Creating Common Bill Ingestion Bill Connects
A CBI Bill Connect creates an entry point in Flexera One, through which you will then be able to upload bills.
To create CBI Bill Connects, you must use the Bill Connect API.
To create one (via API), you need to provide the following:
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An integration identifier (cbi_integration_id): this tells Flexera One how to parse your bills. For the CBI default CSV format, use: cbi-oi-optima. |
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A bill identifier (cbi_bill_identifier): you can choose any alphanumeric (and - or _) sequence to uniquely identify this bill connect in your organization. For example, test-1. |
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A name (cbi_name), which is really just a human-readable description of this entry point. For example, A first test bill connect to try out CBI default CSV ingestion. |
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A set of parameters that can override the integration's defaults (cbi_params); pass an empty object (that is, "cbi_params":{}) if you don't have any parameters to pass. Currently, the only supported parameter is optima_display_name: it overrides the default Cloud Vendor dimension. |
The ID for your created bill connect will simply be: <cbi_integration_id>-<cbi_bill_identifier>. For example, cbi-oi-optima-test-1 (using the example values above).
You can create as many bill connects as you want for your organization.
Two bill connects may have the same integration ID, provided their bill identifier differs, so that the resulting bill connect ID is unique for your organization: