# Retrieving the utilization report

Metered utilization is relatively straightforward in the MetalCloud. All resources are utilized on-demand. Some on-demand utilization charges can be overriten by subscriptions such as server subscriptions (rezervations) which lower costs in sustanined utilization scenarios.

To access the report access the **Billing section** (infrastructure Editor > Billing):
Settings
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Click on the **Detailed Utilization Report** (infrastructure Editor > Billing > Utilization report)

This opens up the utilization report for the current billable account and by default shows totals for all of the infrastructures of the billable user.

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## The Detailed utilization report

To drill-down to see more information about each infrastructure in particular click on **Detailed utilization report** infrastructure Editor > Billing > Detailed Utilization report)

Select the **Infrastructure owner** from the dropdown to view the infrastructures billed to that user. The dropdown is populated with aditional users to which the current user is added as delegate. This allows a single finance department or in reseller situations, a single company to have access to multiple utilization reports of multiple commercial entities.

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Select the time interval by clicking ont he dates below and scroll to the desired infrastructure.

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This report shows the exact utilization of each on-demand asset. Instances can be covered by "rezervations" which are not shown here.

If a server configuration has changed at any given time there will be separate lines for the same instance name. 

## Viewing server subscriptions (reservations)

To view which **Subscriptions** apply click on the **Utilization Report** (infrastructure Editor > Billing > Utilization report) and then on the **Server Subscriptions**. (infrastructure Editor > Billing > Utilization report> Server Subscriptions)

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These subscriptions will override the pricing of the on-demand instances they match. For example this subscription will be valid for a period of one year and will automatically renew at the end of that year. Every month a separate charge will be added to the invoice. 

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The price will depending on the rezervation pricing in place at the time of the creation of the reservation. Rezervations are not affected by on demand pricing changes. 

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