Schemas:: ACCOUNT_USAGE , READER_ACCOUNT_USAGE

METERING_HISTORY view¶

The METERING_HISTORY view in the ACCOUNT_USAGE schema can be used to return the hourly credit usage for an account within the last 365 days (1 year).

Columns¶

Column Name	Data Type	Description
SERVICE_TYPE	VARCHAR	Type of service that is consuming credits. The following list includes many, but not all, of the possible service types: `AI_SERVICES`: See Snowflake Cortex AI Functions (including LLM functions) and Cortex Analyst. `ARCHIVE_STORAGE_RETRIEVAL_FILE_PROCESSING`: See Billing for storage lifecycle policies. `ARCHIVE_STORAGE_WRITE`: See Billing for storage lifecycle policies. `AUTO_CLUSTERING`: See Automatic Clustering. `BACKUP`: See Backups for disaster recovery and immutable storage. `COPY_FILES`: See COPY FILES. `DATA_QUALITY_MONITORING`: See Introduction to data quality checks. `FAILSAFE_RECOVERY`: See Understanding and viewing Fail-safe. `HYBRID_TABLE_REQUESTS`: See Hybrid tables. `MATERIALIZED_VIEW`: See Working with Materialized Views. `OPENFLOW_COMPUTE_BYOC`: See Openflow BYOC cost and scaling considerations. `OPENFLOW_COMPUTE_SNOWFLAKE`: See Openflow Snowflake Deployment cost and scaling considerations. `PIPE`: See Snowpipe. `POSTGRES_COMPUTE`: See Snowflake Postgres. `POSTGRES_COMPUTE_HA`: See Snowflake Postgres. `QUERY_ACCELERATION`: See Using the Query Acceleration Service (QAS). `REPLICATION`: See Introduction to replication and failover across multiple accounts. `SEARCH_OPTIMIZATION`: See Search optimization service. `SENSITIVE_DATA_CLASSIFICATION`: See Introduction to sensitive data classification. `SERVERLESS_ALERTS`: See Setting up alerts based on data in Snowflake. `SERVERLESS_TASK`: See Introduction to tasks. `SNOWPARK_CONTAINER_SERVICES`: See Snowpark Container Services. `SNOWPIPE_STREAMING`: See Snowpipe Streaming. `STORAGE_LIFECYCLE_POLICY_EXECUTION`: Compute cost to apply a policy on a target table and expire or archive rows (policy execution). See Storage lifecycle policies. `TELEMETRY_DATA_INGEST`: See Event table overview. `TRUST_CENTER`: See Trust Center. `WAREHOUSE_METERING`: See Overview of warehouses. `WAREHOUSE_METERING_READER`: See Manage reader accounts.
START_TIME	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	The date and beginning of the hour (in the local time zone) in which the usage took place.
END_TIME	TIMESTAMP_LTZ	The date and end of the hour (in the local time zone) in which the usage took place.
ENTITY_ID	NUMBER	A system-generated identifier for the entity associated with the service. In most cases, this is the internal ID of the monitored entity; for example, a pipe, task, or replication group. When the SERVICE_TYPE is COPY_FILES, this column shows the ID of the database, schema, or stage from which files are copied. If the SERVICE_TYPE is an Openflow type, the value is NULL. If the SERVICE_TYPE is Snowpipe Streaming, this shows the ID of the relevant pipe; which is the default pipe ID for the default pipe.
ENTITY_TYPE	VARCHAR	Type of Snowflake resource that consumed credits, such as WAREHOUSE, TASK, or TABLE. Note that TABLE is used for all table-like objects.
NAME	VARCHAR	The name of the service or object associated with the cost entry, which varies significantly based on the SERVICE_TYPE. Standard (General): This column shows the name of the service type itself; for example, REPLICATION, TASK. SNOWPIPE_STREAMING: This service type generates two distinct cost entries, and the NAME column varies for each: Cost entry 1 (table name): The value is the name of the Snowflake target table. For the high-performance default pipe, the name is derived from the target table name and appended with -STREAMING; for example, MY_TABLE-STREAMING. Cost entry 2 (client string): The value is a colon-separated string in the format: SNOWPIPE_STREAMING:CLIENT_NAME:SNOWFLAKE_PROVIDED_ID. This is used for tracking client-side costs. COPY_FILES: The value is the name of the database from which the files are copied. Openflow Types: The value is NULL.
DATABASE_ID	NUMBER	Internal/system-generated identifier of the database associated with the resource of type `ENTITY_TYPE`. Contains a NULL value when the resource isn’t associated with a specific database; for example, a warehouse or compute pool.
DATABASE_NAME	VARCHAR	Name of the database associated with the resource of type `ENTITY_TYPE`. Contains a NULL value when the resource isn’t associated with a specific database.
SCHEMA_ID	NUMBER	Internal or system-generated identifier of the schema associated with the resource of type `ENTITY_TYPE`. Contains a NULL value when the resource isn’t associated with a specific schema.
SCHEMA_NAME	VARCHAR	Name of the schema associated with the resource of type `ENTITY_TYPE`. Contains a NULL value when the resource isn’t associated with a specific schema.
CREDITS_USED_COMPUTE	NUMBER	Number of credits used by warehouses, serverless compute, and Openflow resources in the hour.
CREDITS_USED_CLOUD_ SERVICES	NUMBER	Number of credits used for cloud services in the hour. Always `0` when the SERVICE_TYPE is one of the Openflow types.
CREDITS_USED	NUMBER	Total number of credits used for the account in the hour. This is a sum of CREDITS_USED_COMPUTE and CREDITS_USED_CLOUD_SERVICES. This value does not take into account the adjustment for cloud services, and may therefore be greater than your actual credit consumption.
BYTES	NUMBER	When the service type is `auto_clustering`, indicates the number of bytes reclustered during the START_TIME and END_TIME window. When the service type is `pipe`, indicates the number of bytes inserted during the START_TIME and END_TIME window. When the service type is `SNOWPIPE_STREAMING`, indicates the number of bytes migrated during the START_TIME and END_TIME window. When the service type is `COPY_FILES`, columns are aggregated at the database level.
ROWS	NUMBER	When the service type is `auto_clustering`, indicates number of rows reclustered during the START_TIME and END_TIME window. When the service type is `SNOWPIPE_STREAMING`, indicates the number of rows migrated during the START_TIME and END_TIME window.
FILES	NUMBER	When the service type is `pipe`, indicates number of files loaded during the START_TIME and END_TIME window. When the service type is `SNOWPIPE_STREAMING`, this is NULL. When the service type is `COPY_FILES`, columns are aggregated at the database level.

Usage notes¶

Latency for the view may be up to 180 minutes (3 hours), except for the CREDITS_USED_CLOUD_SERVICES column. Latency for CREDITS_USED_CLOUD_SERVICES may be up to 6 hours.
Latency for showing the credit consumption of SNOWPIPE_STREAMING may be up to 12 hours.