Use the License Usage dashboards

The License Usage dashboards enable Splunk Cloud Platform administrators to monitor their Splunk Cloud Platform subscription entitlement and ensure they don't exceed their license limits:

  • Entitlements: An overview of all of your organization's subscription entitlements.

  • Ingest: Monitor data ingestion usage. Requires an ingest-based subscription that measures by the amount of data ingested.

  • Workload: Monitor Splunk Virtual Compute (SVC) usage. Requires a workload-based subscription that measures by SVC units.

  • Storage summary: View usage data for searchable and archive storage license.

  • Searchable storage (DDAS): Monitor Dynamic Data Active Searchable (DDAS) license usage.

  • Archive storage (DDAA): Monitor Dynamic Data Active Archive (DDAA) license usage.

  • Federated Search for Amazon S3: Monitor data scan entitlement usage. Requires a Federated Search for Amazon S3 license.

  • Federated Analytics: Monitor data ingestion and Data Scan Units (DSUs) usage. Requires a Federated Analytics license.

  • Ingest Processor: Configure data flows, control data format, apply transformation rules prior to indexing, and route to destinations. Requires an Ingest Processor license.

  • AI Assistant: Monitor usage, track trends, and identify key skills and users. Requires an AI Assistant license.

To access the License Usage dashboards at any time from within CMC, you can click the License Usage link in the navigation bar. Select the dashboard that you want to view from the menu.

For more detailed information about the different subscription types, see the Splunk Cloud Platform Service Description. Be sure to choose the correct service description version for your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment from the Version drop-down menu.

For more information about your organization's particular subscription entitlement, or to convert from an ingest-based subscription to a workload-based subscription, contact your Splunk account representative.

Splunk Cloud Platform retains data based on index settings that enable you to specify when data is to be deleted. Data retention capacity space in your Splunk Cloud Platform service is based on the volume of uncompressed data that you want to index on a daily basis.

Storage is based on your subscription type. You can also purchase additional data retention capacity. For more information, see the following information in the Splunk Cloud Platform Service Description:

For more information about creating and managing Splunk Cloud Platform indexes, see Manage Splunk Cloud Indexes in the Splunk Cloud Platform Admin Manual.

Note: A blue progress bar might appear above a panel, indicating that the Splunk platform is still generating data. Wait for the bar to disappear before reviewing the panel.
CAUTION: Do not modify any Cloud Monitoring Console (CMC) dashboard. Changing any of the search criteria, formatting, or layouts may cause inaccurate results and also override the automatic update process.