You can use the Console to pause a service if you want to temporarily prevent anyone accessing the service and reduce costs.

1. In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console, click in the top left corner.
2. Click Analytics & AI. Under Analytics, click Analytics Cloud.
3. Select the compartment that contains the Oracle Analytics Cloud instance you're looking for.
4. Click the name of the instance you want to pause or resume.
5. To temporarily pause a service, click Pause.

   While in progress, the status of the service changes to Updating.

   After a few minutes, the service status changes to Inactive.

6. To resume the service, click Resume.

   While in progress, the status of the service changes to Updating.

   After a few minutes, the service status changes to Active.

   When complete, users can sign in to the service and normal billing resumes.