[[["易于理解","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["解决了我的问题","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["其他","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["很难理解","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["信息或示例代码不正确","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["没有我需要的信息/示例","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["翻译问题","translationIssue","thumb-down"],["其他","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["最后更新时间 (UTC):2025-09-04。"],[],[],null,["# Best practices for usage reporting\n\nTo ensure that your customers are billed correctly, when you\n[report usage to Google](/marketplace/docs/partners/integrated-saas/configure-usage-reports),\nsuch as user operation or resource utilization, keep in mind the following best\npractices.\n\nReport usage at time of occurrence\n----------------------------------\n\nDelays in usage reporting degrade your customers' cost management experience and\nmight not be reflected in partner reports. Service providers must report usage\nwithin one hour of the usage being generated.\n\nIf you need more time to report usage, contact your partner engineer.\n\nReport usage after an entitlement is canceled\n---------------------------------------------\n\nIf you have unreported usage after an entitlement is canceled,\nyou can still report it with a timestamp that reflects the actual time when the\nusage was generated. The timestamp must be before the entitlement was canceled.\nReport this usage within one hour. Do not report any usage as new usage\nafter the entitlement ends.\n\nReport usage at the end of the month\n------------------------------------\n\nThe one hour reporting window applies to the month-end cutoff deadline.\nTo ensure that usage is reported on the current month's invoice,\nreport the usage by 1 AM, US and Canadian Pacific Time (UTC-7 or UTC-8) the\nfollowing day.\n\nFor example, for a September invoice, report the usage by October 1st, 1 AM,\nUS and Canadian Pacific Time (UTC-7 or UTC-8).\n\nIf you report the usage later in the day, it might not be included in the\ncurrent month invoice.\n\nRemediation for customer actions that prevent reporting usage at the time of occurrence\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIf you can't report usage, or if the service or billing is disabled for an\nextended time, we recommend that you provide the customer a grace period to\nrestore the service.\n\nWe recommend not exceeding 30 days. During this grace period, consider doing\nthe following:\n\n- Degrade the provided service. For example, switch the customer to a free tier, or start to reject calls.\n- Continue collecting the usage log while the service is disabled. We recommend collecting the usage with the charge breakdown by, at most, a one hour window so it can be replayed after the service is enabled.\n- When the service is enabled, you must report the usage collected while the service was disabled as actual usage with the time the data was collected. You must also resume your normal usage reporting.\n\nFor Kubernetes apps, if usage reports fail during the app's startup, we\nrecommend that your app stop itself, so that your customers get immediate\nfeedback and can resolve the issue."]]