Creating Scheduled Exports in the Azure Portal

Note: This step is required only if you are using Exports.

Important:If you have enabled the improved Exports (preview) in Azure Portal, the instructions in this section are not applicable. Instead, see the instructions in Creating Scheduled Exports (Preview) in the Azure Portal.

Exports enable you to create a recurring task that automatically exports your billing data to an Azure Blob Storage on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. The exported data is in CSV format and contains all the cost and usage data.

You can export large amounts of data with exports from Cost Management and import it into Cloud Cost Optimization.

To export data in the Azure storage account for importing it into Cloud Cost Optimization for cost reporting purposes:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal (portal.azure.com) using your Azure account.
2. In the upper-left corner of the Web page, click the Show portal menu icon, and then click Cost Management + Billing.
3. In the left pane, click Cost Management, and under the Settings section in the left pane, click Exports.
4. Click Add to create a new billing export. The New export page opens.
5. In the Export details section:
a. In the Name field, enter the name for your export.
b. From the Metric dropdown list, select one of the following options:
Actual cost (Usage and Purchases)—To export standard usage and purchase costs.
Amortized cost (Usage and Purchases)—To export amortized costs for purchases such as Azure reservations and Azure savings plan.

Important: You must create two exports—one for actual cost and the other for amortized cost.

c. From the Export type dropdown list, select Daily export of month-to-date costs. The latest data is aggregated from the previous daily exports.

Note:It is recommended to use the Daily export of month-to-date costs option as the Export type.

6. To split your exports into multiple files, turn on the File partitioning toggle.
7. In the Storage section, select the Use existing or Create new option, and enter the storage account details to save your exported billing data.
8. Click Create. Your new export appears in the list of exports.

Tip:For information on creating and managing exported data, see Microsoft’s documentation on Create and manage exported data.