AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) — Question 77

A company recently acquired several other companies. Each company has a separate AWS account with a different billing and reporting method. The acquiring company has consolidated all the accounts into one organization in AWS Organizations. However, the acquiring company has found it difficult to generate a cost report that contains meaningful groups for all the teams.

The acquiring company’s finance team needs a solution to report on costs for all the companies through a self-managed application.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Create an AWS Cost and Usage Report for the organization. Define tags and cost categories in the report. Create a table in Amazon Athena. Create an Amazon QuickSight dataset based on the Athena table. Share the dataset with the finance team.
• B. Create an AWS Cost and Usage Report for the organization. Define tags and cost categories in the report. Create a specialized template in AWS Cost Explorer that the finance department will use to build reports.
• C. Create an Amazon QuickSight dataset that receives spending information from the AWS Price List Query API. Share the dataset with the finance team.
• D. Use the AWS Price List Query API to collect account spending information. Create a specialized template in AWS Cost Explorer that the finance department will use to build reports.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Option A is the correct choice because it provides a comprehensive solution by leveraging AWS Cost and Usage Reports, tagging, and integrating with Athena and QuickSight, allowing the finance team to create meaningful cost reports. Options B and D do not provide the necessary integration with Athena and QuickSight, limiting their effectiveness for self-managed reporting. Option C relies solely on the AWS Price List Query API, which is insufficient for the needed detailed cost reporting.