This topic is intended for Data Product Owner and System Administrator who manage AgentFlow usage and monitor credit consumption. For more information, see About roles.

What AgentFlow credits are

AgentFlow uses credits to measure AI agent usage. Each agent execution consumes large language model (LLM) tokens.

Data Explorer Agent (DEA) usage is free. DEA activity doesn't deduct credits from your balance and isn't visible in the Usage Dashboard.

Annual credit entitlement

Credits are purchased for a defined contract period. A single annual credit entitlement is allocated at the start of each contract period.

• Credits do not reset monthly.
• There are no daily or monthly usage caps.
• Unused credits do not roll over.
• Unused credits expire at the end of the contract period.

How credits are consumed

Credit consumption depends on your customer model:

• Standard customer — Each Base Package has its own independent credit entitlement. All tenants mapped to the same Base Package consume credits from that package's entitlement.
• Pooled customer — Credits are shared across multiple Base Packages under the same customer. Tenants consume credits from the shared pooled entitlement, which may span multiple Base Packages and contracts.

Usage thresholds

AgentFlow monitors credit consumption against your annual entitlement and provides notifications at defined thresholds:

• 75% — Warning notification
• 90% — Critical warning notification
• 100% — Usage is blocked

When usage reaches 75%, 90%, or 100%:

• Email notifications are sent to users assigned the AF_BILLING_ADMIN_ROLE.
• AgentFlow users see a message in the chat window indicating the current usage level.

When usage reaches 100%, new messages can't be sent until credits are replenished.

What happens when credits are exhausted

If a Base Package reaches 100% credit usage:

• The in-progress request completes.
• New messages are blocked.
• The message composer is disabled.
• A notification appears in the interface.

An Admin must replenish credits before new AgentFlow messages can be sent.

Who can view the Billing Dashboard

Only users assigned the AF_BILLING_ADMIN_ROLE can access the Usage Dashboard to view credit balances, contract details, and tenant and agent level usage.

Regular AgentFlow users can continue using agents but will see warnings when usage thresholds are reached.

To learn how to monitor usage, see View AgentFlow usage and credit balance.