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Choosing Invoice Type

Veeam Availability Console offers three types of chargeback reports:

Summary chargeback report provides information about consumed services and their cost.
Detailed chargeback report provides information about consumed services and their cost. In addition, a detailed chargeback report provides information about services consumed by each department location on each day of a specified period.
Quota usage report provides information about services consumed by each department location on each day of a specified period. A quota usage report does not include cost details.

By default, Veeam Availability Console generates summary chargeback reports for all departments. Before sending or scheduling chargeback reports, you can choose what type of chargeback reports must be generated for each department.

To choose the chargeback report type for one or more departments:

For details, see Accessing Veeam Availability Console.

In the menu on the left, click Chargeback Reports.
Open the Invoice Configuration tab.
Select the necessary departments in the list and click Invoice Parameters.
In the Invoice Parameters window, choose what type of chargeback reports must be generated for selected departments.

Summary only — choose this option to generate summary chargeback reports.
Include details for the past N days/weeks/months — choose this option to generate detailed chargeback reports, and specify a period for which chargeback report details must be provided.
Include details for this period — choose this option to generate a quota usage report, and specify a period for which quota usage data must be provided.

Click Apply.

Summary Chargeback Report

A summary chargeback report provides information about consumed services and their cost.

An example of a summary chargeback report is shown below.

A summary chargeback report includes the following information:

Invoice ID — number that uniquely identifies an chargeback report.
Generation date — date when an chargeback report was generated, in the M/D/YYYY format.
Department quota usage — billing period.
Payment due by — date by which a department must make a payment. The payment date is one month after the invoice generation date. If an invoice is not paid by the due date, its status is changed to Overdue.
From — name and contact details of the service provider.
To — name and contact details of a managed department.
Summary — charge rate information specified in the chargeback template, total gross cost, total tax and discount, as well as the chargeback report total. This section also includes the cost breakdown for all types of provided services.

Detailed Chargeback Report

A detailed chargeback report provides information about consumed services and their cost. In addition, a detailed chargeback report provides information about services consumed by each department location on each day of a specified period.

An example of a detailed chargeback report is shown below.

A detailed chargeback report includes the following information:

Invoice ID — number that uniquely identifies an chargeback report.
Generation date — date when an chargeback report was generated, in the M/D/YYYY format.
Department quota usage — billing period.
Payment due by — date by which a department must make a payment. The payment date is one month after an invoice generation date. If an invoice is not paid by the due date, its status is changed to Overdue.
From — name and contact details of the service provider.
To — name and contact details of a managed department.
Summary — charge rate information specified in the chargeback template, total gross cost, total tax and discount, as well as the chargeback report total. This section also includes the cost breakdown for all types of provided services.
Details — information about services consumed by each department location on each day of the quota usage period.

Quota Usage Report

A quota usage report provides information about services consumed by each department location on each day of a specified period. A quota usage report does not include service cost details.

An example of a quota usage report is shown below.

A quota usage report includes the following information:

Generation date — date when a report was generated, in the M/D/YYYY format.
Department quota usage — period for which quota usage details are provided.
From — name and contact details of the service provider.
To — name and contact details of a managed department.
Details — information about services consumed by each department location on each day of the quota usage period.