Request Parameters Response Elements Errors See Also

ListMetrics

List the specified metrics. You can use the returned metrics with GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics to obtain 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 before the metric appears. You can see statistics about the metric sooner by using GetMetricData or GetMetricStatistics.

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.

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

Dimensions.member.N

The dimensions to filter against. Only the dimensions that match exactly will be returned.

Type: Array of DimensionFilter objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 10 items.

Required: No

MetricName

The name of the metric to filter against. Only the metrics with names that match exactly will be returned.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Required: No

Namespace

The metric namespace to filter against. Only the namespace that matches exactly will be returned.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: [^:].*

Required: No

NextToken

The token returned by a previous call to indicate that there is more data available.

Type: String

Required: No

RecentlyActive

To filter the results to show only metrics that have had data points published in the past three hours, specify this parameter with a value of PT3H. This is the only valid value for this parameter.

The results that are returned are an approximation of the value you specify. There is a low probability that the returned results include metrics with last published data as much as 40 minutes more than the specified time interval.

Type: String

Valid Values: PT3H

Required: No

Response Elements

The following elements are returned by the service.

Metrics.member.N

The metrics that match your request.

Type: Array of Metric objects

NextToken

The token that marks the start of the next batch of returned results.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalServiceError

Request processing has failed due to some unknown error, exception, or failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidParameterValue

The value of an input parameter is bad or out-of-range.

HTTP Status Code: 400