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Adding Performance Insights metrics to an existing CloudWatch dashboard - Amazon Aurora

Adding Performance Insights metrics to an existing CloudWatch dashboard

Add a preconfigured or custom metrics dashboard to an existing CloudWatch dashboard. You can add a label to the metrics dashboard to appear in a separate section in the CloudWatch dashboard.

To export the metrics to an existing CloudWatch dashboard
  1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Performance Insights.

  3. Choose a DB instance.

    The Performance Insights dashboard appears for the DB instance.

  4. Scroll down and choose Metrics.

    By default, the preconfigured dashboard with Performance Insights metrics appears.

  5. Choose the preconfigured or custom dashboard and then choose Export to CloudWatch.

    The Export to CloudWatch window appears.

  6. Choose Add to existing dashboard.

    Export to CloudWatch window with add to existing dashboard option selected
  7. Specify the dashboard destination and label, and then choose Confirm.

    • CloudWatch dashboard destination - Choose an existing CloudWatch dashboard.

    • CloudWatch dashboard section label - optional - Enter a name for the Performance Insights metrics to appear in this section in the CloudWatch dashboard.

    A banner displays a message after the dashboard export is successful.

  8. Choose the link or View in CloudWatch in the banner to view the metrics dashboard in the CloudWatch console.

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