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BillingClass

Parameter: BillingClass
Short description: Activates the Domino billing subsystem and specifies which activity classes are billed — Agent, Database, Document, HttpRequest, Mail, Replication, Session.

Profile

Parameter
BillingClass
Category
General (Billing)
Available since
At least 11.0.1 (HCL documentation)
GUI equivalent
According to HCL, no direct GUI option. Can be set in the Configuration document on the NOTES.INI Settings tab.
Possible values
One or more classes (comma-separated): Agent, Database, Document, HttpRequest, Mail, Replication, Session
Default
None — without an entry, nothing is recorded.

Description

According to the HCL product documentation:
Specifies one or more of seven classes of billing activity.
The classes are: Agent, Database, Document, HttpRequest, Mail, Replication, Session.
The billing process tracks only the activities that you specify in the BillingClass variable.
The Domino billing framework enables consumption tracking for seven defined activity classes. With BillingClass, the administrator selects exactly which classes should be recorded. The data is stored in the billing database (billing.nsf) and can be used for internal cost allocation, license monitoring, or utilization analysis.

Example configuration

BillingClass=Mail,Session,Replication
With this setting, the server records only Mail, Session, and Replication events for billing.

Activity classes overview

  • Agent — execution of agents (e.g. for trigger / scheduled consumption).
  • Database — database-related operations.
  • Document — document-related operations.
  • HttpRequest — HTTP requests (web access).
  • Mail — mail volume / transport.
  • Replication — replication activity.
  • Session — server sessions (logins / connections).

Notes & pitfalls

  • Without further billing configuration (billing DB, billing task), BillingClass has no effect — the billing subsystem must be fully set up.
  • Multiple classes are specified comma-separated without spaces: BillingClass=Mail,Session.
  • On production servers the billing database grows quickly — only enable the classes that are actually needed.
  • According to HCL there is no direct GUI equivalent.

Sources (HCL Product Documentation)