An organization is setting up programmatic billing access for their AWS account. Which of the
below mentioned services is not required or enabled when the organization wants to use
programmatic access?
A.
Programmatic access
B.
AWS bucket to hold the billing report
C.
AWS billing alerts
D.
Monthly Billing report
Explanation:
AWS provides an option to have programmatic access to billing. Programmatic Billing Access
leverages the existing Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3. APIs. Thus, the user can
build applications that reference his billing data from a CSV (comma-separated value. file stored in
an Amazon S3 bucket. To enable programmatic access, the user has to first enable the monthly
billing report. Then the user needs to provide an AWS bucket name where the billing CSV will be
uploaded. The user should also enable the Programmatic access option.
C
C
C
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/billing-reports.html
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-programmatic-access-to-aws-billing-data/
During the current billing period (monthly), AWS generates estimated billing reports. The billing reports are not bills, but estimates of costs and charges for AWS usage. Only the monthly invoice that you receive contains your actual charges.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
AWS provides an option to have programmatic access to billing. Programmatic Billing Access leverages the existing Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3. APIs. Thus, the user can build applications that reference his billing data from a CSV (comma- separated value. file stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. To enable programmatic access, the user has to first enable the monthly billing report. Then the user needs to provide an AWS bucket name where the billing CSV will be uploaded. The user should also enable the Programmatic access option.