Least Privileged User

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.

For more information, see: High Level AWS Source Configuration

{
  "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": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Connection Parameters

Name	Required?	Description
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

Metrics

Budget

Name	Description
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.

Service

Name	Description
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.

Total Billing

Name	Description
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.