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FinOps-Open-Cost-and-Usage-Spec
[Proposal] Invoice ID column
Type
Dimension Normalized: No
Description
Need a way to map a charge back to a specific invoice.
Definition of done
- [x] Rationalize vendor-neutral, cross-cloud naming
- [x] Complete spec template and include naming (code name, display name), constraints, guidelines, compatibility with major providers etc.
Want this column in FOCUS 1.0 GA?
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Comments are welcome and encouraged!
A couple of questions here:
- invoice information may not come till after the month - which could be a problem unless we're saying its unavoidable that you will have to reprocess all data at the end of a month when an invoice is generated (this is the case today for some due to data changes but we're hoping to go in a direction where there's a completeness to data that consumers can depend on at a future time) @rileyjenk FYI
- Can it be a separate mapping (e.g. billing account id + billing period -> 1 or more invoice ids)
Understood re: reprocessing data. Do other providers include an InvoiceId or is it only Microsoft? Do practitioners need an InvoiceId?
The "or more" is the issue where you need an invoice ID in the data. Without that, it's not completely clear which charges go on which invoice.
Either way, I'm happy to let practitioners drive the direction here. It came up from my support team based on customer support requests.
Hi everyone, I just wanted to express a continued interest in this topic! Having the invoice ID would be a big help for larger organizations/resellers with multiple payer accounts to assist in chargebacks. Not having an invoice ID, particularly when interfacing with Finance teams, can be a full blocker in gaining support of the specification to address their challenges.
Thanks @bmcculloch95 for that perspective! Labelling this one for 1.2 consideration.
