Create and Manage Orgs (Flex)

Availability

Account Type	Account Level
Credits	Enterprise Suite Flex

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This feature is not enabled by default. If you’d like to have it enabled, contact your Sumo Logic account executive.

This topic has information about Sumo Logic’s Organizations (“Sumo Orgs”) feature for Flex licensing, which you can use to create and manage orgs. The term parent org refers to the organization from which you create a new organization, while child orgs are the organizations you create.

Sumo Orgs allows you to logically group, provision, and centrally manage and monitor the credits usage of multiple orgs.

When you create a child org, you provision it with credits, based on the ingest volume you estimate for the org. When you provision a child org you use a Credits Calculator to estimate and allocate required credits for each product variable. 

We refer to your estimates of ingest capacity required for each product variable as baselines. Sumo Logic’s throttling multipliers for logs and metrics are based on these estimates. For example, if you estimate 1GB usage for logs and specify that as the baseline when you create the org, Sumo Logic will start throttling when ingestion to the org reaches 4 to 10 times the baseline. The multiplier depends on your account size.

Users that have the required role capabilities can create child orgs under a parent org, and manage and monitor the allocation and consumption of Sumo Logic credits across orgs, and for each child org. This functionality is available in the Sumo Logic UI in the Organizations tab and also in the Organizations Management API.

About Cloud SIEM provisioning

You can enable and provision Cloud SIEM for a child org. Note that the process of provisioning Cloud SIEM can take up to 24 hours. For more information, see Monitor Cloud SIEM Provisioning, below.

Requirements for creating and managing orgs

There are several role capabilities that are required to work with orgs:

• View Organizations. This capability is required to view the Organizations UI.
• Create Organizations. This capability is required to create or provision child organizations.
• Change Credits Allocation. This capability is required to change the credits allocation and baselines for a child organization. 
• Create Trial Organizations. This capability is required to create and provision trial organizations. 
• Upgrade Trial Organizations. This capability is required to upgrade trial organizations. 

Create a new child organization

This section has instructions for creating a new org.

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You cannot delete a new child org once it is created.

1. Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Administration > Organizations.
   New UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Organizations. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Organizations.
2. Click + Add Organization.
   
3. The Create New Organization pane appears.
   

Allocate Credits

1. Plan Type. Select your organization's plan type. 
2. Deployment. Select a Sumo Logic deployment from the list.
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   Depending on your Sumo Logic subscription type, creating an org in a different deployment than the parent may result in a deployment charge being applied on the usage.

3. Click Set Baseline.
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   You need to set the baseline to allocate credits.

   
4. In the credits calculator, enter the following:
   • Average daily ingestion. Enter the average daily ingestion of the Flex data.
   • Estimated Scans per GB of ingested data. Adjust the toggle bar to specify how many times you expect the data to be scanned.. The default setting is 500X, which means the 1 GB of ingested data will be scanned 500 times. You can set this number based on your analytic usage profile.
     • Set the value between 500-750 if your analytic usage profile is Low.
     • Set the value between 750-1500 if your analytic usage profile is Medium.
     • Set the value between 1500-2000 if your analytic usage profile is High.
   • Traces Ingest. Enter estimated daily ingestion of traces.
   • Metrics. Enter estimated daily metric data points per minute (DPM) ingestion.
     
5. Cloud SIEM Enterprise. Click the checkbox to enable Cloud SIEM. When the Cloud Log Ingest field appears, enter a value in GB.
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   Provisioning Cloud SIEM can take up to 24 hours. See Monitor Cloud SIEM Provisioning, below.

6. As you enter the ingestion estimates, the number of credits required for the specified ingestion levels will be incremented.
7. The calculator now shows the recommended credit allocation, which provides you a suggestion on how many credits you would need for the child org. This is calculated based on the baseline added, the burndowns in your contract, and the days remaining in your contract.
8. Throttling limits displays the rate of ingestion. To learn more, refer to Log Ingestion.
9. Once you're finished adding the baseline, click Done.
10. Credits to be allocated. The recommended credits for this child org will be displayed once you set the baseline. You can add or reduce the credit based on your requirement.
11. Remaining Credits (Parent). Total balance credits available in the parent org after using the credits for child org.

Basic Details

1. Organization Name. Enter a unique name for the org.
2. Account Owner Email. Enter the name of the account owner.
3. Account Owner First Name. Enter the account owner’s first name.
4. Account Owner Last Name. Enter the account owner’s last name.
   

Update an org's credits allocation

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If the org has already depleted its credits, you can see a red color warning icon in the Usage % column and a red-colored usage bar in the Allocation & usage section when you view the selected org.

To change an org's credits allocation:

1. Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Administration > Organizations.
   New UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Organizations. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Organizations.

2. Click the row for the org you want to edit.

3. Click Edit in the right hand pane.
   

4. Under Modify Credit Allocation, you can increase or decrease the credits based on your requirement.
   

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   Ensure your total new allocation is not less than the consumed credits.

   You can select Credits to be Added and enter the recommended credit value or value of your choice to top-up additional credits to avoid credit depletion. This recommendation is calculated based on the usage forecast and average credit usage per day for the selected contract period.

   Example 1: Consider that you are heading towards credit depletion and need to add more credits. The below image shows you have almost run out of the credits (1840/1841) allocated to the child org. To increase the credits to the child org, select Credits to be Added. An info icon will appear below with a suggestion on how many credits can be added to this child org based on the usage forecast. So, in this case, it is suggested that you add 135 credits.
   
   Click View Details to view the detailed breakdown of the recommended value.
   

   Example 2: Suppose you need to increase credits for your child org. The image below shows that you have used 35 out of 31,026 credits allocated to your child org. To add more credits, select Credits to be Added and enter the additional credits required.
   

5. If you want to modify the baseline, click View Baseline. The credits calculator appears.

   1. Click Edit and follow the steps in Allocate Credits to update the credits allocation.
      
   2. Depending on the new baseline values, the calculator now shows the recommended credit allocation, which provides a suggestion on how many credits you would need to add for the child org.
   3. Once you set the baseline, you can view the recommended value in the Credits to be Added section.
      
   4. (Optional) Click View Details to view the detailed breakdown of additional credits required value.
      

6. Click Save once you finish editing the credit values.

Monitor Cloud SIEM provisioning

Provisioning Cloud SIEM can take up to 24 hours. You can determine provisioning status on the Organizations page. Until the provisioning is complete, you'll see a spinner and message that indicates the process is on-going.

Monitor credits allocation and usage

This section has information about how you can monitor credit allocations and consumption across all your orgs, and for each child org. You can view the usage by orgs and child orgs on the Account Overview page.

• The Credit Allocation tile indicates the total number of credits allocated.
• The Total Credit Usage tile shows amount of credits consumed out of the total allocated credits.
• The Usage Forecast tile indicates the total consumption of the credits by the end of contract period according to the current consumption rate.

View overall credit usage by category

You can view the aggreagte usage for all child orgs across usage category in the Overall Usage tab on the Account Overview page. Usage for the following categories is shown:

• Flex Ingest. Credits used for logs ingested into the Flex.
• Flex Scan Upfront. Credits used for Flex scan upfront.
• Tracing Ingest. Credits used for traces ingested.
• Metrics Ingest. Credits used for metrics ingested.
• Data Forwarding. For more information, see Data Forwarding.
• Storage. Credits used for log storage in the Continuous and Frequent Tiers.
• Promotional categories. For more information, see Promotional Credits.

By clicking the Download Report button, you can download the org usage data in csv format for further analysis and reporting. You can also download the detailed child org usage data in csv format by clicking Download Detailed Credit Usages from the kebab icon next to the Download Report button.

View child credit usage by category

You can view the usage of individual child orgs in the Child Orgs tab on the Account Overview page. Usage for the following categories is shown:

• The Allocated Credits column indicates the total number of credits allocated to the selected child org.
• The Total Credits Used column indicates the total amount of credits consumed for the selected child org.
• The Usage % column indicates the percentage of overall subscription credits that was allocated to a child org has been consumed.
• The Forecast column indicates the percentage of total consumption of the credits by the end of contract period according to the current consumption rate for a selected child org.
• The Usage % Change column indicates the difference in credit usage by your child organisations over time. For example, if you choose the date from Jan 1 to Jan 7, it will show the usage difference between Dec 25 to Dec 31 and Jan 1 to Jan 7 for each child organisation.

By clicking the Download Report button, you can download the child org usage data in csv format for further analysis and reporting.

By clicking any of the selected child orgs, a side panel opens up in which you can view the individual usage for the following categories:

• Flex Ingest. Credits used for logs ingested into the Flex.
• Flex Scan Upfront. Credits used for Flex scan upfront.
• Tracing Ingest. Credits used for traces ingested.
• Metrics Ingest. Credits used for metrics ingested.
• Data Forwarding. For more information, see Data Forwarding.
• Storage. Credits used for log storage in the Continuous and Frequent Tiers.

By clicking the Download Report button, you can download the selected child org usage data in csv format for further analysis and reporting.

Access a child org

If a custom subdomain has been configured for a child org, and you have an account in the org, you can access it from the Organizations UI.

1. Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Administration > Organizations.
   New UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Organizations. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Organizations.
2. Click the row for the org you want to access.
3. Click Access Organization in the right hand pane.
   

View child credits usage

You can access the child credits usage for a selected organization from the Organizations UI.

1. Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Administration > Organizations.
   New UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Organizations. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Organizations.
2. Click the row for the org you want to access the credits usage.
3. You can see the total percentage of credits consumed out of the total number of credits allocated in the Allocation & usage section.
4. Click Open in Account Overview for a detailed child credit usage report for the selected organization.
   

View baselines

Your estimates of ingest capacity required for each product variable are called as baselines. Sumo Logic’s throttling multipliers for logs and metrics are based on these estimates, you can access it from the Organizations UI.

1. Classic UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Administration > Organizations.
   New UI. In the main Sumo Logic menu, select Organizations. You can also click the Go To... menu at the top of the screen and select Organizations.
2. Click the row for the org you want to check the baselines.
3. Click Edit in the right hand pane.
   
4. To view the baseline, click View Baseline.
   
   

Audit logging for organizations

This section has examples of the messages Sumo Logic writes to the Audit Event Index when you create or update an org.

OrganizationCreated

{"operator":{"email":"PF6gIXhGj33LzP8Ba7kzJkL9EAtz6RuSMYHHKnqbEICUz7PITMdceGFRdQESZ2JwpL7BSbGaOaUYmgADz3USgExa7egWZ8UY2wmm","id":"000000000AEE3701","interface":"INTERNAL","sessionId":"no_session","sourceIp":"54.177.241.252","type":"UserContext"},"organizationIdentity":{"email":"pjain+1ljjjjjlwasdk@sumologic.com","organizationName":"akjdhfjkhwqiue","firstName":"kajsdfh","lastName":"sakjdsh","orgId":"000000000AF45F28","deploymentId":"nite"},"subscriptionDetails":{"startDate":{"year":2020,"month":12,"day":16},"endDate":{"year":2021,"month":5,"day":11},"plan":"SUMO-ENT-SUI","credits":4388,"baselines":{"continuousIngest":1,"continuousStorage":30,"frequentIngest":1,"frequentStorage":30,"infrequentIngest":1,"infrequentStorage":30,"infrequentScan":0,"metrics":1,"cseIngest":0,"cseStorage":0}},"eventType":"Audit","severityLevel":"Info","accountId":"000000000AE07391","eventId":"67718e94-a8a3-4478-b778-975cd0e18e55","eventName":"OrganizationCreated","eventTime":"2020-12-17T04:59:05.584Z","eventFormatVersion":"1.0 beta","subsystem":"organizations"}

OrganizationUpdated

{"operator":{"email":"rmVOQ8CwUBuxqDydSLIV2ZljEogPcR7fwZiIShCBldZ5jhEl1c4wLHJhL1j6xkzVPVuqVJFf1c5VUvOMESv4ieY0xrxuVET6JXTw","id":"000000000B0858AE","interface":"INTERNAL","sessionId":"no_session","sourceIp":"122.181.102.148","type":"UserContext"},"organizationIdentity":{"email":"fkonkpjg3z@mail.peaksum.com","organizationName":"QEV9Z3Z","firstName":"ne3ieXF","lastName":"85lZdXD","orgId":"000000000AF35705","deploymentId":"nite"},"from":{"continuousIngest":200,"continuousStorage":30,"frequentIngest":200,"frequentStorage":30,"infrequentIngest":200,"infrequentStorage":30,"infrequentScan":0,"metrics":200,"cseIngest":0,"cseStorage":0},"to":{"continuousIngest":201,"continuousStorage":30,"frequentIngest":200,"frequentStorage":30,"infrequentIngest":200,"infrequentStorage":30,"infrequentScan":0,"metrics":200,"cseIngest":0,"cseStorage":0},"eventType":"Audit","severityLevel":"Info","accountId":"000000000AE07391","eventId":"2f816b83-3f10-434f-b5b9-e73aa223fd5d","eventName":"OrganizationUpdated","eventTime":"2020-12-16T11:29:53.428Z","eventFormatVersion":"1.0 beta","subsystem":"organizations"}