AWS introduces scheduled email delivery for billing and cost management dashboards

AWS has announced a new feature for its Billing and Cost Management Dashboards, allowing users to schedule email delivery of reports. This enhancement enables the automation of report distribution on flexible recurring schedules, thereby eliminating the need for manual report compilation. This ensures that financial insights are readily available to decision-makers without needing them to access the console directly.

The scheduled email reports feature allows users to set up daily, weekly, or monthly delivery schedules for their dashboards. Recipients will receive emails containing secure links to password-protected PDF reports, which are optimized for offline viewing. The management of recipients is facilitated through AWS User Notifications, and once set up, the reports are automatically generated and distributed according to the specified schedule. Additionally, these capabilities can be accessed programmatically using AWS SDKs and CLI tools.

This new feature is available at no extra cost in all commercial AWS Regions, with the exception of AWS China Regions. To utilize this feature, users should open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console, navigate to Dashboards, select the desired dashboard, and choose ‘Manage email reports’ from the Actions menu. For further details, users can refer to the Dashboards user guide and the announcement blog post.