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# Billing Considerations for Semantic Layer

Use of the semantic layer impacts the consumption of credits used for billing in these usage types.

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Tip

This feature has access to Digital Wallet, a free account management tool that offers near real-time consumption data for enabled products across your active contracts. Access Digital Wallet and start tracking your org's usage. To learn more, see [About Digital Wallet](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.wallet_about.htm&language=en_US&type=5).

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d21764e48">Digital Wallet Card</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d21764e51">Usage Type</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d21764e54">Usage Type Description</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d21764e57">Notes</th>
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          <td data-label="Digital Wallet Card" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21764e48 "><span>Data Services</span></td>

          <td data-label="Usage Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21764e51 ">Data Queries</td>

          <td data-label="Usage Type Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21764e54 ">
            <p>Usage is calculated based on the number of records
              processed. </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">The count of records processed depends on the structure of a query as well as
              other related factors such as the total number of records in the objects being
              queried.</p>
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          <td data-label="Notes" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21764e57 ">Queries can be generated from any source that calls the semantic layer. This
            includes queries executed by Tableau Next, via the API, from Data 360 reports,
            semantic layer test models, or other sources.</td>

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          <td data-label="Digital Wallet Card" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21764e48 "><span>Data Services</span></td>

          <td data-label="Usage Type" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21764e51 ">Data Federation or Sharing Rows
            Accessed</td>

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            <p>For data federation, usage
              is calculated based on the number of records retrieved from the source. For a data share,
              usage is calculated based on the number of rows returned to fulfill an external data lake’s
              request. The number of rows accessed depends on the structure of the query and isn’t the
              same as the number of rows in the source data.</p>
            <p>For data sharing between Data 360 orgs,
              this usage type applies to the target org for all queries. </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">For external data shares,
              this usage type applies only to cross-cloud and cross-region queries. There’s no credit
              consumption if the query originates from the same region and the same cloud.</p>
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          <td data-label="Notes" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d21764e57 ">This category can be billed if a query calls for data accessible via data
            federation.</td>

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For more information on how Data 360 usage is billed, refer to your contract or contact your account executive.