Managing your saved Cost Explorer reports
You can save the results of a Cost Explorer query as a Cost Explorer report. This enables you to track your Cost Explorer results and forecasts over time.
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Creating a Cost Explorer report
You can use the console to save the results of a Cost Explorer query as a report.
Note
Cost Explorer reports can be modified. We strongly recommend that you don't use them for auditing purposes.
To save a Cost Explorer report
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Open the AWS Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/home
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In the navigation pane, choose Cost Explorer Saved Reports.
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Choose Create new report. This resets all of your Cost Explorer settings to your default settings.
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Select a report type.
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Choose Create report.
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Customize your Cost Explorer settings.
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Choose Save to report library.
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In the Save to report library dialog box, enter a name for your report, and then choose Save report.
Viewing a Cost Explorer report
You can use the console to view saved Cost Explorer reports.
To view your saved reports
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Open the AWS Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/home
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In the navigation pane, choose Cost Explorer Saved Reports.
Editing a Cost Explorer report
You can use the console to edit Cost Explorer reports.
To edit a report
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Open the AWS Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/home
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In the navigation pane, choose Cost Explorer Saved Reports.
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Choose the report that you want to edit.
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You can't edit the predefined reports. If you choose one of the predefined reports as a starting point for a report, enter a new report name in the report name field and continue with this procedure.
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Customize your Cost Explorer settings.
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Choose Save to overwrite the existing report, or else choose Save as a new report.
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In the Save to report library dialog box, enter a name for your report, and then choose Save report.
Deleting a Cost Explorer report
You can use the console to delete saved Cost Explorer reports.
To delete a saved report
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Open the AWS Cost Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/home
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In the navigation pane, choose Cost Explorer Saved Reports.
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Select the check box next to the report you want to delete.
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The Reports page contains predefined reports that cannot be deleted. These default reports are identified by a lock icon. You can, however, delete custom reports.
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Choose Delete.
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In the Delete reports dialog box, choose Delete.