Verify accuracy of service provider invoices
In order to verify that the charges found in the FOCUS dataset match those of the service providers’ invoices a FinOps Practitioner can aggregate cost data from service providers for a billing period and compare it to invoices.
- Source
- FOCUS MCP snapshot
- FOCUS editions
- v1.3, v1.4
- Queries
- 1
- Mode
- Read-only
- Library snapshot (UTC)
- 2026-10-08
Verify Accuracy of Service Provider Invoices v1.3
Adapted to v1.0- Source
- FOCUS 1.0 sample
- Result rows
- 6
- Status
- Adapted to v1.0
- Execution
- Precomputed
- Result snapshot (UTC)
- 2026-10-11
Column adaptations (1)
Billed cost by service provider
6 rows. Scroll inside the table to see more.
Inspect Postgres SQL and original FOCUS SQL
Postgres SQL, as run
select case when publisher_name is not null and publisher_name is distinct from invoice_issuer_name then publisher_name else provider_name end as service_provider_name,
billing_account_id as billing_account_id,
billing_account_name as billing_account_name,
billing_currency as billing_currency,
sum(billed_cost) as total_billed_cost
from focus.cost_and_usage
where billing_period_start >= $1::timestamptz
and billing_period_end < $2::timestamptz
group by service_provider_name, billing_account_id, billing_account_name, billing_currency
order by total_billed_cost desc nulls last, service_provider_name, billing_account_id, billing_account_name nulls last, billing_currency nulls last
limit 500Original FOCUS SQL
SELECT ServiceProviderName, BillingAccountId, BillingAccountName, BillingCurrency, SUM(BilledCost) AS TotalBilledCost FROM focus_data_table WHERE BillingPeriodStart >= ? AND BillingPeriodEnd < ? GROUP BY ServiceProviderName, BillingAccountId, BillingAccountName, BillingCurrency
Columns used
Column names from the source use case.