For each project, it is possible to configure quota limits to control the project expenses or usage.
To access and configure quota limits, you need to be a member of the organization. This means you must be listed under "Members" in the Organization Options section.
To manage quota limits, follow the steps below:
1. Enter the Globant Enterprise AI Backoffice. On the left side of the screen, you can find the Backoffice menu. In this menu, under the group of options called ORGANIZATION OPTIONS you will find the Projects section, where you can manage quota limits for each project.
2. Select the desired project and click on USAGE LIMITS.
When you enter the installments section, you will see a screen with the following information for each quota:
- Valid from and Valid until: Start and end dates of the quota.
- Status: Projects can operate with or without defined quotas. If no quotas are defined, the status is No Limits, meaning there are no restrictions on consumption. However, once a quota is defined, this status cannot be reverted.
When quotas are defined, the project can transition into one of the following statuses:
- Active: Indicates that the quota is in use and has an available balance. This quota is highlighted in green. Only one quota can be active at a time in a project.
- Expired: This status is displayed when a quota period definition has reached its end date. If it was marked as renewable, a new registry will be available as Active on the next renewal date. However, if it is not marked as renewable, the project will need a new limit definition to continue operating.
- Empty: This status occurs when the Hard limit of an active quota has been reached, exhausting the available balance. The quota remains in green and is highlighted as active but with a full usage balance. If the quota is marked as renewable, the balance will be automatically restored at renewal time.
- Cancelled: If a quota has been manually cancelled, it appears with an orange dot. This indicates that you have voluntarily removed the usage restriction to create a new one, or simply that you no longer want it to be active in the project.
- Type: Type of quota, which can be daily, weekly, monthly, or Freemium.
By choosing Freemium, a one-time or trial usage quota is established, with a specific limit of requests or costs and no expiration date. This means that the quota is non-renewable and only allows limited access to the service.
- Renewable?: Indicates whether the quota is renewable at the end of its term. If this option is enabled (marked with a check), the quota is automatically renewed when it reaches its expiration date or when the available balance is exhausted (Empty status). If the quota is not renewable (no check), the project will require a new quota to be defined manually once the current quota has expired or its balance has been exhausted.
- Unit: Unit of measure, such as requests (Requests) or costs (USD).
- Soft limit alert: Sets a usage limit that, when reached, automatically sends an email notification to the project administrator.
- Hard limit: Defines the maximum allowed usage limit. Once reached, the platform blocks any additional requests and logs an error.
- Used and Remaining: Current usage and available balance.
To create a new quota limit, follow these steps:
- Click the CREATE NEW button on the quota management screen. This will open a configuration window.
- Complete the configuration fields according to the required values, such as subscription type, unit of measure, alert limits, and renewal option.
If you select Freemium as the subscription type, the Renewable? option will not be available. This is because Freemium represents a one-time usage or trial limit with no possibility of automatic renewal.
- Click on CONFIRM to save the quota limit, or CANCEL to discard the changes.
In the quotas screen, you can perform the following actions on active quotas:
- UPDATE: Allows you to modify parameters of the active quota, such as soft limit, enable or disable renewal, and increase the hard limit. If an active quota runs out of balance but is renewable, you can increase the hard limit to restore the balance without creating a new quota.
- CANCEL: This option allows you to cancel the active quota, making it possible to define a new limit instead. This is useful when you want to completely modify the usage restrictions for the project.
If the Status of an active and renewable quota changes to Empty due to depletion of its balance, you can restore its availability by increasing the Hard limit using the UPDATE action.