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FOCUS 1.4 column dictionary

All 123 columns across 4 datasets, with the data type, feature level, nullability, allowed values and specification requirements for each. 47 of them are new in 1.4 and are marked as such.

Billing Period

6 columnsNew in 1.4

Column	Level	Type	Nulls	Description
BillingPeriodCreated	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The timestamp when the Billing Period record was first created.
BillingPeriodEnd	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The exclusive end bound of a billing period.
BillingPeriodLastUpdated	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The timestamp when the Billing Period record was last updated.
BillingPeriodStart	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The inclusive start bound of a billing period.
BillingPeriodStatus	Mandatory	String	No	The state of the billing period (i.e., "Open" or "Closed"), indicating whether the delivered data for the period is preliminary, or if all anticipated invoices have been issued and the delivered data is finalized.
InvoiceIssuerName	Mandatory	String	No	The name of the entity responsible for invoicing for the resources or services consumed.

Contract Commitment

30 columns

Column	Level	Type	Nulls	Description
BillingCurrency	Mandatory	String	Yes	Represents the currency of a contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentApplicabilitynew	Mandatory	JSON	No	A structured definition of the specific entities to which a contract commitment applies, including inclusion/exclusion logic and applicability percentages.
ContractCommitmentBenefitCategorynew	Mandatory	String	No	Defines the primary value or advantage received for a contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentCategory	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the highest-level classification of a contract commitment based on the nature of how it is applied to a charge.
ContractCommitmentCost	Mandatory	Decimal	Yes	The monetary value of the contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentCreatednew	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The timestamp when the contract commitment record was first created.
ContractCommitmentDescription	Mandatory	String	Yes	The self-contained summary of the contract commitment's terms.
ContractCommitmentDiscountPercentagenew	Mandatory	Decimal	Yes	The effective percentage reduction applied to the list price of resources or services covered by a contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentDurationTypenew	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the categorical length of the contract commitment offering.
ContractCommitmentFulfillmentIntervalnew	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the specific period used to measure and reset the fulfillment of a contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentId	Mandatory	String	No	A service-provider-assigned identifier describing a single contract term agreed between a service provider and a customer.
ContractCommitmentLastUpdatednew	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The timestamp when the contract commitment record was last updated.
ContractCommitmentLifecycleStatusnew	Mandatory	String	No	The current lifecycle state of a contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentModelnew	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the operational behavior and consumption flexibility of a contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentOfferCategorynew	Mandatory	String	No	Indicates whether the pricing and terms of a contract commitment are based on a standard, publicly accessible offering or have been specifically brokered through private negotiation.
ContractCommitmentPaymentIntervalnew	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the frequency by which a contract commitment is invoiced.
ContractCommitmentPaymentModelnew	Mandatory	String	No	Defines the financial settlement structure of a contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentPeriodEnd	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The exclusive end bound of a contract commitment period.
ContractCommitmentPeriodStart	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The inclusive start bound of a contract commitment period.
ContractCommitmentQuantity	Mandatory	Decimal	Yes	The amount associated with the contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentType	Mandatory	String	No	A service-provider-assigned name to identify the type of contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentUnit	Mandatory	String	Yes	A service-provider-specified measurement unit for the amount declared in Contract Commitment Quantity.
ContractId	Mandatory	String	No	A service-provider-assigned identifier for a contract describing the agreed terms between a service provider and a customer.
ContractPeriodEnd	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The exclusive end bound of a contract period.
ContractPeriodStart	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The inclusive start bound of a contract period.
InvoiceIssuerNamenew	Mandatory	String	No	The name of the entity responsible for invoicing for the contract commitment.
ServiceProviderNamenew	Mandatory	String	No	The name of the entity that provides the contract commitment.
ContractCommitmentPaymentUpfrontPercentagenew	Conditional	Decimal	No	Represents the portion of the total Contract Commitment Cost paid at the start of the duration of a contract commitment.
PricingCurrencynew	Conditional	String	No	The national or virtual currency denomination that the Contract Commitment Cost was priced in.
PricingCurrencyContractCommitmentCostnew	Conditional	Decimal	Yes	The monetary value of the contract commitment in the Pricing Currency.

Cost and Usage

65 columns

Column	Level	Type	Nulls	Description
BilledCost	Mandatory	Decimal	No	Cost of a charge as invoiced by the invoice issuer in a given billing period.
BillingAccountId	Mandatory	String	No	The identifier assigned to a billing account by the invoice issuer.
BillingAccountName	Mandatory	String	Yes	The display name assigned to a billing account.
BillingCurrency	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the currency that a charge was billed in.
BillingPeriodEnd	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The exclusive end bound of a billing period.
BillingPeriodStart	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The inclusive start bound of a billing period.
ChargeCategory	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the highest-level classification of a charge based on the nature of how it is billed.
ChargeClass	Mandatory	String	Yes	Indicates whether a charge represents a correction to a previously closed billing period.
ChargeDescription	Mandatory	String	Yes	Self-contained summary of the charge's purpose and price.
ChargePeriodEnd	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The exclusive end bound of a charge period.
ChargePeriodStart	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The inclusive start bound of a charge period.
ContractedCost	Mandatory	Decimal	No	Cost calculated by multiplying contracted unit price and the corresponding Pricing Quantity.
EffectiveCost	Mandatory	Decimal	No	Cost of a charge based on the resources used, services used, or contract commitments recognized in a given charge period.
HostProviderName	Mandatory	String	Yes	The name of the entity whose resources are used by the Service Provider to make their resources or services available.
InvoiceIssuerName	Mandatory	String	No	The name of the entity responsible for invoicing for the resources or services consumed.
ListCost	Mandatory	Decimal	No	Cost calculated by multiplying List Unit Price and the corresponding Pricing Quantity.
PricingQuantity	Mandatory	Decimal	Yes	The volume of a given SKU associated with a resource or service used or purchased, based on the Pricing Unit.
PricingUnit	Mandatory	String	Yes	Service-provider-specified measurement unit for determining unit prices, indicating how the service provider rates measured usage and purchase quantities after applying pricing rules like block pricing.
ServiceCategory	Mandatory	String	No	Highest-level classification of a service based on the core function of the service.
ServiceName	Mandatory	String	No	An offering that can be purchased from a service provider (e.g., cloud virtual machine, SaaS database, professional services from a systems integrator).
ServiceProviderName	Mandatory	String	No	The name of the entity that made the resources or services available for purchase or consumption.
AllocatedMethodId	Conditional	String	Yes	A unique identifier defining the method of data generator-calculated split cost allocation.
AllocatedResourceId	Conditional	String	Yes	The identifier of the object to which cost is allocated in data generator-calculated split cost allocation.
AllocatedResourceName	Conditional	String	Yes	The display name of the object to which cost is allocated in data generator-calculated split cost allocation.
AllocatedTags	Conditional	JSON	Yes	A set of tags assigned to tag sources that are applicable to allocated charges in data generator-calculated split cost allocation.
BillingAccountType	Conditional	String	No	An invoice-issuer-assigned name to identify the type of billing account.
CapacityReservationId	Conditional	String	Yes	The identifier assigned to a capacity reservation by the service provider.
CapacityReservationStatus	Conditional	String	Yes	Indicates whether the charge represents either the consumption of a capacity reservation or when a capacity reservation is unused.
CommitmentDiscountCategory	Conditional	String	Yes	Indicates whether the commitment discount identified in the CommitmentDiscountId column is based on usage quantity or cost (aka "spend").
CommitmentDiscountId	Conditional	String	Yes	The identifier assigned to a commitment discount by the service provider.
CommitmentDiscountName	Conditional	String	Yes	The display name assigned to a commitment discount.
CommitmentDiscountQuantity	Conditional	Decimal	Yes	The amount of a commitment discount purchased or accounted for in commitment discount related rows that is denominated in Commitment Discount Units.
CommitmentDiscountStatus	Conditional	String	Yes	Indicates whether the charge corresponds with the consumption of a commitment discount or the unused portion of the committed amount.
CommitmentDiscountType	Conditional	String	Yes	A service-provider-assigned identifier for the type of commitment discount applied to the row.
CommitmentDiscountUnit	Conditional	String	Yes	The service-provider-specified measurement unit indicating how a service provider measures the Commitment Discount Quantity of a commitment discount.
CommitmentProgramEligibilityDetailsnew	Conditional	JSON	Yes	The types of commitment programs available for a specific usage row.
ConsumedQuantity	Conditional	Decimal	Yes	The volume of a metered SKU associated with a resource or service used, based on the Consumed Unit.
ConsumedUnit	Conditional	String	Yes	Service-provider-specified measurement unit indicating how a service provider measures usage of a metered SKU associated with a resource or service.
ContractApplied	Conditional	JSON	Yes	A set of properties that associate a charge with one or more contract commitments.
ContractedUnitPrice	Conditional	Decimal	Yes	The agreed-upon unit price for a single Pricing Unit of the associated SKU, inclusive of negotiated discounts, if present, while excluding negotiated commitment discounts or any other discounts.
InvoiceDetailIdnew	Conditional	String	Yes	The invoice-issuer-assigned identifier for an Invoice Detail record encapsulating charges in the corresponding billing period for a given billing account.
InvoiceId	Conditional	String	Yes	The invoice-issuer-assigned identifier for an invoice encapsulating charges in the corresponding billing period for a given billing account.
ListUnitPrice	Conditional	Decimal	Yes	The suggested service-provider-published unit price for a single Pricing Unit of the associated SKU, exclusive of any discounts.
PricingCategory	Conditional	String	Yes	Describes the pricing model used for a charge at the time of use or purchase.
PricingCurrency	Conditional	String	No	The national or virtual currency denomination that a resource or service was priced in.
PricingCurrencyContractedUnitPrice	Conditional	Decimal	Yes	The agreed-upon unit price for a single Pricing Unit of the associated SKU, inclusive of negotiated discounts, if present, while excluding negotiated commitment discounts or any other discounts, and expressed in Pricing Currency.
PricingCurrencyEffectiveCost	Conditional	Decimal	No	The PricingCurrency-denominated equivalent of Effective Cost, representing the cost of a charge based on the resources used, services used, or contract commitments recognized in a given charge period.
PricingCurrencyListUnitPrice	Conditional	Decimal	Yes	The suggested service-provider-published unit price for a single Pricing Unit of the associated SKU, exclusive of any discounts and expressed in Pricing Currency.
RegionId	Conditional	String	Yes	Host-provider-assigned identifier for an isolated geographic area where a resource is provisioned or a service is provided.
RegionName	Conditional	String	Yes	The name of an isolated geographic area where a resource is provisioned or a service is provided.
ResourceId	Conditional	String	Yes	Identifier assigned to a resource by the service provider.
ResourceName	Conditional	String	Yes	Display name assigned to a resource.
ResourceType	Conditional	String	Yes	The kind of resource the charge applies to.
SkuId	Conditional	String	Yes	Service-provider-specified unique identifier that represents a specific SKU (e.g., a quantifiable good or service offering).
SkuMeter	Conditional	String	Yes	Describes the functionality being metered or measured by a particular SKU in a charge.
SkuPriceDetails	Conditional	JSON	Yes	A set of properties of a SKU Price ID which are meaningful and common to all instances of that SKU Price ID.
SkuPriceId	Conditional	String	Yes	A service-provider-specified unique identifier that represents a specific SKU Price associated with a resource or service used or purchased.
SubAccountId	Conditional	String	Yes	An ID assigned to a grouping of resources or services, often used to manage access and/or cost.
SubAccountName	Conditional	String	Yes	A name assigned to a grouping of resources or services, often used to manage access and/or cost.
SubAccountType	Conditional	String	Yes	A service-provider-assigned name to identify the type of sub account.
Tags	Conditional	JSON	Yes	The set of tags assigned to tag sources that account for potential provider-defined or user-defined tag evaluations.
AllocatedMethodDetails	Recommended	JSON	Yes	A set of properties describing how resources are allocated in data generator-defined split cost allocation.
AvailabilityZone	Recommended	String	Yes	A host-provider-assigned identifier for a physically separated and isolated area within a Region that provides high availability and fault tolerance.
ChargeFrequency	Recommended	String	No	Indicates how often a charge will occur.
ServiceSubcategory	Recommended	String	No	Secondary classification of the Service Category for a service based on its core function.

Invoice Detail

22 columnsNew in 1.4

Column	Level	Type	Nulls	Description
BilledCost	Mandatory	Decimal	No	Cost of a charge as invoiced by the invoice issuer in a given billing period.
BillingAccountId	Mandatory	String	No	The identifier assigned to a billing account by the invoice issuer.
BillingCurrency	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the currency that a charge was billed in.
BillingPeriodEnd	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The exclusive end bound of a billing period.
BillingPeriodStart	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The inclusive start bound of a billing period.
ChargeCategory	Mandatory	String	No	Represents the highest-level classification of a charge based on the nature of how it is billed.
InvoiceDetailCreated	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The timestamp when the Invoice Detail record was first created.
InvoiceDetailDescription	Mandatory	String	Yes	The invoice-issuer-provided description of an invoice line item.
InvoiceDetailGrain	Mandatory	JSON	Yes	The set of key-value pairs that defines the granularity of the invoice line item.
InvoiceDetailId	Mandatory	String	No	The invoice-issuer-assigned identifier for an Invoice Detail record encapsulating charges in the corresponding billing period for a given billing account.
InvoiceDetailLastUpdated	Mandatory	Date/Time	No	The timestamp when the Invoice Detail record was last updated.
InvoiceId	Mandatory	String	No	The invoice-issuer-assigned identifier for an invoice encapsulating charges in the corresponding billing period for a given billing account.
InvoiceIssueDate	Mandatory	Date/Time	Yes	The date the invoice was issued by the invoice issuer.
InvoiceIssuerName	Mandatory	String	No	The name of the entity responsible for invoicing for the resources or services consumed.
InvoiceIssueStatus	Mandatory	String	No	The publication state of the invoice and the reliability of its associated delivered data, indicating if it is provisional ("Open"), issued ("Issued"), or voided ("Voided").
PaymentDueDate	Mandatory	Date/Time	Yes	The date by which the payment for an invoice is expected to be received by the invoice issuer.
PaymentTerms	Mandatory	String	No	The terms (typically focused on timeframe) by which the invoice issuer expects to receive payment for an invoice.
ReferenceInvoiceId	Mandatory	String	No	The invoice-issuer-assigned identifier for an invoice that affects charges as stated on a previous invoice.
PaymentCurrency	Conditional	String	No	The currency in which the invoice is paid.
PaymentCurrencyBilledCost	Conditional	Decimal	No	The Billed Cost as expressed in Payment Currency.
PaymentCurrencyInvoiceDetailId	Conditional	String	No	The identifier linking a granular record to the specific Invoice Detail record where its Payment Currency Billed Cost is represented or aggregated.
PurchaseOrderNumber	Conditional	String	Yes	The unique customer-issued identifier for tracking the lifecycle of a purchase.

Definitions are taken from the FOCUS 1.4 specification. FOCUS is published by the FinOps Foundation under CC BY 4.0.

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