1. A method for providing usage data for a software application, feature, or function (AFF) based on data store activities, comprising: running said software application, feature, or function (AFF) on a host computer producing one or more data store activities on said computer, the one or more data store activities comprising an operation on data in a data store, where a data store activity does not consist of a quantity of data read or written to a file, the number of reads/writes to a file, or the amount of memory space a file consumes; monitoring said plurality of data store activities associated with running said AFF on said host computer; cross-referencing said plurality of data store activities against data consumption based on business activity from running said AFF on said computer host; producing AFF usage data based upon said cross-referencing; and metering business activities based on said AFF usage data.