Use Cost Explorer APIs

Updated 2 months ago by Archana Singh

The Cost Explorer API allows you to query your cost and usage data. You can query total, idle, and unallocated cloud costs in your cluster or Application. The response helps you to understand your primary cost contributors. You can use this data to manage and optimize your cost and resources.

Currently, these APIs can provide data for up to the last seven days. If you do not specify StartTime and EndTime or the specified time value is greater than seven days, it returns an exception error.

This topic lists examples of the export data API usage.

In this topic:

Before You Begin

Example 1: Get Total, Idle, and Unallocated Cost Across Your Clusters

Use this sample query to get the total, idle, and unallocated cost across your clusters.

You can also specify a limit and offset to the query. Limit specifies the number of entries that will be returned and offset specifies the index from start.

The time values passed for these queries follow Unix Time. You can use Epoch and Unix Timestamp Conversion Tools to convert.
Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData(aggregateFunction: [{function: SUM, cost: TOTALCOST}, {function: SUM, cost: IDLECOST}, {function: SUM, cost: UNALLOCATEDCOST}], filters: [{startTime: {operator: AFTER, value: 1594166400000}}, {endTime: {operator: BEFORE, value: 1594771199000}}], groupBy: [{entity: Cluster}, {entity: Region}], sortCriteria: {sortType: TOTALCOST, order: DESCENDING}, limit: 2, offset: 1) {
    data {
      cluster
      region
      totalCost
      idleCost
      unallocatedCost
    }
  }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "cluster": "5e4492209d084a327c5f9690",
          "region": "us-central1",
          "totalCost": 114.40402222222215,
          "idleCost": 0,
          "unallocatedCost": 49.168831484429724
        },
        {
          "cluster": "5db7df8c01d32e806e20db28",
          "region": "us-central1",
          "totalCost": 114.37949999999987,
          "idleCost": 34.45507082155397,
          "unallocatedCost": 49.1824891993497
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 2: Get Total Cost Across Your Clusters

Use this sample query to get the details of the total cost across your clusters.

Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData(aggregateFunction: [{function: SUM, cost: TOTALCOST}], filters: [{startTime: {operator: AFTER, value: 1594166400000}}, {endTime: {operator: BEFORE, value: 1594771199000}}], groupBy: [{entity: Cluster}, {time: {timePeriod: DAY}}], sortCriteria: {sortType: TIME, order: ASCENDING}) {
    data {
      startTime
      cluster
      totalCost
    }
  }
}
 }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "cluster": "5db7df8c01d32e806e20db28",
          "totalCost": 22.182955555555555
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "cluster": "5e4492209d084a327c5f9690",
          "totalCost": 22.18296666666667
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "cluster": "5e685bc20b238de6cbfb2b0a",
          "totalCost": 46.358784
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "cluster": "5efc799adc9315eea531ccbe",
          "totalCost": 5.6495999999999995
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594252800000,
          "cluster": "5db7df8c01d32e806e20db28",
          "totalCost": 23.258011111111113
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594252800000,
          "cluster": "5e4492209d084a327c5f9690",
          "totalCost": 23.27865555555555
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594252800000,
          "cluster": "5e685bc20b238de6cbfb2b0a",
          "totalCost": 20.736714000000003
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594252800000,
          "cluster": "5efc799adc9315eea531ccbe",
          "totalCost": 5.6495999999999995
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594339200000,
          "cluster": "5db7df8c01d32e806e20db28",
          "totalCost": 22.64108888888889
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594339200000,
          "cluster": "5e4492209d084a327c5f9690",
          "totalCost": 22.692766666666667
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594339200000,
          "cluster": "5e685bc20b238de6cbfb2b0a",
          "totalCost": 20.421504000000002
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594339200000,
          "cluster": "5efc799adc9315eea531ccbe",
          "totalCost": 5.6495999999999995
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594425600000,
          "cluster": "5db7df8c01d32e806e20db28",
          "totalCost": 23.24521111111111
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594425600000,
          "cluster": "5e4492209d084a327c5f9690",
          "totalCost": 23.205488888888897
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594425600000,
          "cluster": "5e685bc20b238de6cbfb2b0a",
          "totalCost": 20.421504000000002
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594425600000,
          "cluster": "5efc799adc9315eea531ccbe",
          "totalCost": 5.6495999999999995
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594512000000,
          "cluster": "5db7df8c01d32e806e20db28",
          "totalCost": 23.05223333333334
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594512000000,
          "cluster": "5e4492209d084a327c5f9690",
          "totalCost": 23.044144444444445
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594512000000,
          "cluster": "5e685bc20b238de6cbfb2b0a",
          "totalCost": 20.421504000000002
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594512000000,
          "cluster": "5efc799adc9315eea531ccbe",
          "totalCost": 5.649600000000003
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 3: Get Total and Idle Cost in Your Cluster Workloads

Use this sample query to get the total and idle cost in your cluster workloads. This example uses a Kubernetes cluster.

Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData(aggregateFunction: [{function: SUM, cost: TOTALCOST}, {function: SUM, cost: IDLECOST}], filters: [{startTime: {operator: AFTER, value: 1594166400000}}, {endTime: {operator: BEFORE, value: 1594771199000}}], groupBy: [{entity: Workload}, {entity: Namespace}], sortCriteria: {sortType: TOTALCOST, order: DESCENDING}) {
    data {
      k8s {
        workload
        namespace
      }
      totalCost
      idleCost
    }
  }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "Unallocated",
            "namespace": "Unallocated"
          },
          "totalCost": 171.94164690970473,
          "idleCost": 0
        },
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "qa-target-zeaakf",
            "namespace": "harness-delegate"
          },
          "totalCost": 11.351383425925924,
          "idleCost": 3.209113214533147
        },
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "eks-custom-delegate-zeaakf-0",
            "namespace": "harness-delegate"
          },
          "totalCost": 7.762500000000001,
          "idleCost": 5.411073869204506
        },
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "qa-target-automation-1-xicobc",
            "namespace": "harness-delegate"
          },
          "totalCost": 7.561381759259261,
          "idleCost": 1.4539720434025662
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 4: Get Total Cost in Your Cluster Workloads

Use this sample query to get the total cost in your cluster workloads. This example uses a Kubernetes cluster.

Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData(aggregateFunction: [{function: SUM, cost: TOTALCOST}], filters: [{startTime: {operator: AFTER, value: 1594166400000}}, {endTime: {operator: BEFORE, value: 1594771199000}}], groupBy: [{entity: Workload}, {time: {timePeriod: DAY}}], sortCriteria: {sortType: TIME, order: ASCENDING}) {
    data {
      startTime
      k8s {
        workload
      }
      totalCost
    }
  }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "harness-example-1594104124442-deployment-canary"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.000009444444444444445
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "kube-dns-autoscaler"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.005425000000000001
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "stackdriver-metadata-agent-cluster-level"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.036605
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "harness-example-1594104294676-deployment-canary"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.000015277777777777777
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "asb-1"
          },
          "totalCost": 0
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 5: Get the Cost of ECS Service in Your Cluster

Use this sample query to get the cost of ECS Service in your cluster.

Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData(aggregateFunction: [{function: SUM, cost: TOTALCOST}, {function: SUM, cost: IDLECOST}], filters: [{startTime: {operator: AFTER, value: 1594166400000}}, {endTime: {operator: BEFORE, value: 1594771199000}}], groupBy: [{entity: EcsService}, {entity: LaunchType}], sortCriteria: {sortType: TOTALCOST, order: DESCENDING}) {
    data {
      ecs {
        service
        launchType
      }
      totalCost
      idleCost
    }
  }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "ecs": {
            "service": "ecs-example",
            "launchType": "EC2"
          },
          "totalCost": 6.952500000000006,
          "idleCost": 5.19847219844681
        },
        {
          "ecs": {
            "service": "cce_app_01__cce_svc_aws__cce_aws_env__2",
            "launchType": "EC2"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.3530566406249998,
          "idleCost": 0.33087744140624925
        },
        {
          "ecs": {
            "service": "cce_app_02__ce_svc_01_env_02__qa__2",
            "launchType": "EC2"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.17652832031250026,
          "idleCost": 0.1641562499999997
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 6: Get Total and Idle Cost in Your Harness Applications

Use this sample query to get the total, idle, and unallocated cost in your Harness Application. For more information on how Harness organizes and models your projects using Applications, review Harness Applications.

Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData(aggregateFunction: [{function: SUM, cost: TOTALCOST}, {function: SUM, cost: IDLECOST}], filters: [{startTime: {operator: AFTER, value: 1594166400000}}, {endTime: {operator: BEFORE, value: 1594771199000}}], groupBy: [{entity: Application}], sortCriteria: {sortType: TOTALCOST, order: DESCENDING}) {
    data {
      harness {
        application
      }
      totalCost
      idleCost
    }
  }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "harness": {
            "application": "cce_app_01"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.3578607586320755,
          "idleCost": 0.33087744140624925
        },
        {
          "harness": {
            "application": "cce_app_02"
          },
          "totalCost": 0.17652832031250026,
          "idleCost": 0.1641562499999997
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 7: Get Raw Data

Use this sample query to get raw data, such as cluster name, cluster type, average memory, and CPU utilization, etc.

Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData(filters:[{startTime:{operator:AFTER, value:1593839612000}}, {endTime:{operator:BEFORE, value:1594185212000}}] limit: 10){
    data{
      startTime
      cluster
      totalCost
      idleCost
      unallocatedCost
      systemCost
      clusterType
      region
      k8s{
        workload
        namespace
      }
      ecs{
        service
        launchType
      }
      avgCpuUtilization
      avgMemoryUtilization
      maxCpuUtilization
      maxMemoryUtilization
      memoryLimit
      memoryRequest
      cpuLimit
      cpuRequest
    }
  }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "cluster": "5efc799adc9315eea531ccbe",
          "totalCost": 2.76,
          "idleCost": 1.5653063312665463,
          "unallocatedCost": 0.5091926027624538,
          "systemCost": 0.44759646492004396,
          "clusterType": "K8S",
          "region": "eu-central-1",
          "k8s": {
            "workload": null,
            "namespace": null
          },
          "ecs": {
            "service": null,
            "launchType": null
          },
          "avgCpuUtilization": 0.0874776659826389,
          "avgMemoryUtilization": 0.4092622368948973,
          "maxCpuUtilization": 0.359142599,
          "maxMemoryUtilization": 0.5701184272766113,
          "memoryLimit": 0,
          "memoryRequest": 8192,
          "cpuLimit": 0,
          "cpuRequest": 2048
        },
        {
          "startTime": 1594166400000,
          "cluster": "5efc799adc9315eea531ccbe",
          "totalCost": 0.043199999999999995,
          "idleCost": 0,
          "unallocatedCost": 0.03297722931056097,
          "systemCost": 0.006449908447265625,
          "clusterType": "K8S",
          "region": "eu-central-1",
          "k8s": {
            "workload": null,
            "namespace": null
          },
          "ecs": {
            "service": null,
            "launchType": null
          },
          "avgCpuUtilization": 0.02275921297222222,
          "avgMemoryUtilization": 0.5611361984370483,
          "maxCpuUtilization": 0.046088964,
          "maxMemoryUtilization": 0.6234664916992188,
          "memoryLimit": 0,
          "memoryRequest": 512,
          "cpuLimit": 0,
          "cpuRequest": 2048
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 8: Add Label Information in the Workload Table View

Use this sample query to add label data in the workload table view. This adds Name and Value columns for the selected labels.

Request
{
  ceClusterBillingData( aggregateFunction: [{function: SUM, cost: TOTALCOST}, {function: SUM, cost: IDLECOST}], 
                        filters: [{startTime: {operator: AFTER, value: 1594166400000}}, 
                                  {endTime: {operator: BEFORE, value: 1594771199000}}], 
                        groupBy: [{entity: Workload}, {entity: Namespace}], 
                        select : [{ labels : ["app", "version"] } ],
                        sortCriteria: {sortType: TOTALCOST, order: DESCENDING}
                        limit:4) {
    data {
      k8s {
        workload
        namespace
        selectedLabels{
          name
          value
        }
      }
      totalCost
      idleCost
    }
  }
}
Response
{
  "data": {
    "ceClusterBillingData": {
      "data": [
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "harness-example-deployment",
            "namespace": "harness",
            "selectedLabels": [
              {
                "name": "app",
                "value": "harness-example"
              },
              {
                "name": "version",
                "value": "-"
              }
            ]
          },
          "totalCost": 4.452178888888889,
          "idleCost": 2.138144994067336
        },
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "harness-test-appd-deployment",
            "namespace": "harness",
            "selectedLabels": [
              {
                "name": "app",
                "value": "harness-test-appd"
              },
              {
                "name": "version",
                "value": "-"
              }
            ]
          },
          "totalCost": 4.444068611111109,
          "idleCost": 2.0589668015521623
        },
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "mongo",
            "namespace": "mongo",
            "selectedLabels": [
              {
                "name": "app",
                "value": "mongo"
              },
              {
                "name": "version",
                "value": "-"
              }
            ]
          },
          "totalCost": 1.2370908333333333,
          "idleCost": 0.6569387846433649
        },
        {
          "k8s": {
            "workload": "proff-point-polling-enabled-kmpysm",
            "namespace": "harness-delegate",
            "selectedLabels": [
              {
                "name": "app",
                "value": "-"
              },
              {
                "name": "version",
                "value": "-"
              }
            ]
          },
          "totalCost": 1.213107037037037,
          "idleCost": 0.6089169647607484
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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