---
title: About the aws_billing_report Resource
platform: aws
---

# aws\_billing\_report

Use the `aws_billing_report` Chef InSpec audit resource to test properties of a single AWS Cost and Billing report.

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## Syntax

  # Verify the time_unit used by the 'inspec1' Billing Report.
  describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
    its('time_unit') { should cmp 'daily' }
  end

  # Hash Syntax to verify the time_unit used by the 'inspec1' Billing Report.
  describe aws_billing_report(report_name: 'inspec1') do
    its('time_unit') { should cmp 'daily' }
  end

## Properties

  `report_name`, `time_unit`, `compression`, `s3_bucket`, `s3_prefix`, `s3_region`, `additional_artifacts`

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## Propery Examples

### report_name

The report's name.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      its('report_name') { should cmp 'inspec1' }
    end

### time_unit

The interval of time covered by the report. Valid values: hourly or daily.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      its('time_unit') { should cmp 'hourly' }
    end

### compression

The reports compression type. Valid values: zip, or gzip.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      its('compression') { should cmp 'zip' }
    end

### s3_bucket

The s3_bucket the report is stored in.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      its('s3_bucket') { should cmp 'inspec-s3-bucket' }
    end

### s3_prefix

The prefix that AWS adds to the report when stored.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      its('s3_prefix') { should cmp 'inspec1' }
    end

### s3_region

The AWS region of the S3 bucket.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      its('s3_region') { should cmp 'us-east-1' }
    end

## Matchers

For a full list of available matchers, please visit our [matchers page](https://www.inspec.io/docs/reference/matchers/).

### be_hourly

If true, indicates that the report summarizes usage on a per-hour basis.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      it { should be_hourly }
    end

### be_daily

If true, indicates that the report summarizes usage on a per-day basis.

    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      it { should be_daily }
    end

### exist

Indicates that the Billing Report provided was found.  Use `should_not` to test for Billing Reports that should not exist.

    # Verify that the 'inspec1' Billing Report exists.
    describe aws_billing_report('inspec1') do
      it { should exist }
    end

    # Verify that the 'inspec2' Billing Report does not exist.
    describe aws_billing_report('invalid-inspec') do
      it { should_not exist }
    end