Billable metrics define how incoming events are aggregated in order to measure consumption.
If you want to charge your customers for the use of a particular feature, then you should create the corresponding billable metric.
To add a new billable metric through the user interface:
name
;code
which will be used as the name of the event sent from your
backend;description
(optional);aggregation type
which will define how consumption will be
measured;field_name
to aggregate on;groups
if you price several dimensions for a same billing component; andrecurring
and kept in memory period over period, or resume to 0 at the end of each period.To add a new billable metric through the user interface:
name
;code
which will be used as the name of the event sent from your
backend;description
(optional);aggregation type
which will define how consumption will be
measured;field_name
to aggregate on;groups
if you price several dimensions for a same billing component; andrecurring
and kept in memory period over period, or resume to 0 at the end of each period.Here are few examples of billable metrics you can create:
The next section describes the different aggregation types. In addition to this, we have added some examples to help you understand the relationship between incoming events and billable metrics.
Billable metrics define how incoming events are aggregated in order to measure consumption.
If you want to charge your customers for the use of a particular feature, then you should create the corresponding billable metric.
To add a new billable metric through the user interface:
name
;code
which will be used as the name of the event sent from your
backend;description
(optional);aggregation type
which will define how consumption will be
measured;field_name
to aggregate on;groups
if you price several dimensions for a same billing component; andrecurring
and kept in memory period over period, or resume to 0 at the end of each period.To add a new billable metric through the user interface:
name
;code
which will be used as the name of the event sent from your
backend;description
(optional);aggregation type
which will define how consumption will be
measured;field_name
to aggregate on;groups
if you price several dimensions for a same billing component; andrecurring
and kept in memory period over period, or resume to 0 at the end of each period.Here are few examples of billable metrics you can create:
The next section describes the different aggregation types. In addition to this, we have added some examples to help you understand the relationship between incoming events and billable metrics.