How to check resource plan usage

Resource plan overview

The Instances page summarizes each resource plan instance, including its total capacity, remaining capacity, and status, to help you effectively manage your purchased resource plans.

1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Account > Resource Plan.

3. On the Resource Plan page, select a Resource, then click the Instances tab.

4. Select an Start At time and Status, enter a Resource Plan ID, and click Search to view the required information.

   For example, to check if a resource plan has been used for deduction, compare the Total and Remaining fields. If the Remaining quantity is less than the Total quantity, the plan has been partially used. You can also click View Summary in the Operations column to view its deduction details.

By default, the page displays data for the current account. If you use a management account, you can also filter by account to view data for member accounts.

The following table describes the parameters on the Instances tab.

Resource plan usage details

Usage details provide a per-deduction log, showing which pay-as-you-go instances were offset, the billable items, the time of deduction, the deducted quantity, and the deduction coefficient. You can use this data to reconcile deductions with your pay-as-you-go bills.

1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Account > Resource Plan.

3. On the Resource Plan page under the Resource view, click the Details tab.

4. Select a Start Time of Deducted Instance, enter a Resource Plan ID or Pay-As-You-Go Instance, and click Search to view the required information.The following table describes the parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Resource purchase account	The account that purchased the resource.
   Product name	The Alibaba Cloud product that the resource plan belongs to.
   Commodity name	The name of the resource plan, for example, Reserved Instance, Storage Capacity Unit, PolarDB Compute Plan, or ApsaraVideo Live Traffic Plan.
   Resource plan type	The category of the resource plan, for example, RI Zone Deduction, Compute Plan, or Reserved Space.
   Resource plan instance ID	The ID of the resource plan instance.
   Commitment cycle	The capacity refresh cycle of the resource plan, formerly known as "Capacity Category". Six types are available: No Period, Hourly, Daily, and Monthly. The Monthly type includes Free trial, By calendar month, and By dynamic month subtypes. No Period: Deductions are made based on actual consumption until the balance is depleted or the plan expires. Hourly: Provides a fixed quota every hour. Unused quota does not roll over to the next hour. Daily: Provides a fixed quota every day. Unused quota does not roll over to the next day. Monthly - Free trial: Provides a fixed monthly quota that is fully restored on the first day of the next month. If the plan is activated after 00:00 on the first day of a month, the first and last months share one month's quota. For all other months, unused quota does not roll over. Monthly - By calendar month: Provides a fixed monthly quota that is fully restored on the first day of the next month. Unused quota does not roll over. Monthly - By dynamic month: Provides a fixed monthly quota that is fully restored at 00:00 on the day after the monthly purchase date. Unused quota does not roll over.
   Deduction time	The time the deduction occurred.
   Pre-deduction remaining	The remaining capacity of the resource plan before this deduction occurred.
   Deducted quantity	The amount of capacity consumed from the resource plan in this deduction.
   Post-deduction remaining	The remaining capacity of the resource plan after this deduction occurred.
   Deducted resource owner	The account that owns the cloud resource usage deducted by the resource plan.
   Deducted commodity	The pay-as-you-go commodity to which the deducted cloud resource usage belongs.
   Deducted instance ID	The ID of the cloud resource instance whose usage was deducted by the resource plan.
   Deducted billable item	The billable item to which the deducted cloud resource usage belongs, such as an instance or a system disk.
   Original instance usage	The usage of the deducted cloud resource instance. Due to a deduction coefficient, the actual usage of a cloud resource instance may not be equal to the deducted quantity from the resource plan.
   Deduction coefficient	The coefficient applied when a resource plan deducts the usage of a cloud resource. For example, if 0.13 GiB of SCU capacity can deduct 1 GiB of PDS storage, the deduction coefficient for SCU to PDS is 0.13.
   Start time of deducted instance	The billing start time for the deducted cloud resource instance.
   End time of deducted instance	The billing end time for the deducted cloud resource instance.
   Resource plan owner	The account that owns the resource plan instance.

Resource plan utilization

Resource plan coverage

Coverage measures the percentage of your pay-as-you-go instance usage covered by resource plans. This metric helps you determine if your purchases are sufficient for your workloads. Higher coverage indicates more effective cost reduction from your resource plans.

1. Log on to the Expenses and Costs console.

2. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Account > Resource Plan.

3. Under Resource, select Reserved Instance or SCU, then click the Coverage tab.

4. In the Conditions on the right, under Time Dimension, select a Time Granularity and Range. Apply other filters such as Product Details, Owner Account, and Operating System to refine your search. You can then view the Coverage overview and Coverage Details.

The following table describes the parameters.