FOCUS column
ServiceSubcategory
A finer FOCUS-normalized classification within the service category, such as Virtual Machines, Containers or Serverless under Compute, or Object Storage and Block Storage under Storage. It keeps cross-provider comparison meaningful one level below the category.
Example
A Kubernetes node pool row is Compute / Containers on every provider, while a function invocation is Compute / Serverless.
Where it comes from, per export
The export column that feeds ServiceSubcategory 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 | ServiceSubcategory | as is |
| Azure Cost Management, FOCUS export | ServiceSubcategory | as is |
| Azure Cost Details (actual cost) | MeterSubCategory | as is |
| Azure Cost Details (amortized cost) | MeterSubCategory | as is |
| Google Cloud detailed billing export | Not carried | — |
How Runcost uses it
Runcost uses the subcategory to compare like with like across clouds, for example container spend against container spend.
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.