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Meters are the customer-specific buckets of usage for the different meter types. When a customer opts for a meter type, then the meter need needs to be created using these with the following parameters:

• Meter Key (for the Meter processor where the usage data is guided)

• Meter Type ID (for the meter type the usage should be aggregated for)

• The User ID (for the customer)

Meters can be created, retrieved, updated, and deleted using the API, see API Reference.

Meter The meter inherits these the following properties defined on from the meter type used stated when creating a the meter -:

• Active From from - Meter The meter is active from the date time defined on in the Active From from field on in the Meter Typemeter type. If Active To from is set to a time before the meter creation time then Meter is the meter will be activated as soon as it is created. The time is calculated based on the timezone defined on in the Meter Type when created by meter type when the meter type is created in the user interface.

• Active To to - Meter The meter is active to the date time defined on in the Active To to field on the Meter Typemeter type. The time is calculated based on the timezone defined on in the Meter Type when created by meter type when the meter type is created in the user interface.

• Unit - Unit defined on the Meter Type is a unit which is a unit for metered record valueThis is the unit in which the metered record value will be counted, such as minutes, days, or number of coffee cups for a coffee service.

• Aggregation type - Meter follows The meter’s usage is aggregated according to the aggregation which is defined on in the Meter Typemeter type.

• Reset schedule - Meter The meter follows the reset Reset schedule defined in the Meter Typemeter type. The period end of the Meter meter is calculated based on the reset Reset schedule. The timezone defined on Meter in meter type is considered when calculating period start and period end. See Execution of Usage Metering Streams, see Flushing Metered Records.
  When Meter a meter is newly first created the , its period start is when meter is created and period end is calculated based on reset schedule, for example, if reset schedule is set to 1st at midnight on monthly basis and timezone is UTC. The meter created on Jan 10th at midnight in UTC will have period start as Jan 10th midnight in UTC and period end is Feb 1st midnight in UTC.

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• set to the time of creation in the selected timezone. This is shown in the Period start field in the Meter Inspector.

When updating a meter, you can update the parameter “deleteOnReset“. It has a default value of false, but can be set to either ‘true’ or ‘false’. If you set it to true, the meter will be deleted when the current period ends after sending the metered record to downstream functionsystems.