AWS billingconductor documentation change
Summary
Clarified billing calculation exclusions for transfer users and added note about cost visibility in billing transfer configurations. Updated billing group definition to include AWS Organizations.
Security assessment
The changes focus on billing calculation transparency and account hierarchy visibility in multi-account setups. While they improve financial governance documentation, there is no evidence of addressing security vulnerabilities or describing security controls. The note about cost visibility relates to financial reporting structure rather than security mechanisms.
Diff
diff --git a/billingconductor/latest/userguide/understanding-abc.md b/billingconductor/latest/userguide/understanding-abc.md index 37dd9de36..09c9e4259 100644 --- a//billingconductor/latest/userguide/understanding-abc.md +++ b//billingconductor/latest/userguide/understanding-abc.md @@ -15 +15 @@ This section defines the key performance indicators (KPI) that are available on - * **Charged amount** – The combined charges for usage that's accrued by all billing groups, based on the custom rate that's defined by the applied pricing plans. The calculation doesn't account for any commitment-based discounts that were purchased outside of the billing group, any non-public pricing, or any credit consumed in the billable domain. Examples of commitment-based discounts include reserved instances and Savings Plans. + * **Charged amount** – The combined charges for usage accrued by all billing groups are based on the custom rate defined by the applied pricing plans. The calculation doesn't include commitment-based discounts purchased outside of the billing group (not applicable to billing transfer users), non-public pricing, or credits consumed in the billable domain. Examples of commitment-based discounts include reserved instances and Savings Plans. @@ -18,0 +19,6 @@ This section defines the key performance indicators (KPI) that are available on +###### Note + +When using billing transfer in a two-level transfer configuration and signed in as the bill transfer account (middle tier level), your view of AWS costs reflects the pricing configuration set by the bill transfer (bill receiver) account. This amount represents what you owe to your bill transfer account for your bill source accounts' usage. + +When using billing transfer in either one-level or two-level transfer configurations and signed in as the bill source account to use Billing Conductor for your internal chargeback or showback requirements, the AWS cost metrics reflect the pricing data configured by your bill transfer account. This represents the costs you owe your bill transfer account for usage in your AWS Organizations. + @@ -25,5 +31 @@ Post-billing period adjustments impact your historical margins. For more informa - * **Billing groups** – The number of mutually exclusive groups of accounts, with a primary account and an associated pricing plan. - - * **Monitored accounts** – The number of accounts within a consolidated billing family that are currently assigned to a billing group. - - * **Unmonitored accounts** – The number of accounts within a consolidated billing family that haven't been assigned to a billing group. + * **Billing groups** – The number of mutually exclusive groups of accounts or, for billing transfer users, AWS Organizations, each with a primary account and an associated pricing plan.