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How resource consumption is tracked

For metering and billing purposes, resource consumption is measured with resource units (RUs). RU is an independent measure of a resource that is managed by, processed by, or related to the use of the cloud service.

What is measured for resource consumption?

The consumption of RUs is calculated based on the following resource types:

• Record
  Defined as one instance of the following object types: governance artifacts (categories, business terms, reference datasets, policies, governance rules, data classes, classifications) and assets (discovered data assets, BI reports, copybooks). The number of records is rounded up to the next 1,000 records when calculating Resource Units is required.

• Capacity Unit-Hour (CUH)
  An hour of use of the selected cloud services capacity type that is multiplied by the specified number of required capacity units for such capacity type.

• Data Source Definition (DSD)
  Uniquely identifies a specific system, database, or application within the environment that you want to scan for Data Lineage. If multiple scanners are used with one DSD, each DSD and scanner combination counts as one DSD. When multiple DSDs of the same technology type are created, only one DSD of that technology type is counted toward the total RU consumption. For clarity, a technology type refers to a specific kind of system, database, or application technology. For example, the technology PostgreSQL includes technology types such as PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, and IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL. Similarly, the technology IBM Db2 includes technology types like IBM Db2 and IBM Db2 for z/OS.

• Table
  Refers to an individual data table within your source system that Data Lineage scans. Views, synonyms, and tables that data lineage deduces are not counted towards this total. The number of tables is rounded up to the next 5,000 Tables when calculating RU is required.

• Data product subscription
  Each access grant or transfer of a data product to a single user. A data product is a collection of one or more data assets to which access is offered as a unit. Data assets comprise multiple types of objects, including but not limited to data sets, models, reports, workbooks, and dashboards. Multiple data product subscriptions by the same user to the same data product count as distinct data product subscriptions.

• Page
  A collection of content, converted to PDF if from a web page, contained on one side of a sheet of paper when printed, whether produced in physical or digital format, managed or processed by the Cloud Service.
  For the purpose of the document text extraction feature where available in the Premium plan, the following file formats will be billed as follows:

  • PDF file – 1 page in the pdf is 1 Page
  • Plain text – up to 3,000 characters is 1 Page
  • Markdown – up to 3,000 characters is 1 Page
  • Microsoft Word document – up to 3,000 characters is 1 Page
  • Microsoft PowerPoint document – 1 slide is 1 Page
  • In the case of file formats that do not have delineated pages, a Page will be considered as consisting of 3,000 characters. The number of Pages will be rounded up to the next 50,000 Pages when calculation of Resource Units is required.

  In the Premium plan, 43 Resource Units are required per 50,000 Pages ingested and enriched per month, which includes 10 Capacity Unit-Hours per month.

Resources, whether measured with capacity unit hours (CUHs) or number of record, are consumed for running assets, not for working in tools.