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Google Cloud Platform. How to configure Cost Exports?
Google Cloud Platform. How to configure Cost Exports?

Learn how to add billing permissions to your GCP account

Updated over a week ago

Step 1. Check if BigQuery Export is Enabled

You can add billing permissions only if you have access to GCP root account.

1. Navigate to the GCP Console

2. Go to the "Billing" or "Billing & Usage" section in the left-hand menu.

3. Within the billing section, select "Billing export".

4. Review your billing settings and find the option for exporting to BigQuery.

Step 2. In section 1, you'll find the export indicator whether it is enabled or disabled.

1. If export is not enabled ( When export is enabled move to the Step 3)

2. Navigate to Billing export and click ‘Edit settings’ on Standard usage cost settings.

3. Choose your GCP project and click on Dataset.

4. Name the Dataset and click ‘Create Dataset.’

5. Choose the created Dataset and click ‘Save.’

Billing may take several hours to appear on our platform after successful creation.

6. Open the menu and navigate to IAM & Admin.


7. Open the project selector and select the already enabled billing project.

8. Navigate to Service Accounts and copy Uniskai service account.

9. Open the project selector and select another already enabled billing project.

10. Navigate to IAM and click Grant Access.

11. Paste Uniskai service account. Add Cloud Asset Viewer and BigQuery Data Viewer roles. Then Click Save.

Step 3.When export is enabled

1. Open the menu and navigate to IAM & Admin.


2. Open the project selector and select the already enabled billing project.

3. Navigate to Service Accounts and copy Uniskai service account.

4. Open the project selector and select another already enabled billing project.

5. Navigate to IAM and click Grant Access.

6. Paste Uniskai service account. Add Cloud Asset Viewer and BigQuery Data Viewer roles. Then Click Save.

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