# Usage Explorer

The Illumina Usage Explorer allows you to track your usage costs across Illumina cloud products with detailed insights and trends.

## Access Usage Explorer

To access the Usage Explorer, log in through the [domain login URL](https://ilmn.login.illumina.com/platform-home/#/home), and navigate to the [product dashboard](https://help.connected.illumina.com/account-management/platform-home). From there, select "Usage Explorer" from the list of available applications.

<figure><img src="https://3223063594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YNCzdEu5yaFoMebBG1p%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-876e5233f42512706167bfbc9c2aeb38e99bc5a8%2FProductDashboardUsageExplorer.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Access Usage Explorer from Product Dashboard</p></figcaption></figure>

The Usage Explorer can also be accessed by clicking the top left waffle menu and selecting "Usage Explorer".

<figure><img src="https://3223063594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YNCzdEu5yaFoMebBG1p%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-43a5ffcc80f02574d23de68a5378b08272e32e43%2Fimage%20(3)%20(2).png?alt=media" alt="" width="297"><figcaption><p>Access Usage Explorer from Waffle Menu</p></figcaption></figure>

## Overview

### Summary

The summary section gives you a quick look at your iCredit balance, iCredit usage for the current month, quarter, and year, and total storage separated by tier. If you have purchased or used cost units other than iCredits (e.g., GEs, Samples, etc), they will be displayed under additional tabs.

<figure><img src="https://3223063594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YNCzdEu5yaFoMebBG1p%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-55ae00cf73a7f90abe5ee1acb1c6aaf68f7d1b5f%2Fusage_explorer_summary.png?alt=media" alt="The Summary section card, showing numbers for iCredit balance, iCredit usage for the current month, quarter, and year, and total storage separated by tier."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Domain admins can set a budget threshold, and if set it will display in the summary section. To set a budget threshold, switch on the budget notifications toggle and click "Edit budget settings" to specify an iCredit threshold and any email recipients.

<figure><img src="https://3223063594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YNCzdEu5yaFoMebBG1p%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-549311be307fd11728c0ca61e465b2ec0056d60e%2Fusage_explorer_budget.png?alt=media" alt="Summary section for a domain admin, showing, in addition to the rest of the summary content, a budget notifications section displaying the percentage of current budget spend both graphically and in text."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Trend & Details

The Trend & Details section gives you the ability to filter, group, and explore your usage. The controls on the right side have a variety of options that allow you to examine your data at the granularity you choose. Above the chart, usage and storage metrics are displayed that update with the filter settings.

<figure><img src="https://3223063594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YNCzdEu5yaFoMebBG1p%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-2755f57fc60f852f043acb201c50ab22146adad3%2Fusage_explorer_chart.png?alt=media" alt="A bar chart, orange and blue, showing iCredit usage over a 12 month period, each bar corresponding to a month. On the right are filters that update the chart data. Above the chart are several numeric values summarizing the data."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Below the chart, a table summarizes the data and can be exported as a CSV file. The usage shown depends on several factors including your subscription and admin status. For example, a domain admin has access to all domain usage, including users, workgroups, and ICA projects, while a workgroup or ICA project admin has access to usage within that specific workgroup or project, respectively.

<figure><img src="https://3223063594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YNCzdEu5yaFoMebBG1p%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b06a70a9e3d7d46022a1253cc3a13ee001444b92%2Fusage_explorer_table.png?alt=media" alt="A table displaying compute, storage, and iCredit values (table headers) for different usage contexts (table rows)."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Reports

The reports tab allows you to download a CSV-formatted report of your usage costs for a given time period. Use the date choosers to select a range for the report, up to three months at a time.

By default, the reports are generated in the latest usage report format. This newer format is more detailed, but the legacy option is also available to preserve backwards compatibility.

<figure><img src="https://3223063594-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F2YNCzdEu5yaFoMebBG1p%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-83156ecef00b211dbd18eb3d788284517b057107%2Fusage_explorer_reports.png?alt=media" alt="A form to choose a start date, end date, and report type before downloading a CSV-formatted usage report."><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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