# Azure Field Dictionary

<table data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th width="116">Prefix</th><th width="249">Azure Billing Field</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/amortizedcost</td><td>Amortized Cost</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/actualcost</td><td>Actual Cost</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/usagestartdate</td><td>Date for recording the start of use.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/departmentname</td><td>Invoice Section Name.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/accountname</td><td>Display name of the EA registration account or pay-as-you-go billing account.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/accountowneremail</td><td>Account Owner Id.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/subscriptionid</td><td>Unique identifier for your Azure subscription.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/subscriptionguid</td><td>Subscription guid.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/subscriptionname</td><td>Azure subscription name.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/resourcegroup</td><td>Name of the resource group the resource is in. Not all charges come from resources deployed in resource groups. Charges that do not have a resource group will show as null or empty, Other, or Not Applicable.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/resourcelocation</td><td>The Azure region where the resource is deployed, also known as the datacenter location where the resource is running. For an example using virtual machines, see What is the difference between MeterRegion and ResourceLocation.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/product</td><td>Product name for the consumed service or purchase. Not available for Marketplace.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/meterid</td><td>The meter id (GUID). Not available for marketplace. For reserved instance this represents the primary meter for which the reservation was purchased. For the actual VM Size for which the reservation is purchased see productOrderName.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/accountid</td><td>Billing Account identifier.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/additionalinfo/vcpus</td><td>Refers to the number of VCPUs on the machines</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/benefitid</td><td>Unique identifier for the applicable benefit.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/benefitname</td><td>Name of the applicable benefit.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/billingaccountname</td><td>Billing Account Name.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/billingcurrency</td><td>Currency associated with the billing account.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/billingperiodenddate</td><td>The billing period end date.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/billingperiodstartdate</td><td>The billing period start date.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/billingprofileid</td><td>Billing Profile identifier.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/billingprofilename</td><td>Billing Profile Name.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/chargesbilledseparately</td><td>The properties are opposites. If isAzureCreditEnabled is true, ChargesBilledSeparately would be false.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/chargetype</td><td>Indicates a charge represents credits, usage, a Marketplace purchase, a reservation fee, or a refund.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/consumedquantity</td><td>The usage quantity.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/consumedservice</td><td>Consumed service name. Name of the azure resource provider that emits the usage or was purchased. This value is not provided for marketplace usage.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/costcenter</td><td>The cost center of this department if it is a department and a cost center is provided.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/frequency</td><td>Indicates how frequently this charge will occur. OneTime for purchases which only happen once, Monthly for fees which recur every month, and UsageBased for charges based on how much a service is used.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/instanceid</td><td>Unique identifier of the Azure Resource Manager usage detail resource.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/metercategory</td><td>The category of the meter, for example, 'Cloud services', 'Networking', etc..</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/metername</td><td>The name of the meter, within the given meter category</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/meterregion</td><td><p>The name of the Azure region associated with the meter. This is typically aligned with the resource location, except for certain global meters that are shared across regions. In these cases, the meter region indicates the primary region of the meter.</p><p>Note: Metering is used to control usage of specific services or resources, primarily for billing purposes. Each Azure service, resource, and region has its own billing meter ID that accurately reflects how its consumption and pricing are calculated.</p></td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/metersubcategory</td><td>The subcategory of the meter, for example, 'A6 Cloud services', 'ExpressRoute (IXP)', etc..</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/offerid</td><td>Offer Id. Ex: MS-AZR-0017P, MS-AZR-0148P.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/partnumber</td><td>Part Number of the service used. Can be used to join with the price sheet. Not available for marketplace.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/paygprice</td><td>Retail price for the resource.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/planname</td><td>Plan Name.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/pricingmodel</td><td>Identifier that indicates how the meter is priced.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/productorderid</td><td>Product Order Id. For reservations this is the Reservation Order ID.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/productordername</td><td>Product Order Name. For reservations this is the SKU that was purchased.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/publishername</td><td>Publisher Name.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/publishertype</td><td>Publisher Type.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/reservationname</td><td>User provided display name of the reservation. Last known name for a particular day is populated in the daily data. Only applies to records relevant to reservations.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/resourcename</td><td>Resource Name.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/resourcerate</td><td>Effective Price that's charged for the usage.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/servicefamily</td><td>The service family.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/serviceinfo1</td><td>Service-specific metadata.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/serviceinfo2</td><td>Legacy field with optional service-specific metadata.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/tags</td><td>Tags assigned to the resource. Does not include resource group tags. Can be used to group or distribute costs for internal chargeback. For more information, see Organize Azure resources with tags.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/term</td><td>Term (in months). 1 month for monthly recurring purchase. 12 months for a 1 year reservation. 36 months for a 3 year reservation.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/unitofmeasure</td><td>The unit in which the meter consumption is charged, for example, 'Hours', 'GB', etc.</td></tr><tr><td>lineitem</td><td>lineitem/unitprice</td><td>Unit Price is the price applicable to you. (your EA or other contract price).</td></tr><tr><td>custom</td><td>custom/azure/computeunitcost</td><td>Computational unit cost</td></tr><tr><td>piercloud</td><td>piercloud/unitcost</td><td>Cost after customer discount</td></tr><tr><td>piercloud</td><td>piercloud/paygcost</td><td>Market cost</td></tr></tbody></table>