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    3.1.6 Availability Zone

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

    An availability zone is a host-provider-assigned identifier for a physically separated and isolated area within a Region that provides high availability and fault tolerance. Availability Zone is commonly used for scenarios like analyzing cross-zone data transfer usage and the corresponding cost based on where resources are deployed.

    3.1.6.1 Requirements

    AvailabilityZone MUST adhere to the following requirements:

    • AvailabilityZone MUST be of type String.
    • AvailabilityZone MUST conform to StringHandling requirements.
    • AvailabilityZone MUST be null when a charge is not specific to an availability zone.

    3.1.6.4 Description

    A host-provider-assigned identifier for a physically separated and isolated area within a Region that provides high availability and fault tolerance.

    Constraints

    Property Value
    Column Type Dimension
    Feature Level Recommended
    Allows Nulls Yes
    Data Type String
    Value Format \<not specified>