HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 159)

Specifying a billing code for services
When creating a service, you can add a billing code, which allows IO chargeback or other data
mining solutions using the API or database to extract information about which organization to bill.
Enter a billing code by clicking the Options button on the Create Service from Template dialog,
and entering a value in the Billing Code text box.
Deactivated logical servers are counted as logical servers when cost information is calculated.
The billing code is displayed on the Service Details page.
NOTE: The billing code can be modified only on the console. It is read-only on the infrastructure
orchestration self service portal and infrastructure orchestration organization administrator portal.
Email messages sent for Paused for Approval, Add Servers, and Add Disks display billing code
information. If the billing code is not supplied, None is shown.
Specifying a global cost unit for all templates
Convert the global cost unit for a template by right clicking in a blank area of the template design
area and selecting Convert Template to use Global Cost Units. This menu selection is enabled only
if the cost unit for the template is different from the global cost unit defined by the
cost.units.global.value
property in the ..\Program Files\HP\Matrix
infrastructure orchestration\conf\hpio.properties file. This difference can occur
if:
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a template is imported with a different cost unit than the cost unit set in hpio.properties
file
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the cost.units.global.value value in hpio.properties is changed after creating
a template
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