13.7 Assigning Line Item Discounts for a Business Group

Roles that Can Perform This Task: Cloud Administrator

Assign a discount by line item to the business services created for the Business Group. Specify the discount as a percentage (for example, 5, 12, or 20). Discounts can range from 0 for no discount to 100 for a full discount. Discounts apply to the line items in the workload details for the Business Group’s workloads. The discounts apply until you manually modify or remove them on the Discounts page.

NOTE:The workload details and reports for the Business Group display only the costs for line items. The Business Group’s discount settings appear only on the Discounts page.

To configure discounts for a Business Group:

  1. Select Organizations, then click Business Groups.

  2. Select a Business Group from the list.

  3. In the Edit Business Group dialog, select the Configuration icon.

  4. In the Business Group Configuration dialog, click Discounts.

  5. Assign a discount value to be applied separately to any of the items:

    vCPU Discounts %: The discount percentage applied to the monthly cost of the CPUs used to run the workload.

    RAM Discount %: The discount percentage applied to the monthly cost of the RAM used to run the workload.

    Storage Discount %: The discount percentage applied to the monthly cost of the disk space used to store the workload files.

    NIC Discount %: The discount percentage applied to the monthly cost of operating the network interface cards for the workload.

    Monthly License Cost Discount %: The discount percentage applied to the monthly cost of licensing the workload. The license cost might include software license costs or other fixed costs.

    Add-on Services and Applications Discount %: The discount percentage applied to the monthly operating cost and the initial setup cost for licensing, configuring, and using add-on services and applications associated with the workload.

    Service Level Objectives Discount %: The discount percentage applied to the monthly cost of the service level provided for the workload.

    Initial Setup Cost Discount %: The discount percentage applied for costs related to the installation, configuration, and deployment of add-on applications or services associated with the workload.

  6. Click OK.

    Discounts apply automatically to newly created workloads and workloads still in a request state.

  7. Update the workload costs to apply the updates to existing workloads that are imported or deployed.

    1. Select Configuration > Cost Updates, specify the Frequency of Update as Weekly or Monthly, and then click Update Now.

    2. Click Close, then click OK to exit the Configuration window.

    The existing workloads apply the changes on the last day of the selected period. Updates apply only to services that have no end date.