**To retrieve the S3 usage of an account for the month of September 2017** The following ``get-cost-and-usage`` example retrieves the S3 usage of an account for the month of September 2017. :: aws ce get-cost-and-usage \ --time-period Start=2017-09-01,End=2017-10-01 \ --granularity MONTHLY \ --metrics "BlendedCost" "UnblendedCost" "UsageQuantity" \ --group-by Type=DIMENSION,Key=SERVICE Type=TAG,Key=Environment \ --filter file://filters.json Contents of ``filters.json``:: { "Dimensions": { "Key": "SERVICE", "Values": [ "Amazon Simple Storage Service" ] } } Output:: { "GroupDefinitions": [ { "Type": "DIMENSION", "Key": "SERVICE" }, { "Type": "TAG", "Key": "Environment" } ], "ResultsByTime": [ { "Estimated": false, "TimePeriod": { "Start": "2017-09-01", "End": "2017-10-01" }, "Total": {}, "Groups": [ { "Keys": [ "Amazon Simple Storage Service", "Environment$" ], "Metrics": { "BlendedCost": { "Amount": "40.3527508453", "Unit": "USD" }, "UnblendedCost": { "Amount": "40.3543773134", "Unit": "USD" }, "UsageQuantity": { "Amount": "9312771.098461578", "Unit": "N/A" } } }, { "Keys": [ "Amazon Simple Storage Service", "Environment$Dev" ], "Metrics": { "BlendedCost": { "Amount": "0.2682364644", "Unit": "USD" }, "UnblendedCost": { "Amount": "0.2682364644", "Unit": "USD" }, "UsageQuantity": { "Amount": "22403.4395271182", "Unit": "N/A" } } } ] } ] }