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Operational data\n\nTo enable consistent [customer success services](/services/customer-success-services/) for paying customers, self-managed instances will be required to share aggregated operational data that indicates the adoption of product use cases or features. Like [SaaS service usage data](/handbook/legal/privacy/customer-product-usage-information/#saas-gitlabcom-software), operational data for self-managed instances such as number of projects, issues, pipelines, and merge requests will be aggregated for each self-managed instance and will not contain any individual user's personal information or project-specific information. This operational data will be used by customer success services to help customers understand their usage, identify adoption issues, provide use case enablement, and recommend best practices for a successful customer journey. 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