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title: "Usage reports | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Discover valuable information about the testing activity in your organization"
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## Usage reports

The Usage report helps you keep track of everything happening in your organization and see how different projects, team, and contributors are impacting your overall usage.

> Tip
> 
> While usage reports show past VUH consumption, you can use the [Grafana Cloud k6 calculator](/docs/grafana-cloud/cost-management-and-billing/analyze-costs/reduce-costs/performance-testing-costs/calculator/) to estimate costs for future testing scenarios and plan your testing budget.

To view the Usage report:

1. Log in to your Grafana Cloud account.
2. Go to **Testing & synthetics > Performance > Settings**.
3. Under **Usage**, click **Usage reports**.

## Usage report breakdown

The Usage report has three sections: filters, organization statistics, and project statistics.

### Filters

The filters section allows you to narrow down the results by period, projects, and contributors.

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| Column           | Description                                                                                                                                                      |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Period**       | The time range to filter projects with test runs in this period. You can select a specific date and time range or one of the options from the quick ranges list. |
| **Projects**     | The project(s) to filter by.                                                                                                                                     |
| **Contributors** | The contributor(s) to filter by.                                                                                                                                 |

### Organization statistics

An overview of the statistics for your organization.

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| Column                       | Description                                                 |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Active projects**          | Total count of projects that contain at least one test run. |
| **Tests created**            | Total count of tests created.                               |
| **VU hours**                 | Total number of virtual user hours consumed.                |
| **Failed by threshold rate** | The rate of [failed tests](#tests-that-count-as-failed).    |
| **Contributors**             | Total count of members who have run at least one test.      |

### Project statistics

An overview of the statistics for each project. You can click on the column headers to sort the table alphabetically or numerically.

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| Column                       | Description                                                             |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Project**                  | The project that the stats are collected from.                          |
| **Total test runs**          | Total count of test runs started.                                       |
| **VU hours**                 | Total number of virtual user hours consumed by the project.             |
| **Failed by threshold rate** | The rate of [failed tests](#tests-that-count-as-failed) in the project. |
| **Most recent test run**     | Link to the most recent test run in the project.                        |
| **Contributors**             | All members that have started tests in the project.                     |

## Tests that count as failed

Tests that meet any of the following criteria contribute to the `Failed by threshold rate`:

- The test was aborted by any of the following statuses: `Aborted system`, `Aborted limit`, `Aborted user`, `Aborted threshold`, or `Aborted script error`.
- The test ran to completion but had failed thresholds (specified by the user).
- The test timed out.