Transaction Data

The Transaction Data view allows you to query the accounting database. When you click Generate Data, Merkato lets you download a file to your PC.

You can read this file in a spreadsheet program (as in the illustration) or as plain text.

The following fields appear in the Transaction Data screen:

From (mm/dd/yyyy): Enter the date you want the charge report to begin on.

Resource: (optional) Enter the resource (from whom you have received allocations) whose charges to you will appear in the report.

Ordered By Time: A report ordered by day lists charge information from all resources separated by each day.

Ordered By Resource: A report ordered by resource lists charge information from each individually.

The seven columns in a Transaction Data report are the following:

• Start time of the allocation (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm)
• End time of the allocation (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm)
• Buyer Agent
• Resource (the source of the bandwidth that was sold)
• Quantity
• Price (in dollars per month per Mbps)
• Cost of allocation (in dollars—the amount billed)