AWS Billing and Cost Management Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 is now generally available

Today, AWS announces the general availability (GA) of Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0, which has been in public preview since June 2024. FOCUS 1.0 is an open-source cloud cost and usage specification that provides standardization to simplify cloud financial management across multiple sources. Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 enables customers to export their AWS cost and usage data with the FOCUS 1.0 schema to Amazon S3. The GA release of FOCUS 1.0 is a new table in Data Exports in which key specification conformance gaps have been solved compared to the preview table.

With Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 (GA), customers receive their costs in four standardized columns, ListCost, ContractedCost, BilledCost, and EffectiveCost. It provides a consistent treatment of discounts and amortization of Savings Plans and Reserved Instances. The standardized schema of FOCUS ensures data can be reliably referenced across sources.

Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 (GA) is available in the US East (N. Virginia) Region, but includes cost and usage data covering all AWS Regions, except AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and AWS China (Beijing and Ningxia) Regions.

Learn more about Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 in the User Guide, product details page, and at the FOCUS project webpage. Get started by visiting the Data Exports page in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console and creating an export of the new GA table named “FOCUS 1.0 with AWS columns”. After creating a FOCUS 1.0 GA export, you will no longer need your preview export. You can view the specification conformance of the GA release here.