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Getting the export · Azure

How to export one month of Azure costs.

A Cost Management export, FOCUS or amortized, downloaded for last month: the clicks, the pitfalls and a sample file. One month is enough. The file is read in your browser tab and never uploaded.

Cost Management export

~10 MIN · READY IN A FEW MINUTES

Recommended: every server is mapped exactly

  1. Open Cost Management → Exports and choose Create.
  2. Template Cost and usage details (FOCUS), the default, or amortized if you prefer the classic layout; both are read.
  3. Monthly, previous month, CSV, to a storage account. Run now, then download last month’s file from the container.
  4. Drop it here.

VM sizes map directly; managed disks are read from their tier (P10, E20 and so on); database vCores are sized as pools.

Things that trip people up

  • The Download button on the Cost analysis page gives service totals only; it is read like a Cost Explorer file.
  • Dates saved through Excel in US format (09/01/2026) are fine; so is a file with CostInUSD next to the billing currency.
  • Reservation purchases, unused reservations and rounding lines are set aside, not counted as usage.

What the file needs to contain

Download a sample to compare

Column names are matched case-insensitively; extra columns are ignored.

  • MeterCategory
  • MeterName
  • Quantity
  • UnitOfMeasure
  • CostInBillingCurrency or CostInUSD
  • Date
  • ChargeType

Have the file? Open the calculator and drop it in, or start from the Azure sample.