3.1.47 Provider - DEPRECATED

Provider is the name of the entity that makes the resources or services available for purchase. It is commonly used for cost analysis and reporting scenarios.

ProviderName adheres to the following requirements:

• ProviderName MUST be present in a Cost and Usage FOCUS dataset.
• ProviderName MUST be of type String.
• ProviderName MUST conform to StringHandling requirements.
• ProviderName MUST NOT be null.

See Appendix: Participating Entity Identification Examples section for examples of Service Provider Name, Host Provider Name and Invoice Issuer Name values across various use case scenarios. For entity identification examples that include the deprecated Provider column, please see here (external GitHub link to FOCUS v1.2).

The name of the entity that made the resources or services available for purchase.