Viewing data usage and billing

You can view the summary of the monthly data ingest and its overage on the Account & Billing dashboard in the Instana UI.

Usage of charts

The following table outlines various charts that display the data consumption of metrics on the Account & Billing dashboard in the Instana UI.

Charts Description
Standard Displays the data that is used for APM Hosts. Provides more application-centric, advanced features, such as code-level visibility, tracing, log management, and real-time change detection.
Essential Displays the data that is used for IQM Hosts. Focuses on basic infrastructure discovery, mapping, and monitoring.
Data usage Displays the total amount of data that is ingested.

Filtering the display of consumed data

You can use any of the following filters to display the data used for metrics:

  • Environment selector
  • Time frame
  • Presentation

The charts display the data date-wise when you select any time frame filter, except for Last 7 days for which the charts display data hourly. Standard and Essential charts display the average value of that time frame. The Data usage chart displays the total amount of ingested data and its type during that time frame. The total amount is the sum of the data that is ingested through infrastructure, tracing, synthetics, EUM mobile, and EUM website. You can review the individual amount to understand which type of data contributes to your total amount. All values are rounded to the nearest integer.

The Cumulated values filter is only available when you select This Month or Last Month time frames. When you select the Cumulated values filter, the values are added over the time frame. Both This Month and Last Month time frames align with the billing period. Therefore, the value at the end of the month matches your consumption of that resource for the month.

Furthermore, when you select This Month, an additional calculated Trendline is displayed, which displays the total actual data usage for the month. Trendline helps you understand the amount of data usage you can expect until the end of the month.

If you select All paid units (aggregated) to display all paid units, the charts display a red line to indicate the allowed data consumption, if applicable.

Consumption overview

The Consumption Overview table displays data ingestion details for the past 13 months in agreement with the data ingestion policy. The monthly data ingests are measured in GB. You can view and track the total monthly consumption of data ingest, consumption trends, and overage through the Consumption Overview table.

To view the data consumption across all units of your account with a paid license, complete the following steps:

  1. From the navigation menu in the Instana UI, select Settings.
  2. Click Account & Billing > Usage.
  3. Select All paid units (aggregated).
  4. Optional: To download the data consumption report, click Export to CSV.

The following image displays the Consumer Overview table in the Instana UI: Consumption overview