Usage reports allow API providers to monitor the usage of their APIs. Usage reports in API-Portal show the number of requests made by all the applications for an API for a specified period of time.

Usage reports are sent directly to consumers through email, so you have to make sure that you only provide reports that make sense for the consumers and that are considered safe in terms of security and regulatory legislation. The reports are executed with a higher privileged user role.

Before you can schedule a usage report in API-Portal, you have to share the report template from CentraSite to the instance of API-Portal you require. For more information about report templates in CentraSite, see the Working with the CentraSite Business UI.

API consumers can define the frequency of the report they require. API consumers receive the scheduled report in the PDF format through email. For more information about scheduling API usage reports, see webMethods API-Portal Online Help.