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BigQuery export type is being continuously updated by Google, thus we recommend selecting this option when working with billing data in Cloudaware.
1. Log in to your Google console. Select Billing on the left.
2. Go to Billing export and select BigQuery Export to have BigQuery datasets enabled.
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3. Go to Big Data → BigQuery. In the section 'Resources' select the GCP project the billing datasets are consolidated under.
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Google Cloud Platform does not provide the cost data split by instance out of the box. In order for Cloudaware to display the cost on an instance level, every GCE instance in your environment needs to have a tag (e.g. instance-name: actual-name-of-this-instance) applied.
File Export (deprecated)
When enabling GCP billing integration, select a type of file export for your Google Service account added to Cloudaware in order to avoid duplication of the billing data. Please note that BigQuery is more preferable.
1. Log in to your Google console. Click Billing on the left.
2. Go to Billing export and select File export to set up a bucket for storing the billing reports. Select .csv format.
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3. Go to Storage → Browser and click the bucket you selected before. Billing reports will be available in the section 'Objects' within 24 hours since the reporting was enabled.
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