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metrics

Creates, updates, deletes, gets or lists a metrics resource.

Overview

Namemetrics
TypeResource
Idaws.cloudwatch.metrics

Fields

The following fields are returned by SELECT queries:

NameDatatypeDescription
dimensionsarrayThe dimensions for the metric.
metric_namestringThe name of the metric. This is a required field.
namespacestringThe namespace of the metric. (pattern: <code>[^:].*</code>)

Methods

The following methods are available for this resource:

NameAccessible byRequired ParamsOptional ParamsDescription
list_metricsselectregionList the specified metrics. You can use the returned metrics with GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics to get statistical data. Up to 500 results are returned for any one call. To retrieve additional results, use the returned token with subsequent calls. After you create a metric, allow up to 15 minutes for the metric to appear. To see metric statistics sooner, use GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics. If you are using CloudWatch cross-account observability, you can use this operation in a monitoring account and view metrics from the linked source accounts. For more information, see CloudWatch cross-account observability. ListMetrics doesn't return information about metrics if those metrics haven't reported data in the past two weeks. To retrieve those metrics, use GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics.

Parameters

Parameters can be passed in the WHERE clause of a query. Check the Methods section to see which parameters are required or optional for each operation.

NameDatatypeDescription
regionstringAWS region (default: us-east-1)

SELECT examples

List the specified metrics. You can use the returned metrics with GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics to get statistical data. Up to 500 results are returned for any one call. To retrieve additional results, use the returned token with subsequent calls. After you create a metric, allow up to 15 minutes for the metric to appear. To see metric statistics sooner, use GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics. If you are using CloudWatch cross-account observability, you can use this operation in a monitoring account and view metrics from the linked source accounts. For more information, see CloudWatch cross-account observability. ListMetrics doesn't return information about metrics if those metrics haven't reported data in the past two weeks. To retrieve those metrics, use GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics.

SELECT
dimensions,
metric_name,
namespace
FROM aws.cloudwatch.metrics
WHERE region = '{{ region }}' -- required
;