# Usage dashboards

## Usage 

Actions usage is tracked across an account in the [usage dashboard](https://cloud.temporal.io/usage) and is visible to
Account Owners, Finance Admin and Global Admin. For individual Namespaces, usage can be seen in the
[Namespace summary](https://cloud.temporal.io/namespaces/) for a specific Namespace.

![Temporal Cloud Usage dashboard](/img/cloud/billing/usage-dashboard.png)

## Actions in Workflows 

When viewing a Event history, events that represent a Billable Action are annotated with the number consumed by the
event in the **Billable Actions** Column. These Actions are summarized at the top of the workflow.

![Temporal Cloud Usage dashboard showing aggregated Billable Actions](/img/cloud/billing/aggregate-billable-actions.png)

![Temporal Cloud Usage dashboard showing individual Billable Actions associated with events](/img/cloud/billing/individual-billable-actions.png)

This Billable Action estimate is useful for projecting the cost of Workflows. For example, if you ran a test Workflow
that generated 20 Billable Actions and projected that it would be run 100 times a day for a month, you could anticipate
that Workflow to generate 20 Actions x 100 runs/day x 30 days = 60,000 Billable Actions per month. You can also use the
Billable Action estimate to help optimize Workflows by better understanding your cost drivers.

> **💡 Tip:**
> Excluded Billable Actions
>
> The Billable Action estimate is an experimental feature and only measures Billable Actions that exist within Workflow
> event histories. Some billable concepts are not included in these calculations such as:
>
> - Query
> - Activity Heartbeats
> - Rejected Update Workflow Executions
> - Export
> - Schedule
> - Replicated Actions that occur in a
>   [Namespace replication](../../cloud/high-availability/index.mdx#high-availability-features)
>
> Additionally, Workflows with the `TemporalNamespaceDivision` Search Attribute set may not have accurate Billable Action
> Estimates. The estimated Billable Actions should only be treated as an estimate. If billable events exist outside of
> event history, the Actions count could be higher.
>

[Reach out](https://pages.temporal.io/contact-us) to our team for more information or to help size your number of
Actions.