Service Subcategory
Column definition from FOCUS v1.1. Read its requirements and implementation guidance before mapping provider data.
- Source
- FOCUS MCP snapshot
- Edition
- v1.1
- Column ID
ServiceSubcategory- Mode
- Read-only
- Library snapshot (UTC)
- 2026-10-08
Constraints
Description
The Service Subcategory is a secondary classification of the Service Category for a service based on its core function. The Service Subcategory (in conjunction with the Service Category) is commonly used for scenarios like analyzing spend and usage for specific workload types across providers and tracking the migration of workloads across fundamentally different architectures.
The ServiceSubcategory column adheres to the following requirements:
- ServiceSubcategory is RECOMMENDED to be present in a FOCUS dataset and MUST NOT be null.
- ServiceSubcategory is of type String and MUST be one of the allowed values.
- Each ServiceSubcategory value MUST have one and only one parent ServiceCategory as specified in the allowed values below.
- Though a given service can have multiple purposes, each service SHOULD have one and only one ServiceSubcategory that best aligns with its primary purpose.