> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.chronosphere.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Manage consumption

Telemetry data provides your teams with more detailed context to help identify and
fix the root causes of issues. However, not all telemetry data provides the same
utility, and you don't want to consume a portion of your license with unnecessary
data.

To help control data usage, first create
[*partitions*](/control/consumption/partitions), which are slices of your log data
with distinct owners. For example, you can create partitions for individual services,
teams, and environments to provide a consistent structure for attributing usage and
costs to the proper owners.

Partitions let you apply [*budgets*](/control/consumption/budgeting), which are
shaping policies you can assign to a partition to safeguard against runaway usage and
overspending.

After defining partitions, use the [Consumption page](/control/consumption/analyze)
to view persisted log data consumption against license capacity. You can then
[shape log data](/control/shaping/shape-logs/parse-logs) to apply finer-grained
control.

## How to control telemetry data

To manage your telemetry data consumption, complete the following steps:

1. [Create partitions](/control/consumption/partitions).
2. [Analyze consumption](/control/consumption/analyze).
3. [Create budgets](/control/consumption/budgeting).
4. [Monitor budgets](/control/consumption/budgeting#next-steps).
5. [Shape telemetry data](/control/shaping/shape-logs).

<Note>
  To delete data from your Observability Platform tenant, contact
  [Chronosphere Support](/support).
</Note>