metrics
Which metrics are returned in the query. For more information about blended and unblended rates, see Why does the "blended" annotation appear on some line items in my bill?.
Valid values are AmortizedCost
, BlendedCost
, NetAmortizedCost
, NetUnblendedCost
, NormalizedUsageAmount
, UnblendedCost
, and UsageQuantity
.
If you return the UsageQuantity
metric, the service aggregates all usage numbers without taking into account the units. For example, if you aggregate usageQuantity
across all of Amazon EC2, the results aren't meaningful because Amazon EC2 compute hours and data transfer are measured in different units (for example, hours and GB). To get more meaningful UsageQuantity
metrics, filter by UsageType
or UsageTypeGroups
.
Metrics
is required for GetCostAndUsage
requests.