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CloudwatchMetricAction - AWS IoT

CloudwatchMetricAction

Describes an action that captures a CloudWatch metric.

Contents

metricName

The CloudWatch metric name.

Type: String

Required: Yes

metricNamespace

The CloudWatch metric namespace name.

Type: String

Required: Yes

metricUnit

The metric unit supported by CloudWatch.

Type: String

Required: Yes

metricValue

The CloudWatch metric value.

Type: String

Required: Yes

roleArn

The IAM role that allows access to the CloudWatch metric.

Type: String

Required: Yes

metricTimestamp

An optional Unix timestamp.

Type: String

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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