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Location

Type
string, from a small set of values
Required
Yes, on every row
Added in
FOCUS 1.0
Contract name
region_name
Updated

FOCUS column

RegionName

The human-readable name of the region, as the provider labels it in its console, paired with RegionId. It exists so a report can say “Europe (London)” rather than a code, while grouping stays on the id.

Example

The row with RegionId “eu-west-2” carries RegionName “Europe (London)”.

Where it comes from, per export

The export column that feeds RegionName 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.

ExportSource columnTransform
AWS Data Exports, FOCUS
RegionName
as is
Azure Cost Management, FOCUS export
RegionName
as is
Azure Cost Details (actual cost)
MeterRegion
as is
Azure Cost Details (amortized cost)
MeterRegion
as is
Google Cloud detailed billing export
location.location
as is

How Runcost uses it

Runcost shows region names on statements and keeps the id for grouping and for the data-residency view.

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.

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Runcost ingests AWS, Azure and Google Cloud exports into this contract and produces statements, forecasts and alerts from it.

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