amount per hour.

    Balance

    The difference between the commitment and actual consumption amount. This parameter is available only for elastic savings plans.

    Status

    The state of the savings plan. Valid values: Valid, Stopped (Overdue), and Invalid.

    Start/End Time

    The validity period of the savings plan.

    Payment Method

    The payment method of the savings plan. Valid values: All Upfront, Partial Upfront, and No Upfront.

    Upfront Payment

    The amount that is paid in advance for the savings plan. This parameter is available only for savings plans of the All Upfront payment method.

    Total Saving Amount

    The total pay-as-you-go fees that are offset by the savings plan during a specific statistical period. This amount can be calculated based on the following formula: Total savings = Regular pay-as-you-go fees - (Total amount of the savings plan + Actual amount payable).

    Utilization

    The month-to-date utilization of a General-purpose or ECS Instance Compute savings plan, or the overall utilization of an elastic savings plan.

    Share Status

    Indicates whether the savings plan is shared with other accounts. If the savings plan is shared with other accounts, you can view the information and UIDs of the accounts.

    Actions

    You can configure offset rules based on your business requirements.

View the offset details and discounts of savings plans

The View Details tab helps you manage savings plans. You can view the offset details of a specific savings plan, such as the offset amount, the offset rate, and the account and instance for which the fee is offset.

  1. Log on to the User Center console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Savings Plan > Overview.

  3. On the Savings Plan page, click the View Details tab.

  4. Configure the Savings Plan Id and Start At parameters based on your business requirements and click Search.

    The following table describes the parameters on the View Details tab.

    Parameter

    Description

    Account

    The payment account of the pay-as-you-go instance to which the savings plan is applied.

    Savings Plan Id

    The ID of the savings plan that is purchased.

    Consumed At

    The billing period of the pay-as-you-go instance. The duration of a billing period is one hour.

    Type

    The type of the savings plan. Valid values: General-purpose and ECS Instance Compute.

    Billing Item

    The specific billable items of the pay-as-you-go instance, such as the instance type and system disk.

    Deduct Fee

    The daily pay-as-you-go fees that can be offset by using the savings plan.

    Pretax Gross Amount of Deducted Part

    The regular pay-as-you-go fees that are generated if the savings plan is not applied.

    Deduction Rate for Bills

    The offset rate of a bill can be calculated based on the following formula: Offset rate = Offset amount/Regular pay-as-you-go fees.

    Deduction Account

    The account that purchases the savings plan.

    Deduction Product

    The Alibaba Cloud service for which the regular pay-as-you-go fees are offset.

    Deducted For

    The account of the Alibaba Cloud service for which the regular pay-as-you-go fees are offset.

    Discount

    The actual discount that is provided for the bill. The discount can be calculated based on the following formula: Actual discount = Discount on regular pay-as-you-go fees × Discount adjustment rate for the account.