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title: "Step 5. Choose Idle Ratio"
description: "Define the percentage of days in the reporting period when the maximum resource usage of the VM was below the selected thresholds. To follow this example, enter 50 in the Idle Ratio (%) field."
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# Step 5. Choose Idle Ratio

Define the percentage of days in the reporting period when the maximum resource usage of the VM was below the selected thresholds.

To follow this example, enter *50* in the **Idle Ratio (%)** field.

[![Choose Idle Ratio](images/idle_vms_report_idle_ratio.png "Choose Idle Ratio")](images/idle_vms_report_idle_ratio.png){.toggle scale=65}