¶ View Cloud Spend By Service
Whether you have a single project or multiple ( hierarchy ) as part of an organisation, you always need to know the exact amount being spent on your GCP cloud. It is further important that you narrow it down by service ( SKU ) to ensure that you are spending it wisely.
¶ Organisation / Billing Account / Projects
In most commercial environments, multiple projects will exist. Each project is associated with one billing account. However each billing account can have multiple projects. Projects are normally grouped using a hierarchy …. The hierarchy is as follows
¶ How To View Reports
- From the GCP console open the burger menu and click on Billing → Overview
- From the Overview section click on reports for further details.
- Apply filters as needed.
1 : Report overview
2 : Report By Filter
¶ Conclusion
See your cloud cost report on a weekly basis to ensure nothing is being spent needlessly without you being aware. Happy reporting.