AIncorrect
Trusted Advisor
Trusted Advisor is a service that inspects best practices and provides recommendations.
It does not output the most detailed billing line-item data, so it is incorrect.
A company wants to output its billing breakdown as the MOST detailed line-item data, down to the hourly and per-resource level, and analyze it in detail with its own tools. Which option is MOST suitable?
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Explanation
A question asking which option outputs the most detailed billing line-item data.
- 1「MOST detailed line-item data」Fine-grained data by hour and resource = CUR.
- 2「hourly and per-resource level」The granularity of CUR.
- 3「analyze it in detail with its own tools」Can output to S3 for external analysis = CUR.
BIncorrect
AWS Budgets
AWS Budgets is a tool that sets budgets and raises alerts.
It does not output the most detailed line-item data by hour and resource, so it is incorrect.
CIncorrect
Amazon CloudWatch
CloudWatch is a service that monitors resource metrics.
It does not output detailed billing line-item data, so it is incorrect.
DCorrect
AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR)
Correct. The AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) is the most detailed cost and usage data, able to output the billing breakdown down to the hourly and per-resource level. You output the CUR to Amazon S3 and combine it with Amazon Athena, which queries it directly with standard SQL, and Amazon QuickSight, which visualizes it on dashboards, to perform detailed analysis on your own.
Key Takeaway
“Most detailed billing line items” and “hourly/per-resource” point to the Cost and Usage Report (CUR). Cost Explorer handles visualization and analysis, and Budgets handles budget alerts — keep their roles separate.