[Documentation] Add guidance on backfilling multiple months of data in Azure Cost Management#1607
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[WIP] [Documentation] How-To Backfill Data Using Azure Cost Management (ACM) Managed Exports
[Documentation] Add guidance on backfilling multiple months of data in Azure Cost Management
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Summary
This PR updates the documentation to provide clearer guidance on how to backfill multiple months of cost data at once using Azure Cost Management (ACM) Managed Exports, addressing the issue where the current documentation only mentions running the
config_RunBackfillJobpipeline for each month.Changes
Enhanced the "Backfill historical data" section with three clearly labeled options:
config_RunBackfillJobpipeline-Backfillparameter or date range parametersUpdated the manual export instructions to clarify that "Export selected dates" can handle multiple months at once
Expanded footnote Save deployment parameters file #3 to include all available backfill options
Added PowerShell code examples for backfilling with both
-Backfillparameter and specific date rangesScreenshots
The PR addresses the issue shown in this screenshot where users need to know how to use the "Export selected dates" feature to backfill multiple months:
Fixes #1495.
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