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# Searching for data in usage details with the help of Yandex Query queries


Yandex Cloud Billing and Query are integrated with each other. You can use preset queries to perform routine tasks for analyzing details of payments for resources or write custom [YQL queries](../../query/yql-tutorials/index.md).

![](../../_assets/query/billing-query.png)

Query provides ready-made queries to get the following information:

* Usage by month.
* Usage in the current month by service and product.
* Usage in the current month by cloud and folder.
* Top 10 most expensive resources.
* Payment for fixed usage.
* Fixed usage utilization.
* Details by Managed Service for Kubernetes cluster.

## Getting started {#before-you-begin}

Sign up for Yandex Cloud and create a [billing account](../concepts/billing-account.md):
1. Navigate to the [management console](https://console.yandex.cloud) and log in to Yandex Cloud or create a new account.
1. On the **[Yandex Cloud Billing](https://center.yandex.cloud/billing/accounts)** page, make sure you have a billing account linked and it has the `ACTIVE` or `TRIAL_ACTIVE` [status](../concepts/billing-account-statuses.md). If you do not have a billing account, [create one](../quickstart/index.md) and [link](pin-cloud.md) a cloud to it.

If you have an active billing account, you can create or select a [folder](../../resource-manager/concepts/resources-hierarchy.md#folder) for your infrastructure on the [cloud page](https://console.yandex.cloud/cloud).

[Learn more about clouds and folders here](../../resource-manager/concepts/resources-hierarchy.md).

## Set up integration between Yandex Cloud Billing and Query {#integration}

To set up integration:

1. Open the list of expense detail exports in the Yandex Cloud console.
1. Select the required details and click **Process in YQ**.
1. When switching from Yandex Cloud Billing to Yandex Query for the first time, set up integration:
   1. In the Query interface, select the service account for reading data from Object Storage in the connection creation dialog box and click **Create**.
   1. In the Query interface, check the preset settings by clicking **Preview** in the binding creation dialog. Next, click **Create** to complete the integration.
   1. Once you configure the integration, you will be redirected to **Billing**.

## Query the data {#query}

To query analytical data from Yandex Cloud Billing stored in Object Storage:

1. Under **Billing** in the Query interface, select the required [data binding](../../query/concepts/glossary.md#binding) from the list.
1. Select a query to Object Storage data from the list and click **Run**.

You can do the following with data processing results:

* Download them through the Yandex Query user interface by clicking **Export**.
* [Save them to an Object Storage bucket](../../query/sources-and-sinks/object-storage-write.md).
<!-- * [Visualize them](../../query/tutorials/datalens.md) in Yandex DataLens. -->
* Get and process them via the [Query HTTP API](../../query/api/index.md).

## See also {#see-also}

* [Yandex Object Storage](../../storage/index.md)
* [Yandex DataLens](../../datalens/index.md)