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About Data Usage

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In {{site.data.keyword.logs_full_notm}}, you can get detailed insights into your data usage through the Data Usage page or through the Data Usage pre-defined custom dashboard. {: shortdesc}

Prerequisites

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  1. You must attach a metrics bucket to your {{site.data.keyword.logs_full_notm}} instance. For more information, see Configuring the metrics bucket.

  2. Enable Data Usage system metrics. For more information, see Enabling System metrics.

Launching the Data Usage page

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Through the Data Usage page, you can view information related to:

For example, you can use the information in the Data Usage page to:

  • Investigate spikes and anomalies in a period of time.
  • Run accurate period-over-period comparisons for cost and planning.

Complete the following steps to launch the Data Usage Page:

  1. Navigate to your {{site.data.keyword.logs_full_notm}} instance: Observability > Logging > Cloud Logs > Your Service Instance > Open Dashboard.

  2. Select the Usage icon Usage icon > Data Usage.

    The Data Usage page opens.

    Data Usage{: caption="Data Usage" caption-side="bottom"}

  3. Configure the time selector. You can choose Quick to choose a preset or Custom to set a custom date and time range to view and compare usage across any timeframe.

    Data Usage time selector{: caption="Data Usage time selector" caption-side="bottom"}

Launching the Data Usage pre-defined custom dashboard

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The System Monitoring extension includes a predefined dashboard that displays your account's data usage. For more information, see System Monitoring extension{: external}.

To deploy and launch the Data Usage dashboard, see Deploying an extension.

Generating reports

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From the Data Usage page, you can generate and export data usage information. Choose any of the following options: