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DeleteCostCategoryDefinition - AWS Billing and Cost Management

DeleteCostCategoryDefinition

Deletes a Cost Category. Expenses from this month going forward will no longer be categorized with this Cost Category.

Request Syntax

{ "CostCategoryArn": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

CostCategoryArn

The unique identifier for your Cost Category.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: arn:aws[-a-z0-9]*:[a-z0-9]+:[-a-z0-9]*:[0-9]{12}:[-a-zA-Z0-9/:_]+

Required: Yes

Response Syntax

{ "CostCategoryArn": "string", "EffectiveEnd": "string" }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

CostCategoryArn

The unique identifier for your Cost Category.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: arn:aws[-a-z0-9]*:[a-z0-9]+:[-a-z0-9]*:[0-9]{12}:[-a-zA-Z0-9/:_]+

EffectiveEnd

The effective end date of the Cost Category as a result of deleting it. No costs after this date is categorized by the deleted Cost Category.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 25.

Pattern: ^\d{4}-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d(([+-]\d\d:\d\d)|Z)$

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

LimitExceededException

You made too many calls in a short period of time. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified ARN in the request doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

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

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