HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 610)

Chargeback Manager 580
To view Chargeback by owner:
1. Access Chargeback Manager.
2. Click the Ownership tab in the right pane.
3. Select one of the following from the Chargeback Method drop-down menu:
• Asset-based - Displays chargeback information for assets.
• Storage-based - Displays chargeback information for storage (applications only).
The management server displays asset-based or storage-based chargeback information based on
your selection. The management server displays chargeback information from the previous month.
For example, assume you view chargeback information in the middle of February. The calculations
for chargeback would include the month of January, but not February.
If you see empty values, make sure chargeback has been set up, as described in ”
Setting Up
Asset-Based Chargeback Manager ” on page 564 and ” Setting Up Storage-Based Chargeback
Manager ” on page 567.
NOTE: You can sort elements according to a column heading. Just click a column heading in the
table to sort the data. The arrow next to column heading displays whether the items are being
sorted in ascending or descending order. If the arrow is pointing up, items are sorted in ascending
and alphabetical order. If the arrow is pointing down, items are sorted in descending and reserved
alphabetical order.
The following information is displayed:
• Department Owner - The department that owns the element. This information was provided
when the department was added.
• Department Number - The number of the department that owns the element. This information
was provided when the apartment was added.
• Asset Name - The name of the element.
• Vendor - The company that supplied the element.
• Serial Number - The serial number of the element.
• Ownership Percentage - The percentage the department owns of the element.
• Storage (GB)** - The amount in gigabytes the application uses. This value includes mounted
and unmounted storage. Any volumes the application can access are included in the storage
calculations.
• Storage Cost** - (Storage-based only) How much it costs to run the storage that the application
uses.
• Ownership Cost - How much it costs the department to use the asset.
**Applies to only storage-based chargeback.
Chargeback Reports
This section describes the following: