How to Submit and View Metering Records in Clazar

🎯 Purpose

This guide helps you understand how to submit and monitor usage-based metering records in Clazar, which is essential for billing customers accurately through cloud marketplaces.

✅ Prerequisites

• Access to Clazar portal

• An on-demand marketplace offer that uses metering entitlement or SaaS metering models

🚀 Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Access Metering Records

Action:
Navigate to the Metering tab in the Clazar portal for the specific customer.

Step 2: Submit Metering Records

Action:
You can submit metering records in two ways:

• Via API: Use the Clazar API endpoint documented at developers.clazar.io/reference/create-metering-record

• Manual Upload: Submit records directly through the Clazar portal interface

Tips / Notes:
💡 For AWS Marketplace, ensure submission by 12:00 AM UTC on the last day of the month to include usage in that month's billing cycle.

🧪 Final Confirmation

Successfully submitted metering records will appear in the Metering tab for the specific customer. For AWS Marketplace, the charges will appear on the customer's next monthly invoice.

❓Troubleshooting / FAQs

Q: Why don't I see any metering data for my customer?
A: Metering data only appears for on-demand offers using metering entitlement or SaaS metering models. Contract or subscription-based offers won't show metering data.

Q: How do I handle usage that occurs on the last day of the month?
A: Set a clear cutoff time (e.g., 11:45 PM IST) on the last day of the month to ensure all usage is captured before AWS's 12:00 AM UTC cutoff. Any usage after the cutoff will be included in the next month's billing cycle.

Q: How can I find a specific customer's metering records?
A: Use the search functionality in the buyers view, or navigate directly using the customer's buyer ID if you have it.