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    Changelog

    What changed from 1.3 to 1.4

    Columns: +47 -2 ~14
    Attributes: +6 -3
    Features: +2 ~21
    Conditions:
    Glossary: +18 -2 ~15

    Columns

    AddedNew Columns (47)

    Billing Period Created
    Billing Period End
    Billing Period Last Updated
    Billing Period Start
    Billing Period Status
    Invoice Issuer Name
    Contract Commitment Applicability
    Contract Commitment Benefit Category
    Contract Commitment Created
    Contract Commitment Discount Percentage
    Contract Commitment Duration Type
    Contract Commitment Fulfillment Interval
    Contract Commitment Last Updated
    Contract Commitment Lifecycle Status
    Contract Commitment Model
    Contract Commitment Offer Category
    Contract Commitment Payment Interval
    Contract Commitment Payment Model
    Contract Commitment Payment Upfront Percentage
    Invoice Issuer Name
    Pricing Currency
    Pricing Currency Contract Commitment Cost
    Service Provider Name
    Commitment Program Eligibility Details
    Invoice Detail ID
    Billed Cost
    Billing Account ID
    Billing Currency
    Billing Period End
    Billing Period Start
    Charge Category
    Invoice Detail Created
    Invoice Detail Description
    Invoice Detail Grain
    Invoice Detail ID
    Invoice Detail Last Updated
    Invoice ID
    Invoice Issue Date
    Invoice Issue Status
    Invoice Issuer Name
    Payment Currency
    Payment Currency Billed Cost
    Payment Currency Invoice Detail ID
    Payment Due Date
    Payment Terms
    Purchase Order Number
    Reference Invoice ID

    RemovedRemoved Columns (2)

    Provider - DEPRECATED
    Publisher - DEPRECATED

    ChangedChanged Columns (14)

    Contract Commitment Period End
    Description Short: The *exclusive end bound* of a *contract commitment period*.The *exclusive end bound* of a contract commitment period.
    Contract Commitment Period Start
    Description Short: The *inclusive start bound* of a *contract commitment period*.The *inclusive start bound* of a contract commitment period.
    Contract Period End
    Description Short: The *exclusive end bound* of a *contract period*.The *exclusive end bound* of a contract period.
    Contract Period Start
    Description Short: The *inclusive start bound* of a *contract period*.The *inclusive start bound* of a contract period.
    Allocated Method Details
    Column Type: DimensionDimension / Metric
    Billed Cost
    Description Short: A *charge* serving as the basis for invoicing, inclusive of…Cost of a *charge* as invoiced by the [*invoice issuer*](#glossary:invoice-issuer)…
    Charge Class
    Description Short: Indicates whether the *row* represents a correction to a previously…Indicates whether a *charge* represents a correction to a previously…
    Contract Applied
    Description Short: A set of properties that associate a charge with one…A set of properties that associate a *charge* with one…
    Column Type: Dimension and MetricDimension / Metric
    Effective Cost
    Description Short: The *amortized* cost of the *charge* after applying all reduced…Cost of a *charge* based on the *resources* used, *services*…
    Host Provider Name
    Description Short: The name of the entity whose *resources* are used by…The name of the entity whose *resources* are used by…
    Invoice ID
    Feature Level: RecommendedConditional
    Pricing Currency
    Description Short: The national or virtual currency denomination that a *resource* or…The *national* or *virtual currency* denomination that a *resource* or…
    Pricing Currency Effective Cost
    Description Short: The cost of the *charge* after applying all reduced rates,…The PricingCurrency-denominated equivalent of Effective Cost, representing the cost of…
    Service Provider Name
    Version Introduced: 1.3 Introduced as a replacement for [ProviderName](#providername)1.3 Introduced as a replacement for the removed ProviderName column

    Attributes

    AddedNew Attributes (6)

    Correction Handling
    Custom Column Handling
    Dataset Completeness
    Dataset Configuration
    Delivery Handling
    FOCUS Column Handling

    RemovedRemoved Attributes (3)

    Column Handling
    Discount Handling
    Invoice Handling

    Features

    AddedNew Features (2)

    Commitment Program Eligibility Details
    Invoice Reconciliation

    ChangedChanged Features (21)

    Account Structures
    Version Introduced: 0.5
    Billed Cost and Invoice Alignment
    Version Introduced: 0.5
    Charge Categorization
    Version Introduced: 1.0
    Commit Usage and Under Usage
    Version Introduced: 1.0
    Contract Commitments
    Version Introduced: 1.3
    Cost and Usage Attribution
    Version Introduced: 1.0
    Cost Comparison
    Version Introduced: 0.5
    Custom Columns
    Version Introduced: 0.5
    Data Generator-Calculated Split Cost Allocation
    Version Introduced: 1.3
    Data Granularity
    Version Introduced: 0.5
    Dataset Instance Metadata
    Version Introduced: 1.3
    Effective Cost Analysis
    Version Introduced: 0.5
    Location
    Version Introduced: 1.0
    Marketplace Purchases
    Version Introduced: 1.0
    Participating Entity Identification
    Version Introduced: 1.1
    Recency Metadata
    Version Introduced: 1.3
    Resource Usage
    Version Introduced: 1.0
    Schema Metadata
    Version Introduced: 1.1
    Service Categorization
    Version Introduced: 1.1
    Service Provider Services
    Version Introduced: 0.5
    Verification, Comparison, and Fluctuation Tracking of Unit Prices
    Version Introduced: 1.0

    Conditions

    Glossary

    AddedNew Terms (18)

    FOCUS Column
    FOCUS Dataset Column
    Accrual-Based Accounting
    Cash-Based Accounting
    Closed Billing Period
    Commitment Program
    Covered Charge
    Covering Charge
    Custom Column
    Delivery Scope
    Invoice
    Invoice Issuer
    Invoice Reconciliation
    Issued Invoice
    Native Dataset
    Open Billing Period
    Service Provider
    Tag Scheme

    RemovedRemoved Terms (2)

    Billed Cost
    Effective Cost

    ChangedChanged Terms (15)

    FOCUS Dataset
    Definition Md: A structured collection of columns that conforms to the BCP14…A structured collection of columns that conforms to the BCP14…
    Allocated Charge
    Definition Md: The [charge](#glossary:charge) that was created as the result of an…The [charge](#glossary:charge) that was created as the result of an…
    Allocated Method
    Definition Md: The process or formula by which cost is being allocated…The process or formula by which cost is being allocated…
    Charge Period
    Definition Md: The time window for which a charge is effective, inclusive…The time window for which a charge is effective, inclusive…
    Commitment Discount
    Definition Md: A billing discount model that offers reduced rates on preselected…A publicly available [*contract commitment*](#glossary:contract-commitment) that provides discounted pricing on…
    Contracted Unit Price
    Definition Md: The agreed-upon unit price for a single [Pricing Unit](#pricingunit) of…The agreed-upon unit price for a single [Pricing Unit](#datasets.costandusage.pricingunit) of…
    Correction
    Definition Md: A charge to correct cost or usage data in a…Any modification (including updates, additions, or omissions) to previously delivered…
    Dataset Instance
    Definition Md: A specific implementation of a [*FOCUS dataset*](#glossary:FOCUS-dataset) provided by a…A specific implementation of a [*FOCUS dataset*](#glossary:FOCUS-dataset) provided by a…
    Dataset Instance Artifact
    Definition Md: A physical representation of a specific [*dataset instance*](#glossary:dataset-instance) delivered by…A physical representation of a specific [*dataset instance*](#glossary:dataset-instance) delivered by…
    List Unit Price
    Definition Md: The suggested service-provider-published unit price for a single [Pricing Unit](#pricingunit)…The suggested service-provider-published unit price for a single [Pricing Unit](#datasets.costandusage.pricingunit)…
    Negotiated Discount
    Definition Md: A contractual agreement where a customer commits to specific spend…A privately agreed [*contract commitment*](#glossary:contract-commitment) that provides discounted pricing in…
    Origin Charge
    Definition Md: The [charge](#glossary:charge) that existed prior to an operation. This is…The [charge](#glossary:charge) that existed prior to an operation. This is…
    Service
    Definition Md: An offering that can be purchased from a service provider,…An offering that can be purchased from a service provider,…
    SKU Price
    Definition Md: A pricing construct that encompasses SKU properties (e.g., functionality and…A pricing construct that encompasses SKU properties (e.g., functionality and…
    Term
    Definition Md: An agreement specified on a [*contract*](#glossary:contract).An agreement specified on a [*contract*](#glossary:contract) or [*invoice*](#glossary:invoice).
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