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Enable Data Export | CUR 2.0

1. Billing and Cost Management: Navigate to “Billing and Cost Management” in your AWS console and press “Data Exports” on the left-hand menu:

2. Existing CUR 2.0 (Recommended): If you have an active CUR 2.0 with historical data, we can likely leverage it. To help confirm, we will need the Compression type / File type to be parquet, and the “Include resource IDs” settings to be enabled. If both are true, all we need is the S3 bucket name and prefix in CloudForecast. You can proceed to the CloudFormation Method after you’ve input this information into CloudForecast.

3. New CUR 2.0: If you would like to create a NEW CUR 2.0, press “create” and ensure “Standard Data Export” is selected.

4. Export name: Name the export name something generic like, CUR-2-Billing or CUR-Billing to help identify the file.

5. Settings: Ensure the following settings are enabled –

  • Include resource IDs: selected
  • Time granularity option is set to “hourly”
  • File versioning: Overwrite existing data export file
  • Compression type and file format: Parquet

6. S3 bucket and prefix: You can create a new S3 bucket for this purpose, or select an existing one. For the prefix, enter a generic name, such as “parquet-cur2-hourly”, to help identify the folder where the Data Export will be located. Press “create” once an S3 bucket has been selected and you’ve entered the prefix.

7. Copy / Paste into CloudForecast: After pressing “create”, you’ll want to click into the newly created Data Export CUR 2.0. From there, copy and paste the S3 bucket name into the CloudForecast AWS setup modal:

8. After you’ve entered this information, the Launch CloudFormation Stack will be available. Proceed with the following steps to complete the setup of CloudForecast: CloudFormation Method

9. Questions or help with any of this? Feel free to reach out to [email protected] – we’re here to help!