diff --git a/deploy-manage/cloud-organization/billing/manage-billing-notifications.md b/deploy-manage/cloud-organization/billing/manage-billing-notifications.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..189bcdbd16 --- /dev/null +++ b/deploy-manage/cloud-organization/billing/manage-billing-notifications.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +--- +applies_to: + deployment: + ess: all + serverless: all +products: + - id: cloud-hosted + - id: cloud-serverless +--- + +# Manage usage and cost notifications [billing-notifications] + +To help you better understand your costs and to manage spending, you can configure email alerts to be sent when your monthly usage or your credit consumption reaches a speicified threshold. You can also opt to receive a biweekly sumary of your organization's usage and estimated costs for the previous month. + +To configure email notifications for your {{ecloud}} billing: + +1. Log in to the [{{ecloud}} Console](https://cloud.elastic.co?page=docs&placement=docs-body). +2. From a deployment or project on the home page, select **Manage**. +3. From the lower navigation menu, select **Billing and Subscription**. +4. Follow the steps bellow to set up or change any of the following types of email notifications. + +## Configure budget emails + +Budget alerts can be sent when your organization's total monthly usage exceeds a threshold defined in a configurable budget. + +To create a budget and configure budget emails: + +1. Open the **Notifications** page. +2. Select **Set budget** to specify your budget details: + 1. Give your budget a name. + 1. Specify a target value in [Elastic Consumption Units](/deploy-manage/cloud-organization/billing/ecu.md). The amount you've spent will be tracked against the this target. + + The budget scope is automatically fixed to your entire {{ecloud}} organization. Alert emails are configured automatically based on the configured budget: + - A warning email is sent when the organization's usage reaches 75% of the specified target amount. + - An overage email is sent when the organization's usage reaches 100% of the specified target amount. + + Email notifications are sent to the addresses associated with the Organization owner and Billing admin [user roles](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cloud-organization/user-roles.md#ec_organization_level_roles). + +1. Click **Save** to confirm your settings. +1. Enable **Budget email**. + + You can navigate to the **Notifications** page at any time to view or update your budget, and to view the used versus total remaining ECU for your organization. + +## Configure usage summmary emails + +You can select to have a summary of your organization's usage sent on a biweekly basis. Notifications contain details about your organization's usage for the previous month as well as estimated costs. + +To configure usage summary emails: + +1. Open the **Notifications** page. +1. Enable **Usage summary email**. + + The notifications will be sent to the Organization owner and Billing admin on the second Friday of each month. + + +## Configure credit consumption emails + +Credit consumption alerts can be sent when your organization has used a set percentage of [available credits](/deploy-manage/cloud-organization/billing/ecu.md#view-available-credits). + +To configure credit consumption emails: + +1. Open the **Notifications** page. +1. Enable **Credit consumption email**. + + Alerts are triggered to be sent when your credit consumption reaches any of the set thresholds: 33%, 25%, and 16% of active credits remaining. These thresholds are set automatically and cannot be configured. diff --git a/deploy-manage/toc.yml b/deploy-manage/toc.yml index dd51844754..0cc1f4d4fd 100644 --- a/deploy-manage/toc.yml +++ b/deploy-manage/toc.yml @@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ toc: - file: cloud-organization/billing/security-billing-dimensions.md - file: cloud-organization/billing/billing-models.md - file: cloud-organization/billing/add-billing-details.md + - file: cloud-organization/billing/manage-billing-notifications.md - file: cloud-organization/billing/view-billing-history.md - file: cloud-organization/billing/manage-subscription.md - file: cloud-organization/billing/monitor-analyze-usage.md