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DescribeCostCategoryDefinition

Returns the name, Amazon Resource Name (ARN), rules, definition, and effective dates of a Cost Category that's defined in the account.

You have the option to use EffectiveOn to return a Cost Category that's active on a specific date. If there's no EffectiveOn specified, you see a Cost Category that's effective on the current date. If Cost Category is still effective, EffectiveEnd is omitted in the response.

Request Syntax


{
   "CostCategoryArn": "string",
   "EffectiveOn": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

CostCategoryArn

The unique identifier for your Cost Category.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: arn:aws[-a-z0-9]*:[a-z0-9]+:[-a-z0-9]*:[0-9]{12}:[-a-zA-Z0-9/:_]+

Required: Yes

EffectiveOn

The date when the Cost Category was effective.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 25.

Pattern: ^\d{4}-\d\d-\d\dT\d\d:\d\d:\d\d(([+-]\d\d:\d\d)|Z)$

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "CostCategory": { 
      "CostCategoryArn": "string",
      "DefaultValue": "string",
      "EffectiveEnd": "string",
      "EffectiveStart": "string",
      "Name": "string",
      "ProcessingStatus": [ 
         { 
            "Component": "string",
            "Status": "string"
         }
      ],
      "Rules": [ 
         { 
            "InheritedValue": { 
               "DimensionKey": "string",
               "DimensionName": "string"
            },
            "Rule": { 
               "And": [ 
                  "Expression"
               ],
               "CostCategories": { 
                  "Key": "string",
                  "MatchOptions": [ "string" ],
                  "Values": [ "string" ]
               },
               "Dimensions": { 
                  "Key": "string",
                  "MatchOptions": [ "string" ],
                  "Values": [ "string" ]
               },
               "Not": "Expression",
               "Or": [ 
                  "Expression"
               ],
               "Tags": { 
                  "Key": "string",
                  "MatchOptions": [ "string" ],
                  "Values": [ "string" ]
               }
            },
            "Type": "string",
            "Value": "string"
         }
      ],
      "RuleVersion": "string",
      "SplitChargeRules": [ 
         { 
            "Method": "string",
            "Parameters": [ 
               { 
                  "Type": "string",
                  "Values": [ "string" ]
               }
            ],
            "Source": "string",
            "Targets": [ "string" ]
         }
      ]
   }
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

CostCategory

The structure of Cost Categories. This includes detailed metadata and the set of rules for the CostCategory object.

Type: CostCategory object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

LimitExceededException

You made too many calls in a short period of time. Try again later.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified ARN in the request doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400