vania-janet/multiturn-rag-retrieval-data huggingface dataset:
If you are not subject to tax, you can provide us with a tax identification number by using the contact information that is found on your most recent invoice. After your tax identification number is accepted, you are not charged taxes on any future invoices. The removal of tax charges from your account is not retroactive and can't be refunded.

IBM Cloud complies with all tax regulations. Taxes are assessed based on the laws that correspond to the address on your account.
* How can I monitor spending?

You can view your monthly runtime and service usage by clicking Manage > Billing and usage > Usage. Learn more in [Viewing your usage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-viewingusage).
* Can I receive notifications when my spending reaches specific levels?

You can set separate spending thresholds for the account, container, runtime, all services, and specific services. You automatically receive notifications when your monthly spending reaches 80%, 90%, and 100% of those thresholds. To set spending notifications, click Manage > Billing and usage and select Spending notifications. For more information, see [Setting spending notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-spending).

Spending notifications don't stop charges from incurring. You continue to incur charges if your usage exceeds 100% of the spending threshold.
* Does the price of the product that I'm ordering reflect the discounted price?

Yes, if your account includes any discounts, the price of the product that is displayed in your infrastructure order summary does reflect the discounted price of that product.
* How do I confirm that I received an expected credit?

Credit might take a few hours to appear in your account. To see whether a credit was added, go to Manage > Billing and usage, and select Usage. The credit might be listed in the Active subscriptions and credits section.

If the credit isn't on the Usage page, go to Invoices and click link with the date for your next recurring invoice.
Or, you can access it directly from the [Notification preferences](https://cloud.ibm.com/user/notifications) page by clicking Manage in the Billing and Usage section.

You receive notifications when you reach 80%, 90%, and 100% of the spending thresholds that you specify. Enter the dollar amount to set a spending threshold when set up your spending notification. For more information, see [Setting spending notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-spending).







 Step 6: Create your resource groups 

Resource groups provide a way for you to easily manage access to multiple resources and to view billing usage for a set of resources. With your Pay-As-You-Go account, you can create more resource groups in addition to the default resource group that's created for you.



1. Go to Manage > Account > Account resources > Resource groups in the IBM Cloud console.
2. Click Create.
3. Enter a name for your resource group, and click Add.



See [What makes a good resource group strategy?](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-account_setupresource-group-strategy) for details about how to optimally organize resources in your resource groups.





 Step 7: Set up access 

IAM access groups provide a way for you to quickly and easily assign access to multiple resources in your account at one time.



1. Create an access group.



1. Go to Manage > Access (IAM) > Access Groups in the IBM Cloud console.
2. Click Create.
3. Enter a name for your group, and click Create. For example, if you know multiple users in your account need to be able to apply subscription codes, track usage, or perform other billed-related tasks, you might name your group Billing-Editor-Access.



2. Assign access to the group.



1. Click Access > Assign access.
2. Select individual services or a group of services:



* All Identity and Access enabled services: Assigns access to all catalog services that use IAM for access management.
To get an idea of what other costs clusters typically incur, review [Understanding costs for your clusters](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-costscosts-for-clusters).
4. [Estimate your costs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-costcost) and review detailed pricing information for the service, see [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service: Pricing](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/kubernetes-service).
5. Manage the lifecycle of your cluster to control costs.



* Consider [enabling the cluster autoscaler](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-cluster-scaling-classic-vpc) to automatically add or remove worker nodes in response to your cluster workload resource requests.
* Manually [resize your worker pool](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-add_workers) to remove worker nodes that you don't need. Keep in mind that you can't scale a worker pool down to zero worker nodes.
* Use Kubernetes features such as [horizontal pod autoscaling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/), [pod priority](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-pod_priority), and [resource requests and limits](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-appresourcereq) to control how resources are used within your cluster.
* Consider setting up a [monitoring tool](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/containers?topic=containers-health-monitorview_metrics) such as IBM Cloud Monitoring and creating alerts for your workloads when they need more resources.



6. [View your usage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-viewingusageviewingusage) to continuously refine how you consume IBM Cloud services.
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 Watson IoT Platform Pricing 



 IoT Pricing Calculator 

For more information on the available Watson IoT Platform plans and pricing models:



1. Go to the [IoT Pricing Calculator ![External link icon](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/icons/launch-glyph.svg)](https://cloud.ibm.com/estimator/review).
2. Follow the instructions to add Internet of Things Platform from the catalog.
3. Select a Pricing plan and then click Add to estimate.
4. If prompted, select number of plans to sunbscribe to and click Calculate Cost. The price estimate for the selected plan is displayed.







 Current plan information 



1. On your IBM Cloud dashboard, click the Internet of Things Platform tile for the Watson IoT Platform organization for which you want current plan information.
2. Select the Plan tab.
The details for your current pricing plan are displayed.









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Summary 

Based on your chosen options for the instance and selected add-on services, the estimated price is generated and displayed on the Summary pane. Click Pricing details to generate a PDF document with the price summary for the IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions resources.

You can also add the provisioned resources to the IBM Cloud estimate tool by clicking Add to estimate. The estimator is useful if you want to estimate the price of the selected IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions resources together with other IBM Cloud resources that you might consider to purchase.



  Related links 



*  [Procedure to order vCenter Server instances](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vc_orderinginstance-procedure)
Tier 3: 2001 - 3000 $0.75 USD 
 Tier 4: 3001 - 4000 $0.60 USD 
 Tier 5: > 4000 $0.40 USD 



The following table illustrates how much you pay with a plan that is based on a graduated tier pricing model:



Table 5. Charge calculation by using the graduated tier pricing model

 Quantity of Items Charge Calculation Total Price 

 500 500 × 1 (unit price for Tier 1) = 500 $500 USD 
 1500 (1000 × 1 (unit price for Tier 1)) + (500 × 0.90 (unit price for Tier 2)) = 1450 $1450 USD 
 2500 (1000 × 1 (unit price for Tier 1)) + (1000 × 0.90 (unit price for Tier 2)) + (500 × 0.75 (unit price for Tier 3)) = 2275 $2275 USD 
 ... ... ... 
 5200 (1000 × 1 (unit price for Tier 1)) + (1000 × 0.90 (unit price for Tier 2)) + (1000 × 0.75 (unit price for Tier 3)) + (1000 × 0.60 (unit price for Tier 4)) + (1200 × 0.40 (unit price for Tier 5)) = 3730 $3730 USD 







 Block tier 

In the block tier model, the price is a set charge for the quantity you use within a usage level. The total price is the charge for your level of usage regardless of your actual usage. Each successive tier provides a lower price to quantity ratio. For example:



Table 6. Block tier pricing table

 Quantity of Items Total Price for All Items 

 Tier 1: <= 1000 $1000 USD 
 Tier 2: <= 2000 $1900 USD 
 Tier 3: <= 3000 $2800 USD 
 Tier 4: <= 4000 $3500 USD 
 Tier 5: <= 10000 $5000 USD 



The following table illustrates how much you pay with a plan that is based on a block tier pricing model:



Table 7. Charge calculation by using the block tier pricing model

 Quantity of Items Charge Calculation Total Price 

 500 The number of items falls into Tier 1, so the total price is $1000 USD. $1000 USD
Its status is set to Cancelled with a reason of Ran too long. Any available partial results are kept.

No further jobs can be submitted by using this instance until the cost limit is increased.







 How to see what you're being charged 

You are sent a monthly invoice that provides details about your resource charges. You can check how much has been spent at any time on the [IBM Cloud Billing and usage page](https://cloud.ibm.com/billing).

Additionally, you can determine cost per instance or per job at any time.





 Set up spending notifications 

You can set up spending notifications to get notified when your account or a particular service reaches a specific spending threshold that you set. For information, see the [IBM Cloud account Type description](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/account?topic=account-accounts).



* The notifications trigger only after cost surpasses the specified limit.
* Cost is submitted to the billing system hourly. Thus, a long delay might occur between the job submission and the spending notification being sent.
* The billing system can take multiple days to get information to the invoicing system, which might cause further delay in notifications. For more information about how the IBM Cloud billing system works, see [Setting spending notifications](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-spending).
Summary 

Based on your selected configuration, the estimated price is instantly generated and displayed on the Summary pane. Click Pricing details to generate a PDF document with the price summary for the IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions resources.

You can also add the provisioned resources to the IBM Cloud estimate tool by clicking Add to estimate. The estimator is useful if you want to estimate the price of the selected IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions resources together with other IBM Cloud resources that you might consider to purchase.



  Related links 



*  [Procedure to order VMware Regulated Workloads](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vrw-orderinginstance-procedure)
The charges on your invoice are consistent with the usage dashboard. On the Invoices page in the console, click View usage to be directed to your usage dashboard. From there, you can select a timeframe and view billing and usage information that aligns directly with the details in your invoice.



 Checking your invoice status 

You can check the status of your invoice on the [Invoices page](https://cloud.ibm.com/billing/invoices):



* Invoiced: You received the latest invoice from IBM Cloud.
* Paid: Your payment for the charges on your latest invoice was received.
* Unpaid: The charges on your latest invoice have not been paid.
* Pending: Your payment for your latest charges has not been applied due to a payment processing error. In this case, you can contact IBM Cloud Support for more details about the error.



Turning a resource "off" doesn't cancel the resource in your account. You will receive invoices for resources in your account until you cancel them. For more information, see [Cancelling your billing items](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-cancel-billing-items).





 Viewing and downloading your invoice 

View and download your invoice from the IBM console by clicking the Download icon ![Download icon](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/9713d864488177dc6b273b53b7f2383a81f10bc1/icons/download.svg)> PDF invoice next to each invoice. For some accounts, invoices are available through the [Invoices@IBM](http://ibm.com/invoices) website. See the [Viewing and downloading invoices for all other accounts](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-managing-invoicesviewing-external-invoices) section for more information.







 Viewing and downloading invoices for all other accounts
The time your job takes (and therefore, its cost) depends on how many iterations you make in a session and how many shots are run in each iteration. Thus, you can manage your cost by running only as many iterations and shots as you need.

Additionally, an instance administrator can limit how much is spent. To set cost limits, navigate to the [IBM Cloud Instances page](https://cloud.ibm.com/quantum/instances) then click the instance and set the Cost limit.

The instance's cost limit refers to the total cost of all jobs run with this instance since it was created, and it will always be greater than or equal to the Total cost. After the instance reaches the specified limit, no further jobs can be run and no more cost is incurred.

The cost limit is always specified in US dollars (USD), then converted to runtime seconds. However, for monthly billing purposes, you are charged in your local currency, specified on your IBM Cloud account. Because currency exchange rates can fluctuate, the cost for X runtime seconds might be different when initially calculated in USD than when you're actually charged in your local currency. As a result, if your local currency is not USD, the total amount charged for the number of seconds specified in this field could vary from the dollar amount you specify.





 How to remove a cost limit 

An instance administrator can remove the cost limit. To do so, navigate to the [IBM Cloud Instances page](https://cloud.ibm.com/quantum/instances), then open the instance and click the edit button by the Cost limit. Delete the value and click Save.



 What happens when the cost limit is reached 

When the instance's cost limit is reached, the currently running job is stopped. Its status is set to Cancelled with a reason of Ran too long. Any available partial results are kept.

No further jobs can be submitted by using this instance until the cost limit is increased.







 How to see what you're being charged 

You are sent a monthly invoice that provides details about your resource charges. You can check how much has been spent at any time on the [IBM Cloud Billing and usage page](https://cloud.ibm.com/billing).
You can find your recurring invoice on the [Invoices page](https://cloud.ibm.com/billing/invoices).
* [Figure 3](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/billing-usage?topic=billing-usage-reconcile-invoicenew-charges): A view of the invoice tab in the console with the new and one-time charges from 20 February to 19 March.





 Step 1: Review the totals on the final invoice 

You receive an IaaS and PaaS invoice each month.

For this example, reference Figure 1. The IaaS invoice total is $324,245.93 USD and the PaaS invoice total is $5566.81 USD. To understand what these totals represent, you must view the recurring console invoice. The recurring invoice in the console provides a line item breakdown of each charge.

Zoom

![An image of IaaS and PaaS invoice for the month](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/9713d864488177dc6b273b53b7f2383a81f10bc1/billing-usage/images/official-march-invoice.png)

Figure 1.IaaS and PaaS invoice for the month of March.

Zoom

![An image of IaaS and PaaS invoice for the month](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs-content/v1/content/9713d864488177dc6b273b53b7f2383a81f10bc1/billing-usage/images/official-invoice-2.png)

Figure 1.IaaS and PaaS invoice for the month of March.





 Step 2: Identify the recurring charges 

Figure 2 represents the recurring charges. To locate these recurring charges, complete the following steps:



1. In the IBM Cloud console, go to Manage > Billing and usage, and select Invoices.
2. Click the invoice number.
Each host has a 1000 time-series allotment. The remaining time-series are priced based on the tiers.

2000 + 100 + 500 + 100 + 200 - ( 51000 ) = -1100

The result from adding the time series per host minus the allotment defines the tier that is applied for pricing.

You have 1100 more time-series available per your configuration.

The total cost for additional time-series is 0 USD.



The total monitoring cost per month is 180 USD.

180 USD + 0 USD + 0 USD + 0 USD = 180 USD





 Billing sample 3: Platform metrics only 

Consider the following example where you have the following configuration for platform metrics:



* Event-stream generates 50 time-series per month
* IBM Cloud Databases generates 60 time-series per month
* 30k API calls



The billing calculation for the month is calculated as follows:



* Additional time-series cost

Since there are no agents running in this instance, there is no time-series allotment. All platform metrics time-series are priced based on the tiers. The following shows the total time-series for the configuration.

50 + 60 = 110

For tier 1, the price per time-series is 0.08 USD (Tier 1) for up to 100K time-series per month.

110 * 0.08 USD = 8.80 USD
* Additional API calls

1M API calls are included with the instance each month.

The price for additional API calls is 0.01 USD per 1000 API calls.

0.03M - 1M = -970k
0 * 0.01 USD/1k = 0 USD

The total cost for additional API calls is 0 USD.



The total monitoring cost per month is 8.80 USD.

8.80 USD + 0 USD = 8.80 USD

Since there were no agents running in this example, the base price and additional containers costs were not applicable to this example.





 Billing sample 4: Host allotment and platform metrics combined 

The following configuration demonstrates billing for a combination of host time-series allotment as well as platform metrics.

Consider the following example where you have the following configuration:



* 3 hosts running agents for orchestrated environments
Summary 

Based on your selected configuration, the estimated price is instantly generated and displayed in the Summary pane. Click Pricing details to generate a PDF document with the price summary for the IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions resources.

You can also add the provisioned resources to the IBM Cloud estimate tool, by clicking Add to estimate. This tool helps you estimate the price of the selected IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions resources together with other IBM Cloud resources that you might consider to purchase.



  Related links 



*  [Procedure to order VMware vSphere instances](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vs_orderinginstances-procedure)
Tier 3: <= 3000 $2800 USD 
 Tier 4: <= 4000 $3500 USD 
 Tier 5: <= 10000 $5000 USD 



The following table illustrates how much you pay with a plan that is based on a block tier pricing model:



Table 7. Charge calculation by using the block tier pricing model

 Quantity of Items Charge Calculation Total Price 

 500 The number of items falls into Tier 1, so the total price is $1000 USD. $1000 USD 
 1500 The number of items falls into Tier 2, so the total price is $1900 USD. $1900 USD 
 ... ... ... 
 5200 The number of items falls into Tier 5, so the total price is $5000 USD. $5000 USD
Now that you’ve defined your pricing model, review how customers would understand and experience it. After your metering updates are approved, validate that your metered plans are correctly configured by enabling and submitting a usage test. This usage test includes creating your metering JSON, calling the Usage Metering API, and submitting metering evidence. [Click Add metrics for the pricing plan you added. Click Test estimation and metering to submit your metering evidence for review.]

The next step is to add features that uniquely identify your product’s attributes and differentiate this pricing plan from others. [Click Add feature to add more information about your pricing plan.]

Check your progress in the Onboarding checklist to make sure you’ve completed all the required tasks. At this point, you’re ready to submit your product for publishing approval. Submitting your request automatically notifies our onboarding team. The team will review the product details you provided to approve it for publishing, or they might request additional updates. [Click the name of your service in the breadcrumb menu, and click Checklist to open the Onboarding checklist. Click Request approval to request publishing approval for your product.]

You'll get an email with details about any changes that you might need to make.

After your product is approved, return to Partner Center and publish it to the IBM Cloud catalog. Congratulations, your service is now ready and available to all users in the IBM Cloud catalog! [Click Publish to publish your service after you receive approval to do so.]







 Before you begin 

To onboard your services to the IBM Cloud platform, you must be an approved IBM Cloud build partner. You can expand your network by receiving access to IBM’s global ecosystem, receive insights to better engage customers, grow your business, and increase revenue. For more information on being an IBM Cloud build partner, see the [IBM Build Partner](https://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/public/build) page.

Besides being an IBM Cloud build partner, service onboarding is limited to providers who meet the following prerequisites due to current processing times:



* Providers who leverage one or more services in the IBM Cloud catalog.
* Providers who intend on selling their product in the IBM Cloud catalog.