prices.azure.com does not return values for specific meterId

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prices.azure.com does not return values for specific meterId

Geerlings, Ruud 21

I am querying Azure Retail Pricing API to get the current pricing of specific meters.
eg. https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2021-10-01-preview&currencyCode='USD'&$filter=meterId eq '18ae79cd-dfce-48c9-897b-ebd3053c6058'
It is returning me response as
{"BillingCurrency":"USD","CustomerEntityId":"Default","CustomerEntityType":"Retail","Items":[],"NextPageLink":null,"Count":0}
This happens for the meterId's:
497fe0b6-fa3c-4e3d-a66b-836097244142
847887de-68ce-4adc-8a33-7a3f4133312f
18ae79cd-dfce-48c9-897b-ebd3053c6058
Note. These are all meterId for the product 'SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Standard' with servicename 'Virtual Machines Licenses'!
Note2. The meterId's are coming from usagedetails API, so they are actively used.
It seems that as per May 2022 the response count is 0 (zero). Previous months the API call resulted in pricedata.
Can you tell me why there is no result coming from the API?

SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-05-25T19:05:29.767+00:00

@Geerlings, Ruud Thank you for reaching out to us!

I understand that you are querying Azure Retail Pricing API to get the current pricing of specific meters and it isn't yielding expected results.

We are currently investigating this issue. Shall post an update once we make progress on this.
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-05-30T05:38:24.867+00:00
@Geerlings, Ruud Appreciate your patience in this matter!

These meters are marked as deprecated in our system. There should be no usage on these meters.
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497fe0b6-fa3c-4e3d-a66b-836097244142 847887de-68ce-4adc-8a33-7a3f4133312f 18ae79cd-dfce-48c9-897b-ebd3053c6058

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Geerlings, Ruud 21 Reputation points

2022-05-31T07:06:59.277+00:00

The meters can be deprecated but there is still usage on these meters when I retrieve the usage data via the usage details API.
The latest usage data on these meters are there for May 28th 2022. The 'There should be no usage on these meters' is not what I see in the data itself.
Note. These meters are part of a reservation and will continue (I expect) until the reservation end date is reached. In the mean time the usage data will be there an shows a zero dollar price.

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SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-05-25T19:05:29.767+00:00

@Geerlings, Ruud Thank you for reaching out to us!

I understand that you are querying Azure Retail Pricing API to get the current pricing of specific meters and it isn't yielding expected results.

We are currently investigating this issue. Shall post an update once we make progress on this.
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-05-30T05:38:24.867+00:00

@Geerlings, Ruud Appreciate your patience in this matter!

These meters are marked as deprecated in our system. There should be no usage on these meters.
**

497fe0b6-fa3c-4e3d-a66b-836097244142 847887de-68ce-4adc-8a33-7a3f4133312f 18ae79cd-dfce-48c9-897b-ebd3053c6058

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Geerlings, Ruud 21 Reputation points

2022-05-31T07:06:59.277+00:00

The meters can be deprecated but there is still usage on these meters when I retrieve the usage data via the usage details API.
The latest usage data on these meters are there for May 28th 2022. The 'There should be no usage on these meters' is not what I see in the data itself.
Note. These meters are part of a reservation and will continue (I expect) until the reservation end date is reached. In the mean time the usage data will be there an shows a zero dollar price.

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SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,326 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Geerlings, Ruud I believe we have the following distinctions:

Deprecate Meter: No longer available for sale. Existing customers are grandfathered in until usage or contract expires (usually end of an RI period)

Decommission Meter: No longer for sale. AND No longer being used by anyone

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