GetCostCategoriesRequest

BillingCost ManagementCost ExplorerBudgetsCost OptimizationFinOpsAmazon Web Services

Properties

Name Type Description
SearchString string The value that you want to search the filter values for. If you don't specify a CostCategoryName, SearchString is used to filter cost category names that match the SearchString pattern. If you specify
TimePeriod object
CostCategoryName string
Filter object
SortBy array The value that you sort the data by. The key represents the cost and usage metrics. The following values are supported: BlendedCost UnblendedCost AmortizedCost NetAmortizedCost NetUnblendedCost UsageQ
BillingViewArn string The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that uniquely identifies a specific billing view. The ARN is used to specify which particular billing view you want to interact with or retrieve information from when ma
MaxResults integer This field is only used when the SortBy value is provided in the request. The maximum number of objects that are returned for this request. If MaxResults isn't specified with the SortBy value, the req
NextPageToken string If the number of objects that are still available for retrieval exceeds the quota, Amazon Web Services returns a NextPageToken value in the response. To retrieve the next batch of objects, provide the
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JSON Schema

amazon-billing-and-cost-management-get-cost-categories-request-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://artifacts.apis.io/amazon-billing-and-cost-management/json-schema/amazon-billing-and-cost-management-get-cost-categories-request-schema.json",
  "title": "GetCostCategoriesRequest",
  "x-generated": "2026-11-11",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
  "x-source": "openapi/amazon-billing-and-cost-management-cost-categories-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/GetCostCategoriesRequest",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "SearchString": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The value that you want to search the filter values for. If you don't specify a CostCategoryName, SearchString is used to filter cost category names that match the SearchString pattern. If you specify a CostCategoryName, SearchString is used to filter cost category values that match the SearchString pattern."
    },
    "TimePeriod": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/DateInterval"
    },
    "CostCategoryName": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "Filter": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/Expression"
    },
    "SortBy": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/SortDefinition"
      },
      "description": "The value that you sort the data by. The key represents the cost and usage metrics. The following values are supported: BlendedCost UnblendedCost AmortizedCost NetAmortizedCost NetUnblendedCost UsageQuantity NormalizedUsageAmount The supported key values for the SortOrder value are ASCENDING and DESCENDING. When you use the SortBy value, the NextPageToken and SearchString key values aren't supported."
    },
    "BillingViewArn": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) that uniquely identifies a specific billing view. The ARN is used to specify which particular billing view you want to interact with or retrieve information from when making API calls related to Amazon Web Services Billing and Cost Management features. The BillingViewArn can be retrieved by calling the ListBillingViews API."
    },
    "MaxResults": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "This field is only used when the SortBy value is provided in the request. The maximum number of objects that are returned for this request. If MaxResults isn't specified with the SortBy value, the request returns 1000 results as the default value for this parameter. For GetCostCategories, MaxResults has an upper quota of 1000."
    },
    "NextPageToken": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "If the number of objects that are still available for retrieval exceeds the quota, Amazon Web Services returns a NextPageToken value in the response. To retrieve the next batch of objects, provide the NextPageToken from the previous call in your next request."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "TimePeriod"
  ],
  "$defs": {
    "CostCategoryValues": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Key": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "Values": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "The specific value of the cost category."
        },
        "MatchOptions": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "EQUALS",
              "ABSENT",
              "STARTS_WITH",
              "ENDS_WITH",
              "CONTAINS",
              "CASE_SENSITIVE",
              "CASE_INSENSITIVE",
              "GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL"
            ]
          },
          "description": "The match options that you can use to filter your results. MatchOptions is only applicable for actions related to cost category. The default values for MatchOptions is EQUALS and CASE_SENSITIVE."
        }
      }
    },
    "DateInterval": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Start": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The beginning of the time period. The start date is inclusive. For example, if start is 2017-01-01, Amazon Web Services retrieves cost and usage data starting at 2017-01-01 up to the end date. The start date must be equal to or no later than the current date to avoid a validation error."
        },
        "End": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The end of the time period. The end date is exclusive. For example, if end is 2017-05-01, Amazon Web Services retrieves cost and usage data from the start date up to, but not including, 2017-05-01."
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "Start",
        "End"
      ]
    },
    "DimensionValues": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Key": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "AZ",
            "INSTANCE_TYPE",
            "LINKED_ACCOUNT",
            "PAYER_ACCOUNT",
            "LINKED_ACCOUNT_NAME",
            "OPERATION",
            "PURCHASE_TYPE",
            "REGION",
            "SERVICE",
            "SERVICE_CODE",
            "USAGE_TYPE",
            "USAGE_TYPE_GROUP",
            "RECORD_TYPE",
            "OPERATING_SYSTEM",
            "TENANCY",
            "SCOPE",
            "PLATFORM",
            "SUBSCRIPTION_ID",
            "LEGAL_ENTITY_NAME",
            "DEPLOYMENT_OPTION",
            "DATABASE_ENGINE",
            "CACHE_ENGINE",
            "INSTANCE_TYPE_FAMILY",
            "BILLING_ENTITY",
            "RESERVATION_ID",
            "RESOURCE_ID",
            "RIGHTSIZING_TYPE",
            "SAVINGS_PLANS_TYPE",
            "SAVINGS_PLAN_ARN",
            "PAYMENT_OPTION",
            "AGREEMENT_END_DATE_TIME_AFTER",
            "AGREEMENT_END_DATE_TIME_BEFORE",
            "INVOICING_ENTITY",
            "ANOMALY_TOTAL_IMPACT_ABSOLUTE",
            "ANOMALY_TOTAL_IMPACT_PERCENTAGE",
            "PRODUCT_ATTRIBUTE"
          ],
          "description": "The names of the metadata types that you can use to filter and group your results. For example, AZ returns a list of Availability Zones. Not all dimensions are supported in each API. Refer to the documentation for each specific API to see what is supported. LINKED_ACCOUNT_NAME and SERVICE_CODE can only be used in CostCategoryRule. ANOMALY_TOTAL_IMPACT_ABSOLUTE and ANOMALY_TOTAL_IMPACT_PERCENTAGE can only be used in AnomalySubscriptions. Use PRODUCT_ATTRIBUTE only as the Dimension in GetDimensionValues. To filter or group by product attributes, use the ProductAttributes field of Expression or t"
        },
        "Values": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "The metadata values that you can use to filter and group your results. You can use GetDimensionValues to find specific values."
        },
        "MatchOptions": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "EQUALS",
              "ABSENT",
              "STARTS_WITH",
              "ENDS_WITH",
              "CONTAINS",
              "CASE_SENSITIVE",
              "CASE_INSENSITIVE",
              "GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL"
            ]
          },
          "description": "The match options that you can use to filter your results. MatchOptions is only applicable for actions related to cost category and Anomaly Subscriptions. Refer to the documentation for each specific API to see what is supported. The default values for MatchOptions are EQUALS and CASE_SENSITIVE."
        }
      }
    },
    "Expression": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Or": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/Expression"
          },
          "description": "Return results that match either Dimension object."
        },
        "And": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/Expression"
          },
          "description": "Return results that match both Dimension objects."
        },
        "Not": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/Expression"
        },
        "Dimensions": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/DimensionValues"
        },
        "Tags": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/TagValues"
        },
        "CostCategories": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/CostCategoryValues"
        },
        "ProductAttributes": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/ProductAttributeValues"
        }
      }
    },
    "ProductAttributeValues": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Key": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The name of the product attribute, such as model. The keys that are available depend on the service. For the keys of each supported service, see ProductAttributeValues . Keys are case-sensitive. A key that doesn't exist doesn't return an error: EQUALS matches no costs, and ABSENT matches all costs of supported services."
        },
        "Values": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "The specific values of the product attribute, such as Claude Sonnet 5 for the model key. Values are matched exactly, including case. To list the values of a key, use GetDimensionValues with Dimension set to PRODUCT_ATTRIBUTE and DimensionKey set to the key. To match costs that have no value for the key, set MatchOptions to ABSENT and omit Values. Otherwise, Values is required."
        },
        "MatchOptions": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "EQUALS",
              "ABSENT",
              "STARTS_WITH",
              "ENDS_WITH",
              "CONTAINS",
              "CASE_SENSITIVE",
              "CASE_INSENSITIVE",
              "GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL"
            ]
          },
          "description": "The match options that you can use to filter your results. Valid values: EQUALS - Matches the values that you specify. ABSENT - Matches costs that have no value for the key. Omit Values. CASE_SENSITIVE - Use only with EQUALS. Values are always matched case-sensitively. Default values are EQUALS and CASE_SENSITIVE."
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "Key"
      ]
    },
    "SortDefinition": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Key": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The key that's used to sort the data."
        },
        "SortOrder": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "ASCENDING",
            "DESCENDING"
          ],
          "description": "The order that's used to sort the data."
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "Key"
      ]
    },
    "TagValues": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Key": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The key for the tag."
        },
        "Values": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "The specific value of the tag."
        },
        "MatchOptions": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "EQUALS",
              "ABSENT",
              "STARTS_WITH",
              "ENDS_WITH",
              "CONTAINS",
              "CASE_SENSITIVE",
              "CASE_INSENSITIVE",
              "GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL"
            ]
          },
          "description": "The match options that you can use to filter your results. MatchOptions is only applicable for actions related to cost category. The default values for MatchOptions are EQUALS and CASE_SENSITIVE."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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