Monitor usage in the account console

This article explains how to use the usage monitoring features available in your account console.

To access the Usage page, as an account admin go to the account console and click the Usage icon.

Usage graph

Note

Usage for some products will not be displayed using this feature. Databricks recommends using system tables to view complete usage logs.

At the top of the Usage page, a graph shows your account’s usage in DBUs or the estimated cost in $USD. Use the $USD/DBU picker to toggle between these views.

Default GCP usage page

You can also use the aggregation picker to browse the data by the following:

  • Total usage: A single line for the account’s total usage across all workspaces and SKUs. This is the default selection.

  • Workspace: A line for each workspace’s usage.

  • SKUs: A line for each SKU’s usage. The set of SKUs shown for your account depends on your contract. SKUs also depend on how you use Databricks. See Pricing.

  • Tags: A line for each resource that includes the selected tag.

If there are more than 10 workspaces, SKUs, or tag values, the chart displays the nine with the highest usage. The usage of the remaining workspaces, SKUs, or tag values is aggregated and displayed in a single line, which is labeled as combined.

If you browse data by tags, usage without the selected tag is aggregated and displayed in a single line labeled “(… tag absent).”

Filter by workspace, tag, or SKU

You can use the graph’s legend or the line picker to filter out the graph lines as follows:

  • To show or hide a line, click the line’s radio button in the graph’s legend or the line’s checkbox in the line picker.

  • To show a single line, double-click on the line’s radio button in the graph’s legend or the line’s checkbox in the line picker. You can then double-click it again to restore the view and show all lines.

The actual cost varies depending on your contract. You can adjust the cost-per-DBU for each SKU in the settings panel to change the cost estimate.

Usage details

In the Usage details panel, you can view a list of detailed usage in DBUs or the estimated cost in $USD in a table format. This panel’s data is always aggregated by workspace. The cost is also broken down into SKU groups. To view usage as totals (aggregated) or by SKU, use the graph in the settings panel instead.

To toggle between estimated cost and DBUs, use the $USD/DBU picker.

Use the date range picker to specify an exact time range or choose among predefined options (for example, Last 6 months). The time ranges are in UTC time.

If you have many workspaces, type the workspace name into the search field to filter results.

The actual cost varies depending on your contract. You can adjust the cost-per-DBU for each SKU in the settings panel to change the cost estimate.

Pricing

You can set your actual pricing per DBU by clicking on the kebab menu Kebab menu in the upper-right corner of the Usage page to open the settings panel. Use this panel to adjust estimated pricing per DBU for both the usage and the usage details table on the Usage page.

Each SKU is listed separately. The set of SKUs shown for your account depends on your contract. How usage applies to SKU depends on what you do with Databricks. For example, it depends whether a notebook is run using an automated cluster or as a scheduled job.

Usage downloads

There are two types of usage downloads available. You can download the aggregated usage data displayed in your current graph or download overall usage details by date range.

Download aggregated usage data

To download aggregated usage data, click the download button in the upper-right corner of the graph. This downloads the data currently aggregated on the page to a CSV file, which includes the 999 workspaces, SKUs, or tag values with the highest usage.

Usage data for unselected workspaces, SKUs, and tags is aggregated into groups labeled as combined.

Download unaggregated usage data

You can download all usage data by date in the settings pane. To do this, click the kebab menu Kebab menu in the upper-right corner of the Usage page, and then scroll to the bottom of the pane.

  1. Select a time range from the month range picker.

  2. To include usernames, enable Include usernames (email).

  3. Click Download.