Display Azure billing data

Azure billing data is now automatically available on the dashboard after you perform the standard configuration to:

Create a reseller with CSP pricing credentials
Create an enterprise with compute or billing only credentials, with a Contributor role

For full details of the configuration process for resellers, see Onboard an Azure CSP or AWS organization account.

You can also configure the billing with the properties described below.

Abiquo properties for Azure billing data display

In Abiquo, on the Abiquo Server, you can configure the following properties for Azure billing.


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 Default: 2
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 `--excludedPublishers` option. Default: Microsoft Office
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. Default: US

In Abiquo, you can use these Azure properties for billing in a reseller enterprise and in a standard enterprise.

Property	Description
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_price_factor	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
azurecompute-arm_currency_code	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.properties on Remote Services as `abiquo.billing.azure.country_code`.

In Abiquo, you can create these Azure enterprise properties for reseller customers:

Property	Description
azurecompute-arm_discount	Decimal value (with dot separator), used to calculate the user invoice for billing dashboard.
azurecompute-arm_price_factor	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

This table contains a property for reseller customers with Azure plans under “CSP” subscriptions.

Property	Description
azurecompute-arm_only_bill_subscription	For Azure plans under CSP accounts only. 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.