Azure Usage Report Overview

Introduction

This article provides an overview of the Azure Usage Report, which is available to all channel partners and is customized to meet the specific needs of each partner type.

The Azure Usage Report offers partners actionable insights regarding Azure consumption, enabling them to achieve various business outcomes, including:

• Improving profitability

• Automating manual tasks

• Controlling and optimizing costs and resource usage

The report includes data on Azure subscriptions, meters, tags, partner earned credits, and other relevant dimensions.

The Azure Usage Report is accessible to all customers and partners through the Reports section.

The report contains five tabs, each offering distinct data sets tailored for Distributors, Resellers, and Customers.

In this article:

• Quick Insights
• Usage Overview
• Usage Summary
• Usage Breakdown
• Usage Export

Quick Insights

The Quick Insights tab offers a concise summary with a full set of filters, enabling quick verification of data for Month-on-Month revenue.

For customers, the Azure Usage Report will display data related to Cost instead of Revenue.

1. You can adjust the context of calculations by changing the "Group by" option at the bottom of the tab.

2. The Revenue by Month Day diagram can be displayed by:

• workdays only,
  
• or with weekends included.
  

3. Month-on-Month Revenue Growth Displays data based on Level 1 "Group by" criteria, showing either growth or loss for the current or last month.

4. Use the arrows at the top right of the visual to drill down to the next group or expand the hierarchy to the next level.

Usage Overview

The Usage Overview tab provides detailed information about an organization's Azure usage based on applied filters and categories. This tab is not available to customers.

The diagrams display the Costs and Revenue for a given time period, detailing revenue by Reseller and Products & Meters.

1. Azure Usage Reports are based on the daily usage API from Microsoft and may not include all lines grouped under an Azure plan invoice line.

2.The quantity, cost, and price data are rounded for display purposes. However, the rounding does not impact the total calculations, which are performed before rounding for display.

3. The Total Price is rounded to two decimals, the Quantity is rounded to two decimals for visuals and four decimals for export, and Unit Prices are rounded to six decimals. This rounding may lead to minor differences when analyzing small individual usage line items.

Usage Summary

The Usage Summary tab provides a detailed list of Revenue and Consumed Quantity based on the Product Name for the selected period. It also highlights key statistics based on Revenue.

For customers, the Azure Usage Report will display data related to Cost instead of Revenue.

Usage Breakdown

The Usage Breakdown tab allows you to analyze Azure usage by key dimensions in a graphical format.

To interact with the diagram:

1. Click the "+" button next to Revenue.

2. Select the necessary dimensions and add others for the selected lines.

Usage Export

The Usage Export tab enables users to export the Azure Usage Report data into an Excel format. To export the data:

1. Use the Filter Groups to ensure that the export includes all the necessary data.

2. Click the three dots in the top-right corner and select the Export Data option.

3. Choose which data you want to export and select the desired file format.

4. Click Export.

Summary

The Azure Usage Report provides channel partners with insights into Azure consumption, helping them improve profitability, automate tasks, and optimize costs and resource usage. The report includes data on subscriptions, meters, tags, and earned credits, and is available in the Reports section of the portal. It consists of five tabs tailored for Distributors, Resellers, and Customers: Quick Insights, Usage Overview, Usage Summary, Usage Breakdown, and Usage Export. Each tab offers unique functionalities, such as revenue tracking, detailed usage analysis, and data export options, with all information refreshed in line with Microsoft availability.

For a practical demonstration of the report, refer to the video demo.

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