Usage

Usage reports provide historical data about use of the services. Usage reports are available in both CSV and HTML formats.

Report type

You can select one of the following report types:

  • Current usage

    The report contains the current service usage metrics.

    The usage metrics are calculated within each of the child tenants' billing periods. If the tenants included in the report have different billing periods, the parent tenant's usage may differ from the sum of the child tenants' usages.

  • Current usage distribution

    This report is available only for partner tenants that are managed by an external provisioning system. This report is useful when the billing periods of child tenants do not match the billing period of the parent tenant. The report contains the service usage metrics for child tenants calculated within the current billing period of the parent tenant. The parent tenant's usage is guaranteed to be equal to the sum of the child tenants' usages.

  • Summary for period

    The report contains the service usage metrics for the end of the specified period, and the difference between the metrics in the beginning and at the end of the specified period.

  • Day-by-day for period

    The report contains the service usage metrics and their changes for each day of the specified period.

Report scope

You can select the scope of the report from the following values:

  • Direct customers and partners

    The report will include the service usage metrics only for the immediate child tenants of the tenant in which you are operating.

  • All customers and partners

    The report will include the service usage metrics for all child tenants of the tenant in which you are operating.

  • All customers, partners, and users

    The report will include the service usage metrics for all child tenants of the tenant in which you are operating and for all users within the tenants.

Scheduled reports

A scheduled report covers service usage metrics for the last full calendar month. The reports are generated at 23:59:59 UTC on the first day of a month and sent on the second day of that month. The reports are sent to all administrators of your tenant who have the Scheduled usage reports check box selected in the user settings.

To enable or disable a scheduled report

  1. Log in to the management portal.
  2. Ensure that you operate in the top-most tenant available to you.
  3. Click Reports > Usage.
  4. Click Scheduled.
  5. Select or clear the Send a monthly summary report check box.
  6. In Level of detail, select the report scope as described above.

Custom reports

This type of report can be generated on demand and cannot be scheduled. The report will be sent to your email address.

To generate a custom report

  1. Log in to the management portal.
  2. Navigate to the tenant for which you want to create a report.
  3. Click Reports > Usage.
  4. Select the Custom tab.
  5. In Type, select the report type as described above.

  6. [Not available for the Current usage report type] In Period, select the reporting period:

    • Current calendar month
    • Previous calendar month
    • Custom
  7. [Not available for the Current usage report type] If you want to specify a custom reporting period, select the start and the end dates. Otherwise, skip this step.
  8. In Level of detail, select the report scope as described above.
  9. To generate the report, click Generate and send.