# total DDU consumption =  w/o included  DDU + DDU included, Is that correct?

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/total-ddu-consumption-w-o-included-ddu-ddu-included-is-that-correct/43142>\
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**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/total-ddu-consumption-w-o-included-ddu-ddu-included-is-that-correct/43142 "2023-12-11T22:00:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![EvaWang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@EvaWang](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/EvaWang)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/total-ddu-consumption-w-o-included-ddu-ddu-included-is-that-correct/43142/1 "2023-12-11T22:00:58Z")

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Hi,

I throught **total DDUs consumption** =&nbsp; **w/o&nbsp; included DDUs** + **DDU included** , but in the below 3 pictures I queried in the same period, it does not equeal relationship (29.2k \< 218 + 259k), may I ask why, and which builtin metrics should be used in this equation for the correct total DDU consumption, paid consumption, and free consumption ?

Thank you so much!

1.&nbsp; total DDUs consumption ( **metrics+log+events+serverless+traces** ) like below :

 ![EvaWang_6-1702331079710.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/2X/b/b5cb79cd78aada938a8b07a93d9f22e83eb42db0.png)

2. DDUs consumption by&nbsp;entity w/o host-unit included DDUs

 ![EvaWang_5-1702330989980.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/2X/4/4204277cd450a02d196774bd567aa689ee9eb897.png)

3. DDU inclued data, sum was 259k:

 ![EvaWang_3-1702330832838.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/original/3X/d/f/df46936e8e786e24ee031b772d766d626b640145.png)

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**Author:** ![rastislav\_danis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@rastislav\_danis](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/rastislav_danis)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/total-ddu-consumption-w-o-included-ddu-ddu-included-is-that-correct/43142/2 "2023-12-12T08:03:07Z")

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Metric builtin:billing.ddu.metrics.byEntityRaw (DDU consumption without host unit included..) shows total DDU consumption. Metric builtin:billing.ddu.metrics.byEntity shows really billed DDUs.

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**Author:** ![EvaWang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@EvaWang](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/EvaWang)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/total-ddu-consumption-w-o-included-ddu-ddu-included-is-that-correct/43142/3 "2023-12-12T09:30:31Z")

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Base on your suggestion, the results of the query are looks like right, thank you so much!

I also wondering :

1. Is there a metric buildin that can directly query the consumption for free tire-DDUs?

2. How about DDU log consumption, there is no ‘Metric builtin:billing.ddu.log.byEntityRaw’ , could I use ‘Metric builtin:billing.ddu.log.total’ shows total DDU log consumption?

Thanks again!

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**Author:** ![rastislav\_danis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@rastislav\_danis](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/rastislav_danis)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/total-ddu-consumption-w-o-included-ddu-ddu-included-is-that-correct/43142/4 "2023-12-12T09:41:30Z")

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ad 1: there is no such thing as free DDUs but instead there is a number of free metrics per HU. Metric builtin:billing.ddu.includedMetricPerHost can show the number. There is also metric builtin:billing.ddu.includedMetricDduPerHost, that shows recalculation to DDUs.  
2. yes builtin:billing.ddu.log.total shows total ddus spent on log events. There is no HU included log events so it’s always billed.