Changing the Billing Mode from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

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You can change the billing mode of an instance from yearly/monthly to pay-per-use.

The pay-per-use billing mode is applied only after a yearly/monthly subscription expires and auto-renew is not in effect.

Changing the Billing Mode from Yearly/Monthly to Pay-per-Use

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select a region and a project.
3. Click in the upper left corner of the page, choose Databases > GaussDB(for MySQL).
4. On the Instances page, locate the yearly/monthly instance that you want to change to pay-per-use instance and choose More > Change to Pay-per-use in the Operation column.

   Alternatively, click the instance name to go to the Basic Information page. In the Billing Information area, click Change in the Billing Mode field.

5. On the displayed page, change the billing mode of the instance.
6. On the Change to Pay-per-Use After Expiration page, confirm the instance billing information and click Change to Pay-per-Use.
7. Wait until the billing mode is successfully changed and view the instance on the Instances page.

   In the upper right corner of the instance list, click to refresh the list. After the change completes, the instance status will change to Available and the billing mode will change to Pay-per-use.