GetMetricDataRequest Class | AWS SDK for .NET V3

Container for the parameters to the GetMetricData operation. You can use the GetMetricData API to retrieve CloudWatch metric values. The operation can also include a CloudWatch Metrics Insights query, and one or more metric math functions.

A GetMetricData operation that does not include a query can retrieve as many as 500 different metrics in a single request, with a total of as many as 100,800 data points. You can also optionally perform metric math expressions on the values of the returned statistics, to create new time series that represent new insights into your data. For example, using Lambda metrics, you could divide the Errors metric by the Invocations metric to get an error rate time series. For more information about metric math expressions, see Metric Math Syntax and Functions in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

If you include a Metrics Insights query, each GetMetricData operation can include only one query. But the same GetMetricData operation can also retrieve other metrics. Metrics Insights queries can query only the most recent three hours of metric data. For more information about Metrics Insights, see Query your metrics with CloudWatch Metrics Insights.

Calls to the GetMetricData API have a different pricing structure than calls to GetMetricStatistics. For more information about pricing, see Amazon CloudWatch Pricing.

Amazon CloudWatch retains metric data as follows:

Data points with a period of less than 60 seconds are available for 3 hours. These data points are high-resolution metrics and are available only for custom metrics that have been defined with a StorageResolution of 1.
Data points with a period of 60 seconds (1-minute) are available for 15 days.
Data points with a period of 300 seconds (5-minute) are available for 63 days.
Data points with a period of 3600 seconds (1 hour) are available for 455 days (15 months).

Data points that are initially published with a shorter period are aggregated together for long-term storage. For example, if you collect data using a period of 1 minute, the data remains available for 15 days with 1-minute resolution. After 15 days, this data is still available, but is aggregated and retrievable only with a resolution of 5 minutes. After 63 days, the data is further aggregated and is available with a resolution of 1 hour.

If you omit Unit in your request, all data that was collected with any unit is returned, along with the corresponding units that were specified when the data was reported to CloudWatch. If you specify a unit, the operation returns only data that was collected with that unit specified. If you specify a unit that does not match the data collected, the results of the operation are null. CloudWatch does not perform unit conversions.

Using Metrics Insights queries with metric math

You can't mix a Metric Insights query and metric math syntax in the same expression, but you can reference results from a Metrics Insights query within other Metric math expressions. A Metrics Insights query without a GROUP BY clause returns a single time-series (TS), and can be used as input for a metric math expression that expects a single time series. A Metrics Insights query with a GROUP BY clause returns an array of time-series (TS[]), and can be used as input for a metric math expression that expects an array of time series.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Amazon.Runtime.AmazonWebServiceRequest
    Amazon.CloudWatch.AmazonCloudWatchRequest
      Amazon.CloudWatch.Model.GetMetricDataRequest

Namespace: Amazon.CloudWatch.Model
Assembly: AWSSDK.CloudWatch.dll
Version: 3.x.y.z

Syntax

public class GetMetricDataRequest : AmazonCloudWatchRequest
         IAmazonWebServiceRequest

The GetMetricDataRequest type exposes the following members

Constructors

	Name	Description
	GetMetricDataRequest()

Properties

Name	Type	Description
EndTime	System.DateTime	Gets and sets the property EndTimeUtc. This property is deprecated. Setting this property results in non-UTC DateTimes not being marshalled correctly. Use EndTimeUtc instead. Setting either EndTime or EndTimeUtc results in both EndTime and EndTimeUtc being assigned, the latest assignment to either one of the two property is reflected in the value of both. EndTime is provided for backwards compatibility only and assigning a non-Utc DateTime to it results in the wrong timestamp being passed to the service. The time stamp indicating the latest data to be returned. The value specified is exclusive; results include data points up to the specified time stamp. For better performance, specify `StartTime` and `EndTime` values that align with the value of the metric's `Period` and sync up with the beginning and end of an hour. For example, if the `Period` of a metric is 5 minutes, specifying 12:05 or 12:30 as `EndTime` can get a faster response from CloudWatch than setting 12:07 or 12:29 as the `EndTime`.
EndTimeUtc	System.DateTime	Gets and sets the property EndTimeUtc. The time stamp indicating the latest data to be returned. The value specified is exclusive; results include data points up to the specified time stamp. For better performance, specify `StartTime` and `EndTime` values that align with the value of the metric's `Period` and sync up with the beginning and end of an hour. For example, if the `Period` of a metric is 5 minutes, specifying 12:05 or 12:30 as `EndTime` can get a faster response from CloudWatch than setting 12:07 or 12:29 as the `EndTime`.
LabelOptions	Amazon.CloudWatch.Model.LabelOptions	Gets and sets the property LabelOptions. This structure includes the `Timezone` parameter, which you can use to specify your time zone so that the labels of returned data display the correct time for your time zone.
MaxDatapoints	System.Int32	Gets and sets the property MaxDatapoints. The maximum number of data points the request should return before paginating. If you omit this, the default of 100,800 is used.
MetricDataQueries	System.Collections.Generic.List<Amazon.CloudWatch.Model.MetricDataQuery>	Gets and sets the property MetricDataQueries. The metric queries to be returned. A single `GetMetricData` call can include as many as 500 `MetricDataQuery` structures. Each of these structures can specify either a metric to retrieve, a Metrics Insights query, or a math expression to perform on retrieved data.
NextToken	System.String	Gets and sets the property NextToken. Include this value, if it was returned by the previous `GetMetricData` operation, to get the next set of data points.
ScanBy	Amazon.CloudWatch.ScanBy	Gets and sets the property ScanBy. The order in which data points should be returned. `TimestampDescending` returns the newest data first and paginates when the `MaxDatapoints` limit is reached. `TimestampAscending` returns the oldest data first and paginates when the `MaxDatapoints` limit is reached. If you omit this parameter, the default of `TimestampDescending` is used.
StartTime	System.DateTime	Gets and sets the property StartTimeUtc. This property is deprecated. Setting this property results in non-UTC DateTimes not being marshalled correctly. Use StartTimeUtc instead. Setting either StartTime or StartTimeUtc results in both StartTime and StartTimeUtc being assigned, the latest assignment to either one of the two property is reflected in the value of both. StartTime is provided for backwards compatibility only and assigning a non-Utc DateTime to it results in the wrong timestamp being passed to the service. The time stamp indicating the earliest data to be returned. The value specified is inclusive; results include data points with the specified time stamp. CloudWatch rounds the specified time stamp as follows: Start time less than 15 days ago - Round down to the nearest whole minute. For example, 12:32:34 is rounded down to 12:32:00. Start time between 15 and 63 days ago - Round down to the nearest 5-minute clock interval. For example, 12:32:34 is rounded down to 12:30:00. Start time greater than 63 days ago - Round down to the nearest 1-hour clock interval. For example, 12:32:34 is rounded down to 12:00:00. If you set `Period` to 5, 10, or 30, the start time of your request is rounded down to the nearest time that corresponds to even 5-, 10-, or 30-second divisions of a minute. For example, if you make a query at (HH:mm:ss) 01:05:23 for the previous 10-second period, the start time of your request is rounded down and you receive data from 01:05:10 to 01:05:20. If you make a query at 15:07:17 for the previous 5 minutes of data, using a period of 5 seconds, you receive data timestamped between 15:02:15 and 15:07:15. For better performance, specify `StartTime` and `EndTime` values that align with the value of the metric's `Period` and sync up with the beginning and end of an hour. For example, if the `Period` of a metric is 5 minutes, specifying 12:05 or 12:30 as `StartTime` can get a faster response from CloudWatch than setting 12:07 or 12:29 as the `StartTime`.
StartTimeUtc	System.DateTime	Gets and sets the property StartTimeUtc. The time stamp indicating the earliest data to be returned. The value specified is inclusive; results include data points with the specified time stamp. CloudWatch rounds the specified time stamp as follows: Start time less than 15 days ago - Round down to the nearest whole minute. For example, 12:32:34 is rounded down to 12:32:00. Start time between 15 and 63 days ago - Round down to the nearest 5-minute clock interval. For example, 12:32:34 is rounded down to 12:30:00. Start time greater than 63 days ago - Round down to the nearest 1-hour clock interval. For example, 12:32:34 is rounded down to 12:00:00. If you set `Period` to 5, 10, or 30, the start time of your request is rounded down to the nearest time that corresponds to even 5-, 10-, or 30-second divisions of a minute. For example, if you make a query at (HH:mm:ss) 01:05:23 for the previous 10-second period, the start time of your request is rounded down and you receive data from 01:05:10 to 01:05:20. If you make a query at 15:07:17 for the previous 5 minutes of data, using a period of 5 seconds, you receive data timestamped between 15:02:15 and 15:07:15. For better performance, specify `StartTime` and `EndTime` values that align with the value of the metric's `Period` and sync up with the beginning and end of an hour. For example, if the `Period` of a metric is 5 minutes, specifying 12:05 or 12:30 as `StartTime` can get a faster response from CloudWatch than setting 12:07 or 12:29 as the `StartTime`.

Version Information

.NET Core App:
Supported in: 3.1

.NET Standard:
Supported in: 2.0

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5