3.46 Resource Type

Resource Type describes the kind of resource the charge applies to. A Resource Type is commonly used for scenarios like identifying cost changes in groups of similar resources and may include values like Virtual Machine, Data Warehouse, and Load Balancer.

The ResourceType column adheres to the following requirements:

• ResourceType MUST be present in a FOCUS dataset when the provider supports billing based on provisioned resources and supports assigning types to resources.
• ResourceType MUST be of type String.
• ResourceType MUST conform to StringHandling requirements.
• ResourceType nullability is defined as follows:
  • ResourceType MUST be null when ResourceId is null.
  • ResourceType MUST NOT be null when ResourceId is not null.

The kind of resource the charge applies to.