# Can't use pinecone\_db\_write\_unit\_total counter in Prometheus

**URL:** <https://community.pinecone.io/t/cant-use-pinecone-db-write-unit-total-counter-in-prometheus/7407>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** vector-database, serverless\
**Created:** [January 23, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/cant-use-pinecone-db-write-unit-total-counter-in-prometheus/7407 "2025-01-23T08:18:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![dlstpgns0406](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/dlstpgns0406/32/3818_2.png) [@dlstpgns0406](https://community.pinecone.io/u/dlstpgns0406)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/cant-use-pinecone-db-write-unit-total-counter-in-prometheus/7407/1 "2025-01-23T08:18:41Z")

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Hi, I’m using serverless index with Standard Plan, and I read the docs on operating \> monitoring and decided to integrate Prometheus to monitor usages of my serverless indexes. I followed the docs to integrate(such as setting yml file and api key and all that)  
But when I tried to make queries from Prometheus, I found that some counters are not working.(Returning empty results) Below are the list of counters that work.

 ![failed_query](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/pinecone/original/2X/c/c123d363620eed7346453273edf8546eb3c8dbc1.png)

As you can see, the docs says other counters such as pinecone\_db\_write\_unit\_total are also supported. The intellisense also doens’t work for these queries. Below are the gauges and counters that docs says support.

| pinecone\_db\_record\_total | gauge | The total number of records in the index. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_upsert\_total | counter | The number of upsert requests made to an index. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_upsert\_duration\_total | counter | The total time taken processing upsert requests for an index in milliseconds. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_query\_total | counter | The number of query requests made to an index. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_query\_duration\_total | counter | The total time taken processing query requests for an index in milliseconds. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_fetch\_total | counter | The number of fetch requests made to an index. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_fetch\_duration\_total | counter | The total time taken processing fetch requests for an index in milliseconds. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_update\_total | counter | The number of update requests made to an index. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_update\_duration\_total | counter | The total time taken processing update requests for an index in milliseconds. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_delete\_total | counter | The number of delete requests made to an index. |
| pinecone\_db\_op\_delete\_duration\_total | counter | The total time taken processing delete requests for an index in milliseconds. |
| pinecone\_db\_write\_unit\_total | counter | The total number of write units consumed by an index. |
| pinecone\_db\_read\_unit\_total | counter | The total number of read units consumed by an index. |
| pinecone\_db\_storage\_size\_bytes | gauge | The total size of the index in bytes. |

Is there something I’m not aware of? Or are these counters only available for Enterprise plan?

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**Author:** ![dlstpgns0406](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.pinecone.io/dlstpgns0406/32/3818_2.png) [@dlstpgns0406](https://community.pinecone.io/u/dlstpgns0406)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/cant-use-pinecone-db-write-unit-total-counter-in-prometheus/7407/2 "2025-01-23T08:35:14Z")

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Sorry guys, turned out that I never used write units after upgrading to Standard Plan.

But I think it’s better to make it still work. 😇