1. Scenario overview
Traffic statistics stay on the usage itself. A data dashboard rolls many kinds of metrics into one view. Here you total consumption by SIM, project, customer, carrier, and time, then read the trend, the SIMs that went over, and the ones that look abnormal. The dashboard is the wide view. This page is the deep cut on data, and it is the record behind traffic billing, plan design, and risk control.
Use it to retune tiers (which projects use a lot), to hold cost down (which SIMs went over), and to catch a spike. Grain is day, week, month, or year. You get trend charts and share charts, an export, and an API. Pool usage, single-SIM usage, and the overage list are all on this page.
2. Core capabilities
Usage on several dimensions
Total consumption by SIM, project, customer, carrier, plan type, and time. Open a single SIM, a project roll-up, a customer roll-up, or the share by carrier. A traffic pool shows the pool total and a ranking of SIMs inside it. A single-SIM plan ranks SIMs so the heavy users and the quiet ones are obvious.
Trends, year over year and versus the last period
A chart of usage over time, by day, week, month, or year, compared with the same period last year and with the period just before. That is how growth and seasonality show up, and how you decide what to buy and which plan to design. A share chart shows how much of the usage sits in each tier.
SIMs that went over
Mark the SIMs that kept using data after the plan was used up. That list is what traffic billing uses for the overage charge, and what you use when you change a tier. Export it, set the policy in overage management, and pair it with traffic alerts so the warning comes first and the handling comes after.
Abnormal usage
A sudden spike can mean unauthorized use or a device that is not behaving. A sudden drop can mean the device went offline. Both are worth a look, for operations and for security.
3. How the numbers are built
4. Statistics, alerts, billing, and the dashboard
Traffic statistics, traffic alerts, traffic billing, and the data dashboard answer different questions.
| Dimension | Traffic statistics | Traffic alerts | Traffic billing | Data dashboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Usage, looked at after the fact | A notice before the problem | What is receivable and payable | Many metrics in one view |
| Core capabilities | Usage across dimensions, trends, overage, abnormal use | Tiered alerts, multi-channel notices, renewal prompts | Plan, overage, and pool charges, and the bill | SIMs, orders, revenue, channels, and more |
| What you get | Usage reports, trend charts, overage and abnormal lists | An alert | Bills and a reconciliation report | One board and metric cards |
| What teams need | Usage you can trace and trends you can read | An early warning and fewer stopped SIMs | A posting for the books, and a cost you can explain | An operating view you can decide from |
Statistics are the usage record for traffic billing. With traffic alerts and overage management, the operating loop is complete.
5. Export and the API
Export Excel or CSV, or hand the same numbers to a BI tool over the API for a second pass. Rankings of high-use SIMs and low-use SIMs, the overage list, and the abnormal list each export in one step, at the grain you need and into the system you already run.
6. Typical use cases
- Retune the plans: see where high-use and low-use SIMs sit, then change plan tiers so less data is wasted and fewer SIMs run over.
- Hold the cost: find the SIMs that went over and the ones that spiked, and deal with them before the risk grows.
- BI: send usage out by API and read it next to the rest of the business data.
7. Why it matters
Traffic statistics on the SimtoLink IoT Cloud Platform are how you run data as an operating number, not a surprise on the bill. The usage record is what you price a plan against and what you buy against. Abnormal use is how risk shows up early. The API is how BI stays on the same numbers. Totals by project or customer are also how you split cost and how you score a team. With alerts, overage management, and billing, the loop closes.
8. Implementation notes
Look at high-use SIMs and abnormal SIMs on a regular cadence, and change the tiers from what you see. Tie overage to overage management and to traffic alerts. Let the trend drive what you buy and which plan you design. Let a spike or a drop be the prompt to check risk. SimtoLink can help with a report shaped to you and with the API.