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This document describes how to enable the Workload Manager API.
Enable Workload Manager
You can use the Google Cloud console or gcloud CLI to enable a service API.
Make sure that you've theserviceusage.services.enablepermission andbilling is enabled for your Google Cloud project.
console
In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select the project
in which you want to enable Workload Manager.
ReplacePROJECT_IDwith the project ID of
theconsumerproject in which you create and run Workload Manager
evaluations or the project in which you deploy workloads using Workload Manager.
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