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To display Azure billing data for resellers and their customers:
Abiquo can obtain Azure billing data with the credentials you enter
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when you configure Abiquo to:
Create a reseller with CSP pricing credentials; OR
Create an enterprise with compute or billing only credentials, with a
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Edit the CSP reseller enterprise and set the following enterprise properties:
azurecompute-arm_discount: decimal value (with dot separator), used to calculate the user invoice for billing dashboard. CSP APIs return prices with a discount applied, which we remove to display for customers. We use the formula: total = TotalFromCSP/(1 - azurecompute-arm_discount
azurecompute-arm_currency_code: The default is
USD. Three character currency code of the bill. Warning - this is different from currency_code used for conversion factor.billing.azure.country_code: Two digit ISO code representing the country where you purchased the subscription. The default of "US" is set in
abiquo.propertieson Remote Services asabiquo.billing.azure.country_code.
Optionally, configure price factors for markups. See Manage price factors
Edit reseller customer enterprises and add this enterprise property:
azurecompute-arm_discount: Decimal value (with dot separator), used to calculate the user invoice for billing dashboard.
If the customer enterprise has Azure plans, they may have a keynode enterprise and several standard enterprises below it to use the plans credentials. Edit the standard enterprises and add this property.
azurecompute-arm_only_bill_subscription:If this property is
true, for an Azure plan, only bill for usage - do not include the customer's products and services in the billing data for this enterprise.
For full details of the configuration process for resellers, see Onboard an Azure CSP or AWS organization account.
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Abiquo properties for Azure billing data display
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abiquo.enterprise.property.billing.monthoffset | By default, the platform will retrieve billing data for the last two months. To change this set the following property to the number of months to retrieve |
abiquo.azure.billing.parser.lineitem.publisher.ignore | By default, Abiquo will bill SaaS resources, such as a Twilio subscription, to the enterprise that the subscription is assigned to. This corresponds to the billing scope ID of a billing line item. To exclude products from specific publishers from Azure billing, add the following property, and enter a string of publishers to exclude from billing line items in CSV format. With the public-cloud-billing-check-tool for Azure, use the |
abiquo.billing.azure.country_code | For Azure price factors. Two digit ISO code representing the country where you will obtain the product list. Set on Remote Services. |
Enterprise properties for Azure billing
In Abiquo, you can use these Azure properties for billing for a CSP account or a standard account.
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Property
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Description
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azurecompute-arm_discount
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Decimal value (with dot separator), used to calculate the user invoice for billing dashboard.
CSP APIs return prices with a discount applied, which we remove to display for customers.
We use the formula:total = TotalFromCSP/(1 - azurecompute-arm_discount )
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azurecompute-arm_price_factor
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Default value for enterprises that do not have this value in their hierarchy.
Also used to calculate the user invoice for billing dashboard.
Also used for retrieving hardware profile prices from the provider.
The platform will apply changes to the price factor in the next billing period.
This property is deprecated in Abiquo 6.1. The upgrade process will migrate the enterprise property to an Abiquo price factor. See Manage price factors
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azurecompute-arm_currency_code
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Default is USD. Three character currency code of the bill. 
Warning - This is different from currency_code used for conversion factor.
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billing.azure.country_code
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Two digit ISO code representing the country where you purchased the subscription.
The default of "US" is set in abiquo.properties on Remote Services as abiquo.billing.azure.country_code.
Enterprise properties for Azure reseller customers
In Abiquo, you can create these Azure enterprise properties for reseller customers:
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Property
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Description
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azurecompute-arm_discount
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Decimal value (with dot separator), used to calculate the user invoice for billing dashboard.
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azurecompute-arm_price_factor
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The value of the discount or markup applied by the partner to the end user. The default value is 1. This property is deprecated in Abiquo 6.1. The upgrade process will migrate the enterprise property to an Abiquo price factor.
See Manage price factors
Enterprise properties for reseller customers with Azure plans
This table contains a property for reseller customers with Azure plans under “CSP” subscriptions.
Property
Description
azurecompute-arm_only_bill_subscription
If this property is
true, for an Azure plan, only bill for usage - do not include the customer's products and services in the billing data for this enterprise.
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