Google Cloud Firestore console reading of all documents and charges

Question

I am new to Firestore so I have a Profiles and Users collections. In the Cloud Firestore Console when I click on Database > Firestore > Data tab > Profiles or > Users the co

Answer 1

I faced the same confusion a while ago and upon digging down to the issue I learnt that all the data which gets loaded in the 'Data' tab of Firestore page does count towards the overall Firestore usage.

However, I was concerned with the same question as yours thus I contacted Firebase support. They reverted back confirming the first instinct of mine(Document reads in 'Data' tab does count) BUT initially it reads only the first 300 documents of ANY selected collection, so even if your collection has over 1 million docs, it will still load only the first 300 documents.

They suggested a way around it until the Firebase team finds a legit solution

1. Bookmarking the Usage tab of the Firestore page. (So you basically 'Skip' the Data Tab and the useless 300 reads)
2. Adding a dummy collection in a certain way that ensures it is the first collection(alphabetically) which gets loaded by default on the Firestore page.