AAI: Configuring the Cost Model for Chargeback Reporting

In this course, you will learn how to configure the Cost Model by defining cost centers, copying or creating a cost center hierarchy, associating jobs with cost centers, and entering the annual cost factors that make up Total Cost of Ownership. This course focuses on the setup work that allows AAI to calculate and attribute automation costs accurately.

By the end of this course, you will understand how the Cost Model becomes the foundation for chargeback reporting in AAI.

Certification

Upon completion, you will receive:

• A certificate validating the course completion
• The AAI Jobstream Administrator Badge

Value: 200 points

You’ll learn how to define the organizational units that consume automation, associate workloads with those units, and configure the cost factors that support Total Cost of Ownership.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand how the Cost Model supports automation cost attribution.
• Define cost centers that reflect your organizational structure.
• Associate automation workloads with cost centers using job match rules.
• Review how AAI evaluates rules and calculates job counts.
• Define annual cost factors used to calculate Total Cost of Ownership.
• Understand how the Cost Model supports Chargeback data insights.