2.20 Consumed Unit
The Consumed Unit represents a provider-specified measurement unit indicating how a provider measures usage of a given SKU associated with a resource or service. Consumed Unit complements the Consumed Quantity metric. It is often listed at a finer granularity or over a different time interval when compared to Pricing Unit (complementary to Pricing Quantity), and focuses on resource and service consumption, not pricing and cost.
The ConsumedUnit column MUST be present in the billing data when the provider supports the measurement of usage. This column MUST be of type String. ConsumedUnit MUST NOT be null if ChargeCategory is "Usage" and ChargeClass is not "Correction". This column MUST be null for other ChargeCategory values. Units of measure used in ConsumedUnit SHOULD adhere to the values and format requirements specified in the UnitFormat attribute. The ConsumedUnit column MUST NOT be used to determine values related to any pricing or cost metrics.
2.20.3 Description
Provider-specified measurement unit indicating how a provider measures usage of a given SKU associated with a resource or service.
Constraints
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Column Type | Metric |
| Feature Level | Conditional |
| Allows Nulls | Yes |
| Data Type | String |
| Value Format | Unit Format recommended |