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# Confluent

## Overview

You can connect your Confluent billing data to Cloudchipr in order to track and analyze resources and costs in Billing Explorer. Once connected, you can group and view costs by any dimension, such as:

* Organization
* Service
* Resource
* Product family
* Environment

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## Connect Confluent

To connect Confluent billing data, follow these steps:

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1. **Create a Service Account in Confluent**
   1. Create a <Anchor label="Service Account" target="_blank" href="https://confluent.cloud/settings/api-keys/create">Service Account</Anchor>.
   2. Assign it the **Billing Admin** role.
2. **Generate an API Key**
   1. Create an API Key for the Service Account.
   2. Ensure the key has the **Cloud Resource Management** scope enabled.
3. **Provide Credentials**
   1. Enter the generated **API Key** and **Secret** into the corresponding fields in Cloudchipr.
4. **Verify Permissions**
   1. Click **Check Permissions** to confirm the Service Account roles are correctly assigned.
5. **Click Connect**

After completing these steps, your Confluent connection will appear in the connections table. You can then view and analyze your Confluent billing data in Billing Explorer.