Error "TypeError:Failed to fetch" when exporting a bill from Chargeback API in Aria Operations

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• VMware Cloud Director(VCD) OrgVDC bills are created Aria Operations via the Generating Bills process.
• Attempting to export the bill from Swagger using the following API fails with error " TypeError: Failed to fetch" and a test bill is exported:
  
  
  
  
  
  

Environment

Aria Operations 8.18.x

Cause

This issue occurs when the Bill Id provided in the API is not valid.

Resolution

To export the Bills from API, perform the following actions:

1. Access Aria Operations Swagger - https://Aria-operations_ip_or_fqdn/suite-api
2. Locate the API  'POST /api/chargeback/bills/query' under 'Chargeback Billing' :
   
   
   
   
   Note: In 'Request body', we can use any one of the following 'key' and 'value': 
   
   
   
   
   
3. In this example, we will use the key as ''RESOURCE_NAME' and the value as 'VCD OrgVDC name':
   
   Required fields: Bill start, end timestamp in Unix EPOCH format, key and value. 
   
   
   
   
4. The API(in step.3)  will respond with a detailed list of all the Bills associated with the OrgVDC, including their Bill Ids for reference.
5. Using the Bill Id captured in step.4,  export a detailed bill using the API 'GET /api/chargeback/bills/Id' below: