Consumed Unit
Column definition from FOCUS v1.3. Read its requirements and implementation guidance before mapping provider data.
- Source
- FOCUS MCP snapshot
- Edition
- v1.3
- Column ID
ConsumedUnit- Mode
- Read-only
- Library snapshot (UTC)
- 2026-10-08
Constraints
Description
The Consumed Unit represents a service-provider-specified measurement unit indicating how a service provider measures usage of a metered SKU associated with a resource or service. Consumed Unit complements the Consumed Quantity metric. It is often listed at a finer granularity or over a different time interval when compared to Pricing Unit (complementary to Pricing Quantity), and focuses on resource and service consumption, not pricing and cost.
Requirements
ConsumedUnit adheres to the following requirements:
- ConsumedUnit MUST be present in a Cost and Usage FOCUS dataset when the service provider supports the measurement of usage.
- ConsumedUnit MUST be of type String.
- ConsumedUnit MUST conform to StringHandling requirements.
- ConsumedUnit SHOULD conform to UnitFormat requirements.
- ConsumedUnit nullability is defined as follows:
- ConsumedUnit MUST be null when ConsumedQuantity is null.
- ConsumedUnit MUST NOT be null when ConsumedQuantity is not null.