> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.m3ter.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Usage Data: Meters

> Discover how to create, configure, and manage Meters for your Organization.

You can create and configure *Meters* in m3ter to collect your end customer usage data. When you have set up Meters, you can define *Aggregations* of that usage data to give the pricing metrics you want to use to price Plans for your Products. (See [Pricing Metrics: Aggregations](/guides/usage-data-aggregations) for more  details.) This allows you to introduce usage-based pricing and billing for your Products.

For production environments, your data-collection requirements are unlikely to stop short with the data measures you'll use to support usage-based pricing of your products and services, but extend to collecting other data on costings and customer activity. These collected data can then be fed into analytical tools to yield valuable insights into business performance and management over time.

This section reviews the configuration options available for Meters and explains how to create them:

* [Reviewing Meter Options](/guides/usage-data-meters/reviewing-meter-options)
* [Creating Product Meters](/guides/usage-data-meters/creating-meters)
* [Creating Global Meters](/guides/usage-data-meters/creating-global-meters)
* [Working in Meter Details](/guides/usage-data-meters/working-in-meter-details)
* [Working with Meter Derived Fields and Examples](/guides/usage-data-meters/derived-fields-for-meters-examples-and-supported-syntax)

<Warning>
  **Important! Feeding Usage Data into m3ter?** When you have set up your Meters and their data-collection fields, you'll need to submit your customer usage data to support your production environment. For more details, see the [Submitting Usage Data](/guides/billing-and-usage-data/submitting-usage-data) section.
</Warning>

<Tip>
  **Tip: Reviewing Usage Data?** You can query for usage data and review the returned data using the Data Explorer. See [Performing Usage Queries and Reviewing Results](/guides/data-explorer/performing-usage-queries-and-reviewing-results).
</Tip>