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# Aggregate CI costs

# Aggregate CI costs {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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Expense lines can be aggregated to apply all configuration item expenses to a parent business service or application with relationship paths.

Define relationship paths from a child configuration class to one or many parent classes. If a
path does not match one of the relationship path record criteria, the path is not viewed as a
relationship when determining expense aggregations. See [CI relationships](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/eXQaiK6Z22YAzpdhKBOcFg "To get reports that represent the total costs for a business service, there must be some association between the service and the CIs that make up the service. This is done with CI relationships.").