Navigate to the AWS console and create an IAM user with programmatic access. The user will need the following permissions. You can create a policy specifically for these permissions and apply the permissions to the user.
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "VisualEditor0",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"budgets:ViewBudget",
"aws-portal:ViewBilling",
"aws-portal:ViewUsage",
"cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
"cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
"cur:DescribeReportDefinitions"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}Account ID
Required
Region
Access Key ID
Required
Secret Access Key
Required
Additional Threads
The number of additional threads allowed to be utilized during collection.
Request Timeout (seconds)
The number of seconds to allow for the API to return a response.
Collect CloudWatch Metrics
CloudWatch Historic Mode
If enabled, retrieves a history of data points from CloudWatch. Otherwise, collects only the most recent data point for each metric.
Include Budgets
Include Services
Include Total Billing
Actual Spend
The current amount spent on the budget.
Actual Spend Period
The type of currency for the current amount spent on the budget.
Cost Filter API Operations
The list of API operations the budget applies to.
Cost Filter Billing Entities
The list of AWS entity types the budget applies to.
Cost Filter Linked Accounts
The list of account IDs the budget applies to.
Cost Filter Purchase Options
The list of purchase options the budget applies to.
Cost Filter Services
The list of services the budget applies to.
Cost Filter Usage Type Groups
The list of specific usages the budget applies to.
Cost Filter Usage Types
The list of usage types the budget applies to.
Epoch End Time Period (Milliseconds)
The end of the budget's time period (since epoch).
Epoch Start Time Period (Milliseconds)
The start of the budget's time period (since epoch).
Estimate Spent (%)
Estimate Spent
Estimated Spend
The forecasted amount that will be spend by the end of the budget's period.
Estimated Spend Period
The type of currency for the forecasted budget spent.
Includes Subscription
Whether or not the budget includes the subscription.
Includes Taxes
Whether or not the budget includes taxes.
Limit
Monthly budget limit in local currency.
Limit Period
Type of currency the budget is in.
Limit Spent (%)
Limit Spent
Name
Name given to the budget.
Period
The period of time for which the budget applies.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.
Type
The type of budget that determines its behavior.
Uses Blended Rates
Whether or not the budget uses blended rates.
Estimated Current Charges
The estimated charges so far for this service (per month).
Estimated Current Charges Currency
The type of currency that billing charges are reported in.
Linked Account
The account that is linked to this service.
Name
The name of the billed Amazon service.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.
Estimated Current Charges
The total estimated charges so far for all services (per month).
Estimated Current Charges Currency
The type of currency that billing charges are reported in.
Region
The AWS Region this object belongs to.