3.48 Service Name

A service represents an offering that can be purchased from a provider (e.g., cloud virtual machine, SaaS database, professional services from a systems integrator). A service offering can include various types of usage or other charges. For example, a cloud database service may include compute, storage, and networking charges.

The Service Name is a display name for the offering that was purchased. The Service Name is commonly used for scenarios like analyzing aggregate cost trends over time and filtering data to investigate anomalies.

The ServiceName column adheres to the following requirements:

• ServiceName MUST be present in a FOCUS dataset.
• ServiceName MUST be of type String.
• ServiceName MUST conform to StringHandling requirements.
• ServiceName MUST NOT be null.
• The relationship between ServiceName and ServiceCategory is defined as follows:
  • ServiceName MUST have one and only one ServiceCategory that best aligns with its primary purpose, except when no suitable ServiceCategory is available.
  • ServiceName MUST be associated with the ServiceCategory "Other" when no suitable ServiceCategory is available.
• The relationship between ServiceName and ServiceSubcategory is defined as follows:
  • ServiceName SHOULD have one and only one ServiceSubcategory that best aligns with its primary purpose, except when no suitable ServiceSubcategory is available.
  • ServiceName SHOULD be associated with the ServiceSubcategory "Other" when no suitable ServiceSubcategory is available.

An offering that can be purchased from a provider (e.g., cloud virtual machine, SaaS database, professional services from a systems integrator).