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# Set up access to Google Cloud billing and usage data

# Set up access to Google Cloud billing and usage data {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Australia
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* Updated March 12, 2026
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Set up access to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) billing and usage data by following the steps.

1. [Create a Google Cloud billing account](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/SxYyjE_3tnmCPVCycQYVZQ "Create a billing account, project, and BigQuery dataset in the Google Cloud Console.")
2. [Create Google API credentials](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Se4CLmzmMQGVqCOpzJhO6g "To access data securely on your provider account, the Discovery process must be present with appropriate credentials.")
3. [Enable cost allocation in Google Cloud for Kubernetes cluster](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ovqkpCSY0ahvPm2uNozPJA "Enable cost allocation for each Kubernetes cluster before you run a Google Cloud Billing download job to view the Kubernetes spend.")
4. [Schedule and manage the jobs that download Google Cloud billing data](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/qLMlkans3gZFIHSCwPwGKQ "Billing Download jobs download, organize, and store billing data for your payer account on the schedule that you specify. The system analyzes the data to generate reports and to make recommendations for changes in your cloud operations that can lead to cost savings.")
5. [Add a Google Cloud CI class type to ensure accurate billing data](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/HtUFTcw1Vw2qNkbUmbWINQ "Specify the details of a new CI or CI type to enable the CI placement process to assign cost and usage data correctly. The process is a part of Billing Download job execution. The CI placement process associates downloaded cost and usage data with the appropriate CIs.")
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**Related tasks**   

* [Cancel a Google Cloud Billing download job](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/VF~rDrNH3d24FFGwkwehSA "A Billing download job obtains billing and usage data from each payer account for Google Cloud. The Rightsizing, Unused resources, and Business hours processes use billing and usage data when generating recommendations. You can cancel any Billing download job individually.")