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description: Reduce setup errors with a guided interface that validates configuration steps before activation. Use a single API to activate a usage product and its related records.
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# Usage Management

Reduce setup errors with a guided interface that validates configuration steps before activation. Use a single API to activate a usage product and its related records.

- **[Reduce Setup Time for Usage Products with a Guided Workflow](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_um_guided_setup.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)**  
    Use the enhanced user interface to set up anchor and pack usage products. The guided workflow leads you through defining base products, resources, and policies. Built-in validations for each usage record help ensure data integrity before activating product and related records.
- **[New Connect REST API in Usage Management](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_usage_management_new_connect_rest_api_resources.htm&release=262.0.0&type=5)**  
    Streamline your configuration by activating a usage product and its related records in a single API request. This update eliminates the manual effort of navigating multiple pages to activate each record separately.