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RootCause - AWS Billing and Cost Management

RootCause

The combination of AWS service, linked account, linked account name, Region, and usage type where a cost anomaly is observed, along with the dollar and percentage amount of the anomaly impact. The linked account name will only be available when the account name can be identified.

Contents

Impact

The dollar impact for the root cause.

Type: RootCauseImpact object

Required: No

LinkedAccount

The member account value that's associated with the cost anomaly.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: [\S\s]*

Required: No

LinkedAccountName

The member account name value that's associated with the cost anomaly.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: [\S\s]*

Required: No

Region

The AWS Region that's associated with the cost anomaly.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: [\S\s]*

Required: No

Service

The AWS service name that's associated with the cost anomaly.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: [\S\s]*

Required: No

UsageType

The UsageType value that's associated with the cost anomaly.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

Pattern: [\S\s]*

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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