# Solace connections (licence) - Which metric represents the connection (licence) usage trends

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**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.solace.com/t/solace-connections-licence-which-metric-represents-the-connection-licence-usage-trends/4600 "2025-10-15T19:10:25Z")\
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I can see the connection (licence) usage or entitlement here on Message VPN.

Can you please advise which Data Dog metric represents this value so we can see the usage trend over time?

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Looking through the documentation, I cannot find a specific DataDog metric that directly represents the connection (license) usage or entitlement value for a Solace cloud broker Message VPN to see the usage trend over time.

The closest related metrics are:

1. Connection utilization metrics:

- `derived_metrics.vpn_resource_utilization.total_clients_connected_utilization_percentage`
- `derived_metrics.broker_resource_utilization.total_clients_connected_utilization_percentage`

1. Connection count metrics:

- `client.global.stats.total_clients_connected`
- `vpn.connections`

However, none of these specifically track license/entitlement usage. I recommend searching through the following documentation for more details:

- [PubSub+ Insights Metrics and Checks](https://docs.solace.com/Cloud/Insights/Advanced-Monitoring/insights-metrics.htm)
- [PubSub+ Insights Monitors for Datadog Reference](https://docs.solace.com/Cloud/Insights/Advanced-Monitoring/insights-monitors.htm)