Tutorials

1. Setup eraXplor for your Azure Authentication

This tutorial walks you through setting up of eraXplor-azure to start exporting your Azure cost data automatically.

Prerequisites

Azure CLI
Python version >= 3.12.3

Check that by:

python3 --version

Steps

Install eraXplor-azure:

pip install eraXplor

Azure login The Tool support multiple authentication e.g. Azure CLI login, Managed Identity, etc. You can login by running the following command: it's require to install azure cli first form the link above

az login

Run eraXplor:

2. Usage Examples

Basic Usage - List All Subscription Costs

eraXplor-azure

This will export costs for all accessible subscriptions grouped by subscription.

Group by Azure Service Name

View costs breakdown by Azure service (e.g. Virtual Machines, Storage, SQL Database):

eraXplor-azure -g ServiceName -G Monthly

Group by Resource Group

View costs breakdown by Resource Group for FinOps tagging analysis:

eraXplor-azure -g ResourceGroupName -G Monthly

Custom Date Range

eraXplor-azure -s 2025,01,01 -e 2025,03,30

Custom Output Filename

eraXplor-azure -o my_cost_report.csv

3. Command Reference

eraXplor-azure <--start-date [yyyy,MM,DD]> <--end-date [yyyy,MM,DD]> \
<--group-by [subscription | ServiceName | ResourceGroupName]> \
<--granularity [Daily | Monthly]> \
<--output [FILE_NAME.CSV]>

For Windows/PowerShell users restart your terminal, and you may need to use the following command:

python3 -m eraXplor-azure

# Or
python -m eraXplor-azure

# to avoid using this command, apend the eraXplor to your paths.
# Normaly its under: C:\Users\<YourUser>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python<version>\Scripts\

Argument Reference

Argument	Short	Description	Default
`--start-date`	`-s`	Start date (YYYY,MM,DD format)	3 months ago
`--end-date`	`-e`	End date (YYYY,MM,DD format)	Today
`--group-by`	`-g`	Grouping dimension	`subscription`
`--granularity`	`-G`	Time aggregation	`Monthly`
`--out`	`-o`	Output CSV filename	`az_cost_report.csv`

Group By Options

subscription: Group costs by Azure subscription (default)
ServiceName: Group costs by Azure service name
ResourceGroupName: Group costs by Resource Group

Granularity Options

Monthly: Aggregate costs by month (default)
Daily: Show daily cost breakdown

Note

Ensure you run the command in a place you have sufficient permission to replace file. The eraXport tool sorting cost reult into a CSV file, by default The CSV will replace for next run.