FOCUS column
SkuId
The provider’s identifier for the stock-keeping unit: the specific product offering that was consumed, such as a particular instance type in a particular region under a particular operating system. It is the key to the provider’s price list and the level at which unit prices are defined.
Example
A compute row carries the SKU code for “t3.large, Linux, eu-west-2”; a storage row the SKU for standard storage in that region.
Where it comes from, per export
The export column that feeds SkuId 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 | SkuId | as is |
| Azure Cost Management, FOCUS export | SkuId | as is |
| Azure Cost Details (actual cost) | MeterId | as is |
| Azure Cost Details (amortized cost) | MeterId | as is |
| Google Cloud detailed billing export | sku.id | as is |
How Runcost uses it
Runcost tracks unit prices and commitment coverage per SKU, and compares SKU prices across regions when recommending where to run.
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.