
Table 7-1. Report Summary (Continued)
Field Description
Hierarchy The name of hierarchy on which the report is generated. If the
report is generated for an entity, then the name of the hierarchy
in which the entity exists is included.
Chargeback Model The vCenter Chargeback cost models used to compute to the
costs when generating the report. The cost model names are
separated by a semi-colon (;). Multiple cost models are
displayed cost comparison reports and for a cost reports that
were generated on multiple entities using different cost models.
This field is not displayed in a usage report.
Report Addressed
To
To whom the report is addressed to. This value is entered when
generating the report.
Total Charges The total rolled-up cost for the entity or hierarchy on which the
report is generated. This field is displayed only in a cost report.
Cost summary
This section specifies the total cost for the entity and all its child entities. The
total cost for an entity is the rolled-up cost. That is, the costs of all the child
entities are considered while calculating the cost of the parent entity. This
section is not included in a usage report.
Resource summary
This section provides cost for each chargeable computing resource, the fixed
costs, and the total cost for the entity and its immediate child entities. These
details are displayed for each entity levels starting from the entity on which the
report is generated to the leaf entities, that is, entities without any child entity.
The costs displayed in the report for each entity and for each resource are the
rolled-up costs at that entity level. This section also displays the actual resource
utilization details at each entity level. Starting with vCenter Chargeback 1.5,
this section also includes the following graphs for each entity level starting with
the entity on which the report is generated:
n
Cost per Resource
n
Cost per Child Entity
n
Usage per Child Entity
If the cost and usage data is not available for a specified period, then the graphs
for this period are excluded from the exported report.
Cost details
This section lists all the costs charged on each entity, the rolled-up costs of its
child entities, and the total fixed costs. It also provides information about the
cost model, the attributes set on the entities, and informational messages for
the entities. The report contains a separate cost details section for each entity.
This section displays the base rates, rate factors, used units, attribution
percentage, and total cost for each computing resource of each virtual machine.
A usage report is similar to a cost report except that it provides only the usage data. The report structure is
similar to the cost report with the following exceptions:
n
The Report Summary section does not include any cost information.
n
The Resource Summary section does not include any cost information. Also, it includes only the Usage
per Child Entity graph.
n
The Cost details section is not applicable. Instead, the report includes the Usage details section. This section
provides the usage details of each computing resource for each entity separately. This section does not
include any cost-related information other than the cost model used for generating the report.
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