Monitor Usage with Cost Allocation Tags
Learn how to use AWS cost allocation tags to monitor and review usage of Oracle Database@AWS resources.
Oracle Database@AWS supports cost allocation tags for the following usage groups:
- Exadata Infrastructure Usage
- Exadata Database Cloud Service Usage
- Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure Usage
- Backup and Recovery Usage
- Data Usage
- Networking Usage
To use the tags for these usage groups, you need to activate them in the AWS Management Console. After you activate the tags, you can view Oracle Database@AWS usage data by tag group in the AWS Billing and Cost Management service. You don't need to manually create any usage tags for Oracle Database@AWS. You only need to activate the pre-created tags for the service to use this feature.
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/.
- In the navigation pane, choose Cost allocation tags.
- Under AWS-generated cost allocation tags, select the "aws:marketplace:isv:Product" tag, then select Activate. In the following example image, the tag is already activated. Note that it can take up to 24 hours for tags to activate and show the Active status in the AWS console.
- To retrieve historical usage data, follow the directions in To retrieve historical usage data in this topic. See Backfill cost allocation tags in the AWS documentation for more information. Note
Tags used before activation won't have their historical usage automatically backfilled.
Use the Backfill Tags option and select the appropriate month to backfill to retrieve historical usage data:
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/.
- In the navigation pane, select Cost allocation tags.
- At the top right of the page, select Backfill tags.
- In the Backfill tags dialog box, select the month you want the backfill to start from.
- Select Confirm.
See Backfill cost allocation tags in the AWS documentation for more information.
Visualizing Usage
You can visualize the total usage of top-level SKUs (for example, usage and overage pricing dimensions) on the AWS Billing Console for Oracle Database@AWS. For a detailed analysis of usage at the product SKU level, you must use the AWS Cost Explorer.
View product-level SKU usage as follows:
Group by tags:
- Go to Cost Explorer and find the Group by parameter in the report settings.
- Select the Dimension drop down option, then select Tag.
- From the Tag option, select an activated tag. The tag name usually follows the format
aws:marketplace:isv:Product.
Filter by Service and Usage Type:
- In the Filters section of the Cost Explorer, select the Service drop down option, then select the service corresponding to your product name.
- Under Usage Type, select the relevant dimensions. For example:
MP:Usage-Units (Units)MP:Overage-Units (Units)
Optional Tag Filtering: You can further refine your report by applying a Tag filter to focus on specific tags.
Sample Reports
In the following example, you can see the cost and usage graph in AWS Cost Management for the usage groups: described in this top. Note that the tags for these usage groups must be activated as detailed in To activate Oracle Database@AWS cost allocation tags in this topic to see the granular usage details this report. You can optionally download the usage report in CSV format.
