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Cost Information Configuration

While the Cost and Usage panel provides users with cost and usage data, there are instances where we may encounter missing price information from providers. This situation could arise from the user not having the necessary permissions in the provider's console that we integrate with. To avoid this issue, you should follow the steps below to perform the necessary actions.

1. Check Billing Account Permissions​

First of all your account should have access to the Billing Account. For provide or check that you can follow the below steps.

  1. Log in to the Google Cloud Console.

  2. Navigate to the Billing section. This might be labeled as Billing or Billing & Cost Management in the left-hand menu, depending on your setup.

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GCP Step 2

  1. Once in the Billing section, on the left-handed menu click Account Management section.
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GCP Step 3

  1. Check if your account has the Billing Account Costs Manager or a higher privilege role assigned under the Roles/Principals section on the right side of the opened panel.
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GCP Step 4

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If you do not have this role or a higher privilege, please request your Billing Account Administrator to assign this role to your account.

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If you can't see the panel, you might have hidden it. Please check by clicking the HIDE/SHOW INFO PANEL button in the upper right corner.

Once you are sure that you have the relevant role, you can proceed to the next steps.

2. Updating Custom Role Permissions​

  1. Go to the Google Cloud Console and log in to your account.

  2. If you have multiple projects, click on the project name in the upper left corner to select a project, that you are using.

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GCP Step 2

  1. Click on Roles under IAM & Admin in the left menu.
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GCP Step 3

In that page you ganna see all of your Roles releated with your project. Find the role that you created before on C4C Custom Role Creation.

  1. Click the role that you created before. You can find the role that you titled before on C4C Custom Role Creation.

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    If you have previously created the role using the gcloud CLI method, you should locate the role named C4C Custom.

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GCP Step 4

  1. Click on the Edit Role button located at the top of the page.
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GCP Step 5

  1. Click on the Add Permissions button on the opened page.
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GCP Step 6

  1. From the opened permission list, locate the permission mentioned below and check the checkbox next to it. After selecting the role click add button.
    • bigquery.datasets.create
    • bigquery.datasets.get
    • bigquery.jobs.create
    • bigquery.tables.export
    • bigquery.tables.get
    • bigquery.tables.getData
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GCP Step 7

  1. Lastly please click UPDATE button which is located bottom of the page.
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GCP Step 8

Following these adjustments, you can monitor cost and usage information related to your account from our console.

Critical Step

Please do not forget the setup your Usage Cost Configurations settings too.