AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy TargetTrackingMetricStat

This structure defines the CloudWatch metric to return, along with the statistic and unit.

TargetTrackingMetricStat is a property of the AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy TargetTrackingMetricDataQuery property type.

For more information about the CloudWatch terminology below, see Amazon CloudWatch concepts in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Metric" : TargetTrackingMetric,
  "Stat" : String,
  "Unit" : String
}

YAML

  Metric: 
    TargetTrackingMetric
  Stat: String
  Unit: String

Properties

Metric

The CloudWatch metric to return, including the metric name, namespace, and dimensions. To get the exact metric name, namespace, and dimensions, inspect the Metric object that is returned by a call to ListMetrics.

Required: No

Type: TargetTrackingMetric

Update requires: No interruption

Stat

The statistic to return. It can include any CloudWatch statistic or extended statistic. For a list of valid values, see the table in Statistics in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

The most commonly used metric for scaling is Average.

Required: No

Type: String

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*

Update requires: No interruption

Unit

The unit to use for the returned data points. For a complete list of the units that CloudWatch supports, see the MetricDatum data type in the Amazon CloudWatch API Reference.

Required: No

Type: String

Pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 1023

Update requires: No interruption