FOCUS column
ChargeDescription
A free-text, human-readable description of the charge as the provider phrases it, intended for a reader rather than for grouping. It often names the service, the operation and the unit in one line, and it is the fastest way for someone drilling into a statement to see what a row is.
Example
A line reads “Amazon EC2 t3.large Linux/UNIX usage in eu-west-2” next to the hours consumed and the amount.
Where it comes from, per export
The export column that feeds ChargeDescription in each format the platform ingests, and the transform applied. A format with no row does not carry the column; the value is then absent rather than guessed.
| Export | Source column | Transform |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Data Exports, FOCUS | ChargeDescription | as is |
| Azure Cost Management, FOCUS export | ChargeDescription | as is |
| Azure Cost Details (actual cost) | Not carried | — |
| Azure Cost Details (amortized cost) | Not carried | — |
| Google Cloud detailed billing export | Not carried | — |
How Runcost uses it
Runcost shows the description in the drill-down from any statement line, so a dispute is settled by reading the row rather than by guessing.
Related columns
About this reference
Generated from the column contract and provider rules that Runcost runs, and written by Faisal Saleem, Founder. The normative definitions are in the FinOps Foundation’s FOCUS specification at focus.finops.org.