Adding a gauge widget to a CloudWatch dashboard - Amazon CloudWatch

Adding a gauge widget to a CloudWatch dashboard

Note

Only the new interface in the CloudWatch console supports creation of the gauge widget. You must set a gauge range when you create this widget.

To add a gauge widget to a dashboard

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboards, and then choose a dashboard.

  3. From the dashboard screen, choose the + symbol, and then select Gauge.

  4. Choose Browse, and then select the metric that you want to graph.

  5. Choose Options. Under Gauge range, set values for Min and Max. For percentages, such as CPU utilization, we recommend that you set the values for Min to 0 and Max to 100.

  6. (Optional) To change the color of the gauge widget, choose Graphed metrics and select the color box next to the metric label. A menu appears where you can choose a different color or enter a six-digit hex color code to specify a color.

  7. Choose Create widget, and choose Save dashboard.