# Enabling Communications Mining

> Since Communications Mining is part of the IXP service in Automation Cloud, make sure you meet the following requirements to access it:

## Prerequisites

Since Communications Mining is part of the IXP service in Automation Cloud, make sure you meet the following requirements to access it:

| Pricing plan | Required license | Required units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Unified Pricing Plan | Enterprise, Standard, or Basic+ | At least one |
| Flex Pricing Plan | Enterprise | At least one |

:::note
If you do not have the required license, contact your account manager for available trials.
If you have the required license but no available units, contact your account manager to purchase units.
For more details on licensing plans, check the [Unified Pricing Plan](https://docs.uipath.com/ixp/automation-cloud/latest/cm-user-guide/unified-pricing) and [Flex Pricing Plan](https://docs.uipath.com/ixp/automation-cloud/latest/cm-user-guide/metering-and-charging-logic-legacy).
:::

## Checking unit entitlement

1. Go to the Automation Cloud navigation menu, and select **Admin**.
2. Select **Licenses**.
3. Select the **Consumables** tab.
4. Check the available units under the **Platform Units** or **AI Units** section.

## Enabling Communications Mining

The following table is a summary of all steps required for you to gain access to Communications Mining via Automation Cloud:

| **Task** | **Responsible role** |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Gain access to the platform via Automation Cloud. | All users that require access |
| 2. [Enable IXP as a service on an Automation Cloud tenant.](https://docs.uipath.com/automation-cloud/automation-cloud/latest/admin-guide/managing-services#enabling-or-disabling-services) | Organization administrator (Org Admin) |
| 3. Optionally, create a Communications Mining project type in IXP. | Organization administrator (Org Admin), Service Admin, or Tenant Admin |
| 4. Optionally, add applicable users to that project, and specify their permissions. | Organization administrator (Org Admin), Service Admin, Tenant Admin, or Project Admin |

Once you complete these steps, an admin can add one or more data sources and create the dataset in Communications Mining. Then, you can start training your model.