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CloudWatch Metric Dimension Property Type

The Metric Dimension is an embedded property of the AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm type. Dimensions are arbitrary name/value pairs that can be associated with a CloudWatch metric. You can specify a maximum of 10 dimensions for a given metric.

Syntax

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

Properties

Name

The name of the dimension, from 1–255 characters in length.

Required: Yes.

Type: String.

Value

The value representing the dimension measurement, from 1–255 characters in length.

Required: Yes.

Type: String.

Examples

Two CloudWatch alarms with dimension values supplied by the Ref function

The Ref and Fn::GetAtt intrinsic functions are often used to supply values for CloudWatch metric dimensions. Here is an example using the Ref function.

"CPUAlarmHigh": {
   "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm",
   "Properties": {
      "AlarmDescription": "Scale-up if CPU is greater than 90% for 10 minutes",
      "MetricName": "CPUUtilization",
      "Namespace": "AWS/EC2",
      "Statistic": "Average",
      "Period": "300",
      "EvaluationPeriods": "2",
      "Threshold": "90",
      "AlarmActions": [ { "Ref": "WebServerScaleUpPolicy" } ],
      "Dimensions": [
         {
            "Name": "AutoScalingGroupName",
            "Value": { "Ref": "WebServerGroup" }
         }
      ],
      "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanThreshold"
   }
},
"CPUAlarmLow": {
   "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm",
   "Properties": {
      "AlarmDescription": "Scale-down if CPU is less than 70% for 10 minutes",
      "MetricName": "CPUUtilization",
      "Namespace": "AWS/EC2",
      "Statistic": "Average",
      "Period": "300",
      "EvaluationPeriods": "2",
      "Threshold": "70",
      "AlarmActions": [ { "Ref": "WebServerScaleDownPolicy" } ],
      "Dimensions": [
         {
            "Name": "AutoScalingGroupName",
            "Value": { "Ref": "WebServerGroup" }
         }
      ],
      "ComparisonOperator": "LessThanThreshold"
   }
}

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