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Google Cloud Platform. How to configure Cost Exports for the project?

Learn how to add billing permissions to your GCP account.

Updated over 10 months ago

How to add billing permissions for the project?

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

Navigate to "Go to the linked billing account". Then navigate to Billing export

Way 1. Detailed usage cost is enabled on the project you added

If the detailed usage cost is Enabled and your project name is correct, then the
​setup is done

Way 2. Detailed usage cost is disabled.

Step 1

If the detailed usage cost is Disabled, click on the Edit settings

Step 2

Select your GCP project and click on Create new dataset.

Step 3

Name the Dataset and click Create Dataset

Step 4

Click Save. At this stage, the setup is done

Way 3. Detailed usage cost is enabled on a different project.

Step 1

If the detailed usage cost is Enabled on the different projects click Billing in the Dataset name

Step 2

Open the project selector and ensure that the project configured in the billing export is selected

Step 3

Open the menu and navigate to IAM

Step 4

Click on Grant access

Step 5

Paste the client's email that you previously copied in Step 9 into New Principals. Add
​Cloud Asset Viewer, BigQuery Data Viewer, BigQuery Job User, BigQuery Read Session User. Then click Save. Setup is done


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