API usage metrics

The API usage metrics correspond to the AWS service quotas. You can configure alarms that alert you when your usage approaches a service quota. For more information about CloudWatch integration with service quotas, see AWS usage metrics in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

The Amazon Chime SDK publishes the following API metrics in the AWS/Usage namespace, with the ChimeSDK service name.

Metric	Description
CallCount	The total number of calls made to an API in the Amazon Chime SDK. SUM represents the total number of calls to the API during the specified period.
ErrorCount	The total number of errors thrown by an API in the Amazon Chime SDK. SUM represents the total number of calls to the API during the specified period.
ThrottleCount	The total number of throttling errors thrown by an API in the Amazon Chime SDK. SUM which represents the total number of calls to the API during the specified period.

The Amazon Chime SDK publishes usage metrics to the AWS/Usage namespace with the following dimensions:

Dimension	Description
Service	The name of the AWS service containing the resource. For Amazon Chime SDK usage metrics, the value for this dimension is ChimeSDK.
Type	The type of entity being reported. The only valid value for Amazon Chime SDK usage metrics is API.
Resource	The type of resource reporting the metric. For Amazon Chime SDK usage metrics, the value for this dimension is the name of the API.
Class	The class of resource being tracked. The only valid value for Amazon Chime SDK metrics is None.