Reports

Daily usage

The Daily Usage report shows day-by-day data consumption and SMS activity across your device fleet. Use this report to identify usage trends, spot anomalies, and compare consumption across time periods.

Daily usage data is updated every few hours. For real-time data, use the Live usage report.

Questions this report answers

  • How much data did my devices use each day this month?
  • Are there any unexpected spikes or drops in daily data usage?
  • How does this month’s daily usage compare to last month?
  • What is the daily breakdown of upload versus download volume?
  • How many SMS messages were sent or received each day?
1

Log in to your emnify account.

2

Navigate to Reports. The Daily Usage report is selected by default.

Columns

ColumnDescription
Date (UTC)Calendar date of the usage record
UploadData uploaded on that day (MB or GB)
DownloadData downloaded on that day (MB or GB)
TotalCombined upload and download volume (MB or GB)
SMS MTNumber of mobile-terminated SMS received
SMS MONumber of mobile-originated SMS sent
SMS TotalCombined SMS MT and SMS MO count

A Total row at the bottom shows the sum across all days in the selected period.

How usage is counted

Reports can show different data-usage totals for the same period. This is expected: each report counts usage along two dimensions.

  • Paid vs zero-rated data: Some data is zero-rated (free) and isn’t charged. This is most commonly traffic from SIMs in factory test mode (FTM). Some reports show paid volume only, while others show paid volume plus zero-rated volume.
  • Which SIMs are included: Some reports count only SIMs that were activated at least once during the month. Others also include SIMs that stayed in factory test mode for the entire month.

Because of this, the same month can produce three different totals, from lowest to highest:

  • Paid volume from activated SIMs only.
  • Paid volume plus zero-rated (FTM) volume from activated SIMs.
  • Paid volume plus zero-rated (FTM) volume from activated SIMs, plus zero-rated volume from SIMs that stayed in factory test mode all month.

The Daily Usage report reflects total consumption (all data across all SIMs), so its total is the most inclusive (the highest figure above). Reports such as Data usage per device policy separate paid volume from total volume and count activated SIMs only, so their totals are typically lower.

Invoices reflect paid volume only. Zero-rated data, including factory test mode traffic, is always excluded before billing. A report’s total volume isn’t an invoice figure and shouldn’t be expected to match one.

Filters

FilterValueDefaultDescription
Date rangePredefinedCurrent monthSelect a predefined time period: This week, Last week, Current month, Last month, or Last two months.
WorkspacesPredefinedYour current WorkspaceLists all Workspaces you have access to with a checkbox next to each name. Use Select all to include all Workspaces, then click Apply. Only available with multiple Workspaces.

Filter by date range

1

Click the date range dropdown (shows Current month by default).

2

Select the desired time period: This week, Last week, Current month, Last month, or Last two months. The table updates automatically.

Filter by Workspace

1

Click the Workspaces filter. Your current Workspace is selected by default.

2

Select the checkboxes next to the Workspaces you want to include in the report. To include all Workspaces, click Select all.

3

Click Apply. The filter shows the number of selected Workspaces (for example, Workspaces (1)).

To remove the Workspace filter, click the X next to the Workspaces filter.