context

The context for the call to GetDimensionValues. This can be RESERVATIONS or COST_AND_USAGE. The default value is COST_AND_USAGE. If the context is set to RESERVATIONS, the resulting dimension values can be used in the GetReservationUtilization operation. If the context is set to COST_AND_USAGE, the resulting dimension values can be used in the GetCostAndUsage operation.

If you set the context to COST_AND_USAGE, you can use the following dimensions for searching:

  • AZ - The Availability Zone. An example is us-east-1a.

  • BILLING_ENTITY - The Amazon Web Services seller that your account is with. Possible values are the following:- Amazon Web Services(Amazon Web Services): The entity that sells Amazon Web Services.- AISPL (Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd.): The local Indian entity that's an acting reseller for Amazon Web Services in India.- Amazon Web Services Marketplace: The entity that supports the sale of solutions that are built on Amazon Web Services by third-party software providers.

  • CACHE_ENGINE - The Amazon ElastiCache operating system. Examples are Windows or Linux.

  • DEPLOYMENT_OPTION - The scope of Amazon Relational Database Service deployments. Valid values are SingleAZ and MultiAZ.

  • DATABASE_ENGINE - The Amazon Relational Database Service database. Examples are Aurora or MySQL.

  • INSTANCE_TYPE - The type of Amazon EC2 instance. An example is m4.xlarge.

  • INSTANCE_TYPE_FAMILY - A family of instance types optimized to fit different use cases. Examples are Compute Optimized (for example, C4, C5, C6g, and C7g), Memory Optimization (for example, R4, R5n, R5b, and R6g).

  • INVOICING_ENTITY - The name of the entity that issues the Amazon Web Services invoice.

  • LEGAL_ENTITY_NAME - The name of the organization that sells you Amazon Web Services services, such as Amazon Web Services.

  • LINKED_ACCOUNT - The description in the attribute map that includes the full name of the member account. The value field contains the Amazon Web Services ID of the member account.

  • OPERATING_SYSTEM - The operating system. Examples are Windows or Linux.

  • OPERATION - The action performed. Examples include RunInstance and CreateBucket.

  • PLATFORM - The Amazon EC2 operating system. Examples are Windows or Linux.

  • PURCHASE_TYPE - The reservation type of the purchase that this usage is related to. Examples include On-Demand Instances and Standard Reserved Instances.

  • RESERVATION_ID - The unique identifier for an Amazon Web Services Reservation Instance.

  • SAVINGS_PLAN_ARN - The unique identifier for your Savings Plans.

  • SAVINGS_PLANS_TYPE - Type of Savings Plans (EC2 Instance or Compute).

  • SERVICE - The Amazon Web Services service such as Amazon DynamoDB.

  • TENANCY - The tenancy of a resource. Examples are shared or dedicated.

  • USAGE_TYPE - The type of usage. An example is DataTransfer-In-Bytes. The response for the GetDimensionValues operation includes a unit attribute. Examples include GB and Hrs.

  • USAGE_TYPE_GROUP - The grouping of common usage types. An example is Amazon EC2: CloudWatch – Alarms. The response for this operation includes a unit attribute.

  • REGION - The Amazon Web Services Region.

  • RECORD_TYPE - The different types of charges such as Reserved Instance (RI) fees, usage costs, tax refunds, and credits.

  • RESOURCE_ID - The unique identifier of the resource. ResourceId is an opt-in feature only available for last 14 days for EC2-Compute Service.

If you set the context to RESERVATIONS, you can use the following dimensions for searching:

  • AZ - The Availability Zone. An example is us-east-1a.

  • CACHE_ENGINE - The Amazon ElastiCache operating system. Examples are Windows or Linux.

  • DEPLOYMENT_OPTION - The scope of Amazon Relational Database Service deployments. Valid values are SingleAZ and MultiAZ.

  • INSTANCE_TYPE - The type of Amazon EC2 instance. An example is m4.xlarge.

  • LINKED_ACCOUNT - The description in the attribute map that includes the full name of the member account. The value field contains the Amazon Web Services ID of the member account.

  • PLATFORM - The Amazon EC2 operating system. Examples are Windows or Linux.

  • REGION - The Amazon Web Services Region.

  • SCOPE (Utilization only) - The scope of a Reserved Instance (RI). Values are regional or a single Availability Zone.

  • TAG (Coverage only) - The tags that are associated with a Reserved Instance (RI).

  • TENANCY - The tenancy of a resource. Examples are shared or dedicated.

If you set the context to SAVINGS_PLANS, you can use the following dimensions for searching:

  • SAVINGS_PLANS_TYPE - Type of Savings Plans (EC2 Instance or Compute)

  • PAYMENT_OPTION - The payment option for the given Savings Plans (for example, All Upfront)

  • REGION - The Amazon Web Services Region.

  • INSTANCE_TYPE_FAMILY - The family of instances (For example, m5)

  • LINKED_ACCOUNT - The description in the attribute map that includes the full name of the member account. The value field contains the Amazon Web Services ID of the member account.

  • SAVINGS_PLAN_ARN - The unique identifier for your Savings Plans.