Data freshness and reconciliation
Treat FinomateAI as a control panel over provider billing data. A figure is useful when you can explain it against the same accounts, dates and cost type as the provider.
What “fresh” means
- A healthy connector can read the approved export location.
- An import copies new export objects into the cost model.
- A completed period is a provider billing month that you are willing to reconcile. The current month is still moving.
Initial reporting after a new connection is typically available within 24 hours, provided the export has delivered files. Providers continue to post late usage, credits and taxes after month-end.
Reconcile a completed period
- Open Cost Explorer.
- Select the provider.
- Set the date range to the completed calendar month.
- Note the FinomateAI total.
- Open the provider bill or cost explorer for the same accounts and same dates.
- Explain material differences before you act on a recommendation.
Common differences
| Difference | Typical cause | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| FinomateAI is lower | Linked accounts missing from the export | Export billing scope, organisation membership |
| FinomateAI is higher | Credits, refunds or taxes excluded from the comparison | Cost type, credit treatment |
| One service disagrees | Marketplace, data transfer or support line items | Service grouping in both tools |
| Today looks incomplete | Export has not delivered the latest objects | Last import time on Connected accounts |
Cost types
Where the product offers more than one cost perspective, compare like with like. Do not reconcile effective cost in FinomateAI against list cost in the provider console.
Expected result
You can point to a completed period, name the accounts in scope, and explain any material gap in one sentence (scope, timing, credits or cost type).