# More verbose accounting data

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/more-verbose-accounting-data/3212>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [July 19, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/more-verbose-accounting-data/3212 "2022-07-19T04:55:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![duvayu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.openpbs.org/duvayu/32/585_2.png) [@duvayu](https://community.openpbs.org/u/duvayu)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/more-verbose-accounting-data/3212/1 "2022-07-19T04:55:49Z")

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hi everyone  
i’m creating an accounting web interface on top of open pbs.  
pbs doe not create usage data before job ends.is there any way to have updates on usage during the running faze of the job?

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**Author:** ![speleolinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@speleolinux](https://community.openpbs.org/u/speleolinux)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/more-verbose-accounting-data/3212/2 "2022-07-19T07:04:38Z")

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Hi duvayu

PBS does have usage data available regularly during its polling cycle. Thats what you see in qstat for example. Accounting info can best be extracted from a python interface to PBS. See my own web interface to PBS here: [Released a small web app to show cluster status](https://community.openpbs.org/t/released-a-small-web-app-to-show-cluster-status/1416)

Mike