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Cost Forecast → Get

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Summary

Retrieve an AWS cost forecast for a specified date range, cost metric, and daily or monthly granularity.

Inputs

  • startDate — Required forecast start date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
  • endDate — Required forecast end date in YYYY-MM-DD format, exclusive.
  • granularity — Forecast interval: DAILY or MONTHLY. Defaults to MONTHLY.
  • forecastMetric — Cost metric: AMORTIZED_COST, BLENDED_COST, NET_AMORTIZED_COST, NET_UNBLENDED_COST, or UNBLENDED_COST. Defaults to UNBLENDED_COST.

Output shape

One JSON item containing the AWS GetCostForecast response per input item.

Returns the SDK response unchanged, without flattening or pagination. If Continue On Fail is enabled, a failed request returns an item with an error message.

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