About Usage Models

Usage models designate the statement interval and reset period for usage-enabled products.

Statement interval describes how usage history data is summarized. Usage models support monthly, quarterly, and yearly statements.

Reset period defines whether or not usage history data is reset. When the usage model includes no reset, usage counts accumulate over time and across reporting interval statements. When the usage model includes a reset period, usage counts that accumulate during the statement interval are reset monthly or yearly.


Usage Model ID	Description
1	Quarterly Statements (Reset yearly) Usage history data is summarized by quarter in usage reports. Counts are accumulated across quarters but reset annually.
2	Quarterly Statements (No Reset) Usage history data is summarized by quarter in usage reports. Counts are accumulated across quarters with no automatic reset.
3	Yearly Statements (Reset yearly) Usage history data is summarized by year in usage reports. Counts are reset each year so that multi-year usage reports show only the usage for each individual year.
4	Yearly Statements (No Reset) Usage history data is summarized by year in usage reports. Counts are accumulated across years with no automatic reset.
5	Monthly Statements (Reset monthly) Usage history data is summarized by month in usage reports. Counts are reset each month so that multi-month usage reports show only the usage for each individual month.
6	Monthly Statements (No Reset) Usage history data is summarized by month in usage reports. Counts are accumulated across months with no automatic reset.

When you create a product, you specify the usage model to identify how usage history data is summarized in usage reports, whether or not usage data is reset and, if so, how often.

You cannot edit the usage model for a deployed product. To edit the usage model, change the product status to Draft. Note that you can only change the status to Draft if the product has no entitlements.

Important:Products using the same feature must be configured with the same usage model per account. For an account, the usage model that is specified for a product containing a specific feature will be the usage model that is used for subsequent entitlements or products containing that specific feature.

Example:

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Product A (feature f1) and product B (features f1 and f2)

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Account C is first entitled to product A (feature f1) with usage model Monthly Statements (No Reset)

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Account C is then entitled to product B (features f1 and f2) with usage model Monthly Statements (Reset Monthly)

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Account C will use usage model Monthly Statements (No Reset) for both products A and B because they both contain feature f1 which was included in the first entitlement.

If Account C was first entitled to product B (features f1 and f2) with usage model Monthly Statements (Reset Monthly), this usage model would be used for both products/entitlements for the account.