Billing Period Start
Column definition from FOCUS v1.4. Read its requirements and implementation guidance before mapping provider data.
- Source
- FOCUS MCP snapshot
- Edition
- v1.4
- Column ID
BillingPeriodStart- Mode
- Read-only
- Library snapshot (UTC)
- 2026-10-08
Constraints
Description
Billing Period Start represents the inclusive start bound of a billing period. For example, a time period where Billing Period Start is '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z' and Billing Period End is '2024-02-01T00:00:00Z' includes charges for January since Billing Period Start represents the inclusive start bound, but does not include charges for February since BillingPeriodEnd represents the exclusive end bound.
Requirements
BillingPeriodStart MUST adhere to the following requirements:
- BillingPeriodStart MUST be of type Date/Time.
- BillingPeriodStart MUST conform to DateTimeFormat requirements.
- BillingPeriodStart MUST NOT be null.
- BillingPeriodStart MUST be the inclusive start bound of the billing period.
- BillingPeriodStart for a given InvoiceId and InvoiceIssuerName MUST match CostAndUsage.BillingPeriodStart for the same CostAndUsage.InvoiceId and CostAndUsage.InvoiceIssuerName.