Create a resource usage report task

Resource usage reports help you analyze utilization trends and costs. You can upgrade high-usage resources for better performance, or downgrade and release low-usage resources to reduce costs.

Prerequisites

If you use a RAM user, make sure the AliyunCloudMonitorFullAccess system policy is attached to the RAM user. For more information, see Grant permissions to a RAM user.

Billing

For information about billing, see Resource usage report billing.

Procedure

Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Hybrid Cloud Monitoring > Resource Usage Report.
On the Resource Usage Report page, click Create Report Task.

In the Create/Modify Report Task panel, configure the following parameters.

Parameter	Description
Type	The report frequency. Valid values: Only Once Weekly Monthly
Name	The name of the report task.
Description	The description of the report task.
Time Range	The time range of report data. The behavior varies by report type: Only Once: Select a range of 1 to 31 days. The report is generated the day after the end date. Only the last month of data can be queried. Weekly: Select a range from Monday to Sunday. The report is generated the day after the end day. Monthly: Covers the entire month. The report is generated on the first day of the next month. Note For Monthly type, the Time Range is automatically set. Cloud Monitor generates reports monthly based on the task.
Tag	The tags for the report task. You only need to specify tag keys. Cloud Monitor automatically generates tag values and queries statistics by tag value. For example, if an ECS instance has a tag with key App and values Group1 and Group2, add the tag key App to the report task. The report then includes columns: `App:Group1` and `App:Group2`. You can specify up to three tags, separated by commas (,).
Product	The Alibaba Cloud services to include in the resource usage report.

Click Confirm.
In the Confirm message, click Confirm.