{"id":565952,"date":"2026-11-10T01:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=565952"},"modified":"2026-11-10T13:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:17:25","slug":"managing-credits-in-arcgis","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis","title":{"rendered":"Managing credits in ArcGIS Online"},"author":5791,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37501],"tags":[775642,27551,239942],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-565952","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-administrative-reports","tag-credits","tag-organization-administration","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS Online users and administrators - learn best practices and tips for managing credits in ArcGIS Online.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> This article was originally published on January 27, 2023 by Princess Guzman and Liz Todd, and has been updated. The most recent updates to this article reflect changes to the organization status dashboard and the new member status dashboard in ArcGIS Online.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Credits are the currency of ArcGIS, and are consumed for specific transactions, such as performing analytics and storing features. You can consume credits when working in ArcGIS Online or when interacting with ArcGIS Online while using other ArcGIS products such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS Business Analyst.<\/p>\n<p>ArcGIS Online offers tools and workflows that help you manage credits and monitor credit usage in your ArcGIS Online organization. This article offers credit management tips and best practices for organization administrators and members.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"administrators\"><strong>Tips for administrators <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>1. Enable credit budgeting<\/h3>\n<p>Administrators can allocate credits to users by <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/configure-credits.html#F7Bhttps:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/configure-credits.html#F7B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enabling credit budgeting<\/a>, which has the following benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allows administrators to assign a specific quantity of credits to each member. Credit budgets can be assigned to members during the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/invite-users.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invitation process<\/a> or at any time through the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/manage-members.html#27F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organization page Members tab<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gives members the flexibility to use credits any way they choose.<\/li>\n<li>Displays an additional column of information on the Organization page <strong>Members<\/strong> tab that shows administrators the number of credits remaining for each member.<\/li>\n<li>Helps members avoid mistakes by preventing transactions that would consume too many credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turn on credit budgeting by clicking <strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Credits<\/strong>, and turning on the <strong>Enable credit budgeting tools<\/strong> toggle button. You also have the option of showing each member\u2019s available credits on their settings page.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989194,"id":2989194,"title":"credit-budget-setting","filename":"credit-budget-setting.jpg","filesize":50982,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/credit-budget-setting","alt":"Credits setting with Enable credit budgeting tools toggle button turned on","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"credit-budget-setting","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:37:50","modified":"2026-11-10 20:37:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":416,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":257,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":416,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":416,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":416,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":416,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":416,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-budget-setting.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":416}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>2. Create custom member roles with privileges<\/h3>\n<p>An important way to control credit expenditures in the organization is by <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/configure-roles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creating and assigning custom roles<\/a> to members. Custom roles allow administrators to limit access to credit-consuming tools and capabilities for members who do not require them.<\/p>\n<p>To create a custom role, click <strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Member roles<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Create role<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989197,"id":2989197,"title":"create-role","filename":"create-role.jpg","filesize":57321,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/create-role-2","alt":"Member roles setting with Create role button indicated","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"create-role-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:40:15","modified":"2026-11-10 20:40:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":554,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role.jpg","medium-width":354,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":554,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":554,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":554,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":554,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role-631x465.jpg","card_image-width":631,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/create-role.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":554}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Privileges for credit-consuming tools and capabilities can be found under <strong>General privileges<\/strong> in the <strong>Content<\/strong> and<strong> Premium content and services<\/strong> sections.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989199,"id":2989199,"title":"privileges","filename":"privileges.jpg","filesize":61442,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/privileges-3","alt":"Create role window with General privileges section expanded and Content and Premium content and services sections highlighted","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"privileges-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:41:41","modified":"2026-11-10 20:42:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":801,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges.jpg","medium-width":245,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":801,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":801,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":801,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":801,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges-437x465.jpg","card_image-width":437,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/privileges.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":801}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>3. Monitor organizational usage<\/h3>\n<p>Administrators can monitor their members&#8217; credit usage using tools and information on the <strong>Organization<\/strong> page. The following are some ways to monitor credit usage in your organization:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>See a snapshot of your organization\u2019s credit usage <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Go to the <strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Overview<\/strong> tab to get a quick view of credit usage information in the organization.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989200,"id":2989200,"title":"credits-overview","filename":"credits-overview.jpg","filesize":34651,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/credits-overview-2","alt":"Credits section of the Organization page Overview tab","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"credits-overview-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:42:57","modified":"2026-11-10 20:43:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":682,"height":434,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","medium-width":410,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","medium_large-width":682,"medium_large-height":434,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","large-width":682,"large-height":434,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","1536x1536-width":682,"1536x1536-height":434,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","2048x2048-width":682,"2048x2048-height":434,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","card_image-width":682,"card_image-height":434,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credits-overview.jpg","wide_image-width":682,"wide_image-height":434}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h4><strong>Use the status dashboard<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Go to the <strong>Organization <\/strong>page<strong> Status dashboard <\/strong>tab to see credit usage over time, credit usage by type, and other information. In the <strong>Credits used<\/strong> section, you can also see the change in credits consumed for the selected period; arrows show whether usage has increased or decreased over this period.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989201,"id":2989201,"title":"credit-summary","filename":"credit-summary.jpg","filesize":50283,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/credit-summary","alt":"Status dashboard Summary tab showing total credits used and credits used by type","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"credit-summary","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:44:30","modified":"2026-11-10 20:44:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":489,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary.jpg","medium-width":401,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":489,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":489,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":489,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":489,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary-715x465.jpg","card_image-width":715,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/credit-summary.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":489}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The status dashboard is organized into four tabs: <strong>Summary<\/strong>, <strong>Storage<\/strong>, <strong>Transactions<\/strong>, and <strong>Sessions<\/strong>. Use the pre-set and custom date range options, page filters, and drill-throughs on the various tabs to access specific credit usage information\u2014for example, the number of credits used for geocoding in the last 7 days.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989202,"id":2989202,"title":"geocoding","filename":"geocoding.jpg","filesize":64964,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/geocoding-6","alt":"Status dashboard Transactions tab showing the number of credtis used for geocoding in the last 7 days","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"geocoding-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:45:23","modified":"2026-11-10 20:45:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":753,"height":457,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","medium-width":430,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","medium_large-width":753,"medium_large-height":457,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","large-width":753,"large-height":457,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","1536x1536-width":753,"1536x1536-height":457,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","2048x2048-width":753,"2048x2048-height":457,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","card_image-width":753,"card_image-height":457,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/geocoding.jpg","wide_image-width":753,"wide_image-height":457}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> For the most precise and up-to-date credit usage information, run a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/reference\/report-fields.html#7BA\">credit report<\/a>\u00a0(<strong>Organization\u00a0<\/strong>&gt;\u00a0<strong>Reports<\/strong>).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h4><strong>Monitor storage credit usage<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Use the <strong>Storage<\/strong> tab of the organization status dashboard to get detailed information about storage credit usage in the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Items using the most storage credits<\/strong> table includes a list of items in the organization, with the number of storage credits used for each item and other information such as the item owner, item view count, and when the item was last viewed. You can download this information as a CSV file to save and share as needed. For more information, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/how-to-manage-storage-credits-in-your-arcgis-online-organization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to manage storage credits in your organization<\/a> blog article.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989205,"id":2989205,"title":"top-items","filename":"top-items.jpg","filesize":66442,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/top-items","alt":"Items using the most storage credits table","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"top-items","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:49:36","modified":"2026-11-10 20:50:04","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":623,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items.jpg","medium-width":315,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":623,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":623,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":623,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":623,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items-561x465.jpg","card_image-width":561,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/top-items.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":623}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you want to see a full list of items in the organization with additional information about each item, run an <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/reference\/report-fields.html#6E4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">item report<\/a> (<strong>Organization<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Reports<\/strong>).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h4><strong>Monitor your ArcGIS Online organization&#8217;s email notifications<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Administrators will receive an email notification when a member has consumed all their credits (when credit budgeting is enabled), when the organization has consumed 75% or more of its credits, and when the organization has consumed all its credits. Additional service credits are sold in blocks of 1,000 and can be purchased at any time through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/store\/arcgis-online\/arcgis-online-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Monitor member usage<\/h3>\n<p>The best way to monitor credit usage for a specific organization member is to go to the Organization page <strong>Members<\/strong> tab. Click the <strong>Options<\/strong> menu for the member and choose <strong>Status dashboard<\/strong> to see the member\u2019s credit usage information.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989216,"id":2989216,"title":"member-status-dashboard","filename":"member-status-dashboard.jpg","filesize":62847,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/member-status-dashboard","alt":"Members tab with Options menu open for member and Status dashboard option indicated","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"member-status-dashboard","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:56:44","modified":"2026-11-10 20:57:22","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":493,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard.jpg","medium-width":398,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":493,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":493,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":493,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":493,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-709x465.jpg","card_image-width":709,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":493}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>On the member\u2019s status dashboard, choose a reporting period and use the tabs on the dashboard to get details about the member\u2019s credit usage for that period.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989220,"id":2989220,"title":"member-status-dashboard-summary","filename":"member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","filesize":48326,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/member-status-dashboard-summary","alt":"Summary tab of the member status dashboard","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"member-status-dashboard-summary","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 20:59:30","modified":"2026-11-10 20:59:42","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":468,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","medium-width":419,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":468,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":468,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":468,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":468,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary-747x465.jpg","card_image-width":747,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/member-status-dashboard-summary.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":468}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2 id=\"everyone\"><strong>Tips for everyone<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Organization members who are not administrators can also help with credit management by applying the following tips:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Monitor your usage<\/h3>\n<p>Visit your <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/get-started\/profile.html#0D7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settings page<\/a> to see the number of credits available to you. (If you don\u2019t see this information, ask your administrator to enable it in the organization\u2019s credit settings.)<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2958714,"id":2958714,"title":"my-credits","filename":"my-credits.jpg","filesize":66973,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/my-credits","alt":"Credits tab in My settings showing credits remaining and credits assigned","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"my-credits","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-02-26 21:19:43","modified":"2026-02-26 21:19:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1105,"height":490,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":206,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":341,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","large-width":1105,"large-height":490,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","1536x1536-width":1105,"1536x1536-height":490,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","2048x2048-width":1105,"2048x2048-height":490,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits-826x366.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":366,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/my-credits.jpg","wide_image-width":1105,"wide_image-height":490}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You can also find details about your personal credit usage by accessing <strong>My status dashboard<\/strong> from the profile menu at the top of the site.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989222,"id":2989222,"title":"my-profile","filename":"my-profile.jpg","filesize":34076,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/my-profile","alt":"Member profile menu with My status dashboard option indicated","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"my-profile","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 21:02:05","modified":"2026-11-10 21:02:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":432,"height":403,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","medium-width":280,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","medium_large-width":432,"medium_large-height":403,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","large-width":432,"large-height":403,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","1536x1536-width":432,"1536x1536-height":403,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","2048x2048-width":432,"2048x2048-height":403,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","card_image-width":432,"card_image-height":403,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/my-profile.jpg","wide_image-width":432,"wide_image-height":403}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>2. Know how many credits the transaction requires<\/h3>\n<p>The following are some tips to help members estimate how many credits their transactions will consume:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Run the credit estimator<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Before running an analysis tool, function, or model in Map Viewer, you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/analyze\/credits-analysis-mv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">credit estimator<\/a> to calculate the expected number of credits you will use in the transaction. Click <strong>Estimate credits<\/strong> to see the number of credits that will be used when you run the tool.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2411322,"id":2411322,"title":"estimate-credits","filename":"estimate-credits.jpg","filesize":4934,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/estimate-credits","alt":"Estimate credits option in the analysis tool pane","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"estimate-credits","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2024-06-28 16:44:33","modified":"2024-06-28 16:45:18","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":253,"height":103,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits-213x103.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":103,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","medium-width":253,"medium-height":103,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","medium_large-width":253,"medium_large-height":103,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","large-width":253,"large-height":103,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","1536x1536-width":253,"1536x1536-height":103,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","2048x2048-width":253,"2048x2048-height":103,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","card_image-width":253,"card_image-height":103,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estimate-credits.jpg","wide_image-width":253,"wide_image-height":103}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You can also apply filter expressions and modify the display extent and other tool options to reduce the number of credits that will be consumed. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/tips-for-managing-credits-consumed-by-analysis-tools\/\">Tips for managing credits consumed by analysis tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Be aware of item storage costs<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Storage is the only credit-consuming service that cannot be calculated with the credit estimator. If you are concerned about storing a large or complex item or want to eliminate unnecessary storage credit expenditures, open <strong>My status dashboard<\/strong> from your profile menu, click the <strong>Storage<\/strong> tab, and scroll to the <strong>Items using the most storage credits<\/strong> table to see a list of your items. If you see that the item is consuming too many credits, you can modify or delete it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2989225,"id":2989225,"title":"WendyClark-storage-items","filename":"WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","filesize":58171,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/managing-credits-in-arcgis\/wendyclark-storage-items","alt":"Top credit-consuming items for member Wendy Clark","author":"5401","description":"","caption":"","name":"wendyclark-storage-items","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":565952,"date":"2026-11-10 21:05:40","modified":"2026-11-10 21:06:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":752,"height":453,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","medium-width":433,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":453,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":453,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":453,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":453,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","card_image-width":752,"card_image-height":453,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WendyClark-storage-items.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":453}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>3. Understand what consumes\u2014and doesn\u2019t consume\u2014credits<\/h3>\n<p>Know what capabilities consume credits and at what rate. <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/credits.html#5BA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This informative table<\/a> includes a list of credit-consuming capabilities, the rate of consumption, as well as examples of where the capability is used.<\/p>\n<h2>Learn more<\/h2>\n<p>To learn more about credit management in ArcGIS Online, refer to the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/credits\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Credits overview<\/a> (web page)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.esri.com\/playlist\/dedicated\/238048082\/1_rhsmdl36\/1_tgmlrqct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Online Credits<\/a> (video series)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/credits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understand credits<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/configure-credits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configure credits<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/analyze\/credits-analysis-mv.html\">Understand credits for spatial analysis<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/dashboard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View status dashboard<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.esri.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/latest\/administer\/reports.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create reports<\/a> (help documentation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/administration\/supercharge-your-arcgis-online-organization-management-with-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supercharge your ArcGIS Online organization management with reports<\/a> (blog article)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/tips-for-managing-credits-consumed-by-analysis-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips for managing credits consumed by analysis tools<\/a> (blog article)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/store\/arcgis-online\/arcgis-online-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purchase additional credits<\/a> (web page)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":5401,"user_firstname":"Jennifer","user_lastname":"Wrightsell-Hughes","nickname":"Jennifer Wrightsell-Hughes","user_nicename":"jenn2596","display_name":"Jennifer Wrightsell-Hughes","user_email":"JWrightsell-Hughes@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:17:08","user_description":"Jennifer Wrightsell-Hughes is a product writer on the ArcGIS Online team. She has a degree in Journalism and over 20 years of experience creating and editing content, including product documentation, tutorials, blog articles, guides, and videos.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jenn-Sept-2025-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":2664002,"post_author":"5401","post_date":"2026-11-10 10:34:30","post_date_gmt":"2026-11-10 18:34:30","post_content":"","post_title":"How to manage storage credits in your ArcGIS Online organization","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"how-to-manage-storage-credits-in-your-arcgis-online-organization","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2026-11-10 12:30:33","post_modified_gmt":"2026-11-10 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