FAQs and How-tos
How to track seat-based objects in Amberflo
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there are two options for tracking seat based usage in amberflo, depending on how events are generated at the source option 1 running total meter use this approach if you report an event each time a user is added or removed this is a static method it counts users from the time they are added until they are removed, regardless of whether they log in during a billing period best used when you want to bill for all assigned seats, not just active ones option 2 unique count meter use this method if you send an event each time a user logs in use a unique dimension, such as username or user id this is a dynamic model that only counts users during billing periods in which they actually log in best used when you want to bill based on active usage for more information on meter types, refer to https //docs amberflo io/docs/meter types 📘 faqs and how tos docid\ bq14rede1rrwst00mbikx see related from metering and event ingestion how to measure a multi step process using a duration meter docid\ jejnqgjekdtlycfyxzsjj how to meter the number of active seats or users for a customer docid\ vyzt7z7cdkrhjyl avl68 how to understand dimensions in amberflo docid\ ai7gyga p lhj8fwzca f how to verify the accuracy of meter data docid\ ne5rit1fjkfpatdbiej s how to track and bill for "high watermark" usage docid\ g l0lgdqyvfnccrsv2xbr how to handle erroneous or incorrect meters sent to amberflo docid\ awzcv2cw6swss2ffmcl58 how to find the meter id for retrieving and deleting a specific meter docid\ ty1vub6lz6u3fo nbfgb6 how to delete meters that are no longer in use docid\ x x7d16c6dwqrz zfdyvk how to handle high volume, high cardinality event streams docid\ edxld02jcxuqp2dkmd3 b