# Returns the usage record with the given identifier.

`GET /accounting/usages/{id}`

Group: Accounting › Usage · Operation ID: `getUsage`

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/?op=getUsage)

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | `"v1"` | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |
| `id` | path | string | yes | The unique identifier for the usage record to return. |

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (getUsageOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the usage record. |
| `usageNumber` | string | no | The usage number, unique within the tenant. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `usageIdentifier` | string | no | The external identifier for this usage record, as supplied at ingestion. |
| `date` | string (date-time) | yes | The date and time the usage occurred, without a time zone. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss. |
| `description` | string | no | A free-form description of the usage record. Absent when none is set. |
| `productIdentifier` | string | no | The product code or identifier this usage is attributed to, as supplied at ingestion. |
| `billableComponentId` | string | no | The billable component this usage is attributed to. Absent until it is resolved. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `usageComponent` | string | no | The billable component's name or identifier, included so you do not need a second read. |
| `quantity` | string (decimal) | yes | The quantity of usage recorded, in unitOfMeasure. |
| `unitOfMeasure` | string | no | The unit the quantity is measured in, for example 'Hour', 'GB' or 'Call'. |
| `unitPrice` | string (decimal) | yes | The price per unit for this usage. This record has no currency field. The currency is on the subscription or contract this usage bills against. |
| `status` | string | yes | The lifecycle status of the usage record. Possible values: 'pending', 'processed', 'error', 'invoiced', 'pendingRebill', 'rebilled', 'staged', 'skipped'. |
| `usagePeriodId` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the usage period this record belongs to. There is no endpoint for it. |
| `customFields` | UnknownObject | no | Custom data recorded on this usage record, as a JSON object. Absent when none was set. |
| `orderIndex` | number | no | The position of this usage record within the batch it was created in. Absent when not known. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) | yes | The date and time the usage record last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

## Errors

| Code | Status |
| --- | --- |
| `NOT_FOUND` | 400 |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure. Codes: NOT_FOUND
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error