AWS::Logs::MetricFilter Dimension

Specifies the CloudWatch metric dimensions to publish with this metric.

Because dimensions are part of the unique identifier for a metric, whenever a unique dimension name/value pair is extracted from your logs, you are creating a new variation of that metric.

For more information about publishing dimensions with metrics created by metric filters, see Publishing dimensions with metrics from values in JSON or space-delimited log events.

Important

Metrics extracted from log events are charged as custom metrics. To prevent unexpected high charges, do not specify high-cardinality fields such as IPAddress or requestID as dimensions. Each different value found for a dimension is treated as a separate metric and accrues charges as a separate custom metric.

To help prevent accidental high charges, Amazon disables a metric filter if it generates 1000 different name/value pairs for the dimensions that you have specified within a certain amount of time.

You can also set up a billing alarm to alert you if your charges are higher than expected. For more information, see Creating a Billing Alarm to Monitor Your Estimated AWS Charges.

Syntax

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

JSON

{
  "Key" : String,
  "Value" : String
}

YAML

  Key: String
  Value: String

Properties

Key

The name for the CloudWatch metric dimension that the metric filter creates.

Dimension names must contain only ASCII characters, must include at least one non-whitespace character, and cannot start with a colon (:).

Required: Yes

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 255

Update requires: No interruption

Value

The log event field that will contain the value for this dimension. This dimension will only be published for a metric if the value is found in the log event. For example, $.eventType for JSON log events, or $server for space-delimited log events.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 255

Update requires: No interruption