AWS::CloudWatch::AnomalyDetector Dimension

A dimension is a name/value pair that is part of the identity of a metric. Because dimensions are part of the unique identifier for a metric, whenever you add a unique name/value pair to one of your metrics, you are creating a new variation of that metric. For example, many Amazon EC2 metrics publish InstanceId as a dimension name, and the actual instance ID as the value for that dimension.

You can assign up to 30 dimensions to a metric.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Name" : String,
  "Value" : String
}

YAML

  Name: String
  Value: String

Properties

Name

The name of the dimension.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 255

Update requires: Replacement

Value

The value of the dimension. Dimension values must contain only ASCII characters and must include at least one non-whitespace character. ASCII control characters are not supported as part of dimension values.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 1024

Update requires: Replacement