CloudWatch usage metrics
CloudWatch collects metrics that track the usage of some AWS resources.
These metrics correspond to AWS service quotas.
Tracking these metrics can help you proactively manage your quotas. For more information, see
Visualizing your service quotas and setting
alarms.
Service quota usage metrics are in the AWS/Usage namespace and are collected every minute.
Currently, the only metric name in this namespace that CloudWatch publishes is CallCount. This
metric is published with the dimensions Resource, Service, and
Type. The Resource dimension specifies the name of the API operation
being tracked. For example, the CallCount metric with the dimensions
"Service": "CloudWatch", "Type": "API" and "Resource":
"PutMetricData" indicates the number of times the CloudWatch PutMetricData API
operation has been called in your account.
The CallCount metric does not have a specified unit. The most useful statistic
for the metric is SUM, which represents the total operation count for the 1-minute
period.
Metrics
| Metric | Description |
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The number of specified operations performed in your account. |
Dimensions
| Dimension | Description |
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The name of the AWS service containing the resource. For CloudWatch usage metrics, the value for this dimension is |
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The class of resource being tracked. CloudWatch API usage metrics use this dimension with a value of |
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The type of resource being tracked. Currently, when the |
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The name of the API operation. Valid values include the following: DeleteAlarms, DeleteDashboards,
DescribeAlarmHistory, DescribeAlarms,
GetDashboard, GetMetricData,
GetMetricStatistics, ListMetrics, PutDashboard,
and PutMetricData
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