SAA-C03 Q697 · Cost

Question

As part of budget planning, management wants a report of AWS billed items listed by user. The data will be used to create department budgets. A solutions architect needs to determine the most efficient way to obtain this report information. Which solution meets these requirements?

Accepted Answer

**B. Create a report in Cost Explorer and download the report.**

**Requirement 1: Report of AWS billed items listed by user**
- AWS Cost Explorer allows you to **filter and group costs by multiple dimensions**, including IAM user, linked account, service, tag, etc.
- You can group by **'User'** to see which IAM users incurred what costs, directly satisfying the 'listed by user' requirement.

**Requirement 2: Data will be used to create department budgets**
- Cost Explorer provides **visualization and CSV download** capabilities, making it easy to export data for budget planning.
- It supports custom date ranges, so you can pull historical data to forecast department budgets.

**Requirement 3: Most efficient way**
- Cost Explorer is a **built-in, ready-to-use tool** — no setup, no infrastr

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