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    3.3 Billing Account ID

    Dataset: Cost and Usage
    Column Type: Dimension
    Feature Level: Mandatory
    Data Type: String
    Since: 0.5

    A Billing Account ID is a provider-assigned identifier for a billing account. Billing accounts are commonly used for scenarios like grouping based on organizational constructs, invoice reconciliation and cost allocation strategies.

    The BillingAccountId column adheres to the following requirements:

    • BillingAccountId MUST be present in a FOCUS dataset.
    • BillingAccountId MUST be of type String.
    • BillingAccountId MUST conform to StringHandling requirements.
    • BillingAccountId MUST NOT be null.
    • BillingAccountId MUST be a unique identifier within a provider.
    • BillingAccountId SHOULD be a fully-qualified identifier.

    See Appendix: Grouping constructs for resources or services for details and examples of the different grouping constructs supported by FOCUS.

    3.3.3 Description

    The identifier assigned to a billing account by the provider.

    Constraints

    Property Value
    Column Type Dimension
    Feature Level Mandatory
    Allows Nulls No
    Data Type String
    Value Format \<not specified>