Historical Azure Cost Data for Cost Optimization Billing
Last updated - 10 November, 2025
By default, LogicMonitor’s Cost Optimization Billing displays Azure cost data starting from the date the Azure cost export is first configured. To include cost data from previous months, you must manually create one-time exports in Azure for each past month you wish to report on, and then reconfigure your Azure integration in LogicMonitor.
Note: To ensure LogicMonitor captures your billing export, do the following:
- Create an individual export for each complete, past month you want to include.
- Assign a unique export name for each one-time export.
- Use the same destination Storage Account, Container, and Directory as your existing Daily export.
Reconfiguring LogicMonitor to Capture Historical Data
- In your Azure console, create individual one-time exports for each historical month you want to capture.
For more information, see Create and manage Cost Management exports from Azure. - Reconfigure your Azure Billing integration in LogicMonitor.
For more information, see Cost Optimization Billing Configuration.
Important: Remove any existing export name from the configuration. Leaving this field blank ensures that LogicMonitor imports all available exports from the specified Storage Account, Container, and Directory—including the new one-time exports.
For example, if Cost Optimization Billing was enabled in October 2024, but you want to include billing data for July 2024 through September 2024, create the following one-time exports in Azure:
- July 2024 Export – Date Range: 07/01/2024 to 07/31/2024
- August 2024 Export – Date Range: 08/01/2024 to 08/31/2024
- September 2024 Export – Date Range: 09/01/2024 to 09/30/2024
All three exports go to the same Storage Account, Container, and Storage Account Directory. Then reconfigure Billing monitoring in LogicMonitor with the following details:
- Export Name: Leave blank
- Storage Account:
account - Storage Account Container:
container - Storage Account Directory:
directory
LogicMonitor automatically detects and import all available cost export files from the specified destination—including the historical exports you just created.
