Elastic Transcoder Metrics and Dimensions - Amazon Elastic Transcoder
Elastic Transcoder Dimensions and Metrics

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Elastic Transcoder Metrics and Dimensions

When you create a job, Elastic Transcoder sends the following metrics and dimensions to CloudWatch every minute. You can use the following procedures to view the metrics for Elastic Transcoder.

To view metrics using the CloudWatch console

Metrics are grouped first by the service namespace, and then by the various dimension combinations within each namespace.

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

  2. If necessary, change the region. From the navigation bar, select the region where your AWS resources reside. For more information, see Regions and Endpoints.

  3. In the navigation pane, choose Metrics.

  4. In the CloudWatch Metrics by Category pane, under the metrics category for Elastic Transcoder, select a metrics category, and then in the upper pane, scroll down to view the full list of metrics.

To view metrics using the AWS CLI

  • At a command prompt, use the following command:

    aws cloudwatch list-metrics --namespace "AWS/ElasticTranscoder"

CloudWatch displays the following metrics for Elastic Transcoder:

Elastic Transcoder Dimensions and Metrics

The metrics and dimensions that Elastic Transcoder sends to Amazon CloudWatch are listed below.

Elastic Transcoder Metrics

The AWS/ElasticTranscoder namespace includes the following metrics.

Metric Description

Billed HD Output

The number of billable seconds of HD output for a pipeline.

Valid Dimensions: PipelineId

Unit: Seconds

Billed SD Output

The number of billable seconds of SD output for a pipeline.

Valid Dimensions: PipelineId

Unit: Seconds

Billed Audio Output

The number of billable seconds of audio output for a pipeline.

Valid Dimensions: PipelineId

Unit: Seconds

Jobs Completed

The number of jobs completed by this pipeline.

Valid Dimensions: PipelineId

Unit: Count

Jobs Errored

The number of jobs that failed because of invalid inputs, such as a request to transcode a file that is not in the given input bucket.

Valid Dimensions: PipelineId

Unit: Count

Outputs per Job

The number of outputs Elastic Transcoder created for a job.

Valid Dimensions: PipelineId

Unit: Count

Standby Time

The number of seconds before Elastic Transcoder started transcoding a job.

Valid Dimensions: PipelineId

Unit: Seconds

Errors

The number of errors caused by invalid operation parameters, such as a request for a job status that does not include the job ID.

Valid Dimensions: Operation

Unit: Count

Throttles

The number of times that Elastic Transcoder automatically throttled an operation.

Valid Dimensions: Operation

Unit: Count

Dimensions for Elastic Transcoder Metrics

Elastic Transcoder metrics use the Elastic Transcoder namespace and provide metrics for the following dimension(s):

Dimension Description

PipelineId

The ID of a pipeline. This dimension filters the data you request for an Elastic Transcoder pipeline.

Operation

This dimension filters the data you request for the APIs that Elastic Transcoder provides.