Understand how Data 360 sandbox usage consumes flex credits and learn strategies to reduce sandbox costs.
The usage types for Data 360 in a sandbox are the same as the production usage types. Usage generated by Data 360 sandbox orgs consumes production credits on the org the sandbox was created from. Some features start consuming credits when you activate Data 360 in a sandbox org.
Use Digital Wallet to check which consumption cards are active in your org, find out how many credits are available on each card, and determine how many credits have been consumed in each usage type.
Some usage types aren’t metered for certain licenses or editions, such as a Data 360 Profiles license or Agentforce 1 Edition. Check your licenses and review license documentation for more information.
Data 360 Sandbox Consumption in Digital Wallet
Sandbox and production usage both appear on the production card in Digital Wallet. To determine which org generated usage, view the usage type and filter by org.
For more information, see Data 360 Sandbox Credit Merge.
Multipliers for Data 360 Sandbox Consumption
Usage multipliers on Data 360 sandbox orgs are discounted from usage multipliers on Data 360 production orgs. To find specific production and sandbox multipliers for each usage type, see Data Cloud Multipliers.
To understand what usage falls into which Data 360 usage type, see Data 360 Billable Usage Types for Data 360 and Flex Credits Usage Types for Data 360.
Reduce Sandbox Costs
Some features start consuming credits as soon you activate Data 360 in a sandbox org. Disabling features you don’t need reduces consumption of credits.
For example, data streams replicated from your production org begin ingesting data and consuming credits immediately. To reduce credit usage, turn off data streams that you don’t need.