Create a FOCUS export schedule

To receive FOCUS reports, you must create a FOCUS export schedule. The schedule defines how STACKIT generates the report and where STACKIT stores it. For more information about FOCUS, see FOCUS report.

Prerequisites

• You have the Owner or Cost Management Cost Admin role on the customer account level. For more information, see Access and permissions.
• You have enabled Object Storage.
• You have created a bucket in your Object Storage.

Recommendation: Create a dedicated STACKIT project exclusively for FOCUS reports and use a single bucket. STACKIT only uses this bucket to store the FOCUS files and never reads any existing data from it.

Create the schedule

1. Go to the organizations overview page.

2. Select Billing > FOCUS Export.

3. Click Create schedule.

4. In the General Information section, configure the following settings:

   • Type: Select the reporting type, for example Month to date.
   • Frequency: Select how often STACKIT generates the report, for example Daily or Monthly.
   • Export name: Enter a name for the schedule. The name can contain up to 40 characters. Allowed characters are letters, numbers, and _ + & -.

   STACKIT sets the billing account and the FOCUS specification automatically.

5. In the Destination section, configure the following settings:

   • Project: Select the project that contains your Object Storage.
   • Object Storage bucket: Select the bucket for the FOCUS reports.
   • Object Storage path: Enter the path inside the bucket, for example receipts/foo/bar. If you want to use an existing path, make sure that the path matches exactly.
   • File Overwrite: Turn on this option to overwrite older files and save storage space.

   STACKIT sets the storage type and the file format automatically.

6. Click Create. With this step, you allow STACKIT to access your Object Storage bucket.

STACKIT delivers the first FOCUS report to your bucket on the next day at 12:00 UTC. To learn where to find the report in your bucket, see Report storage location.

Attention: To access your bucket, STACKIT creates a service account, a credential group, and an access key. Do not delete any of these components. Otherwise, your schedule enters a failed state, and you must create a new schedule. For more information, see How STACKIT stores the FOCUS report.

Next steps

• Download FOCUS reports from Object Storage