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Listing Available Metrics

You can use the AWS Management Console, the mon-list-metrics command, or the ListMetrics API to determine which metrics are available.

AWS Management Console

To display available metrics across multiple instances

Open the Amazon CloudWatch console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/.
In the Navigation pane, click Metrics.
The Metrics page opens.
Scroll down to view the full list of metrics.

Command Line Tools

To list available metrics across multiple instances

Enter the mon-list-metrics command. Add the --headers parameter to display column headings.

Prompt>mon-list-metrics --headers

Amazon CloudWatch returns the following (partial listing):

Metric Name         Namespace  Dimensions
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-5431413d}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-d43242bd}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-1d3d4d74}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-78314111}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-d3c8baba}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-0d334364}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-6732420e}	
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-d93141b0}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-e03d4d89}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-c93d4da0}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-e0304089}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-e1304088}
CPUUtilization      AWS/EC2    {InstanceId=i-69334300}

Query API

To determine available metrics across multiple instances

Call ListMetrics to generate a list of all of your valid metrics.
This returns a list of metrics. An example metric might look like:
- MetricName = CPUUtilization
- Dimensions (Name=InstanceId, Value=i-5431413d)
- Namespace = AWS/EC2

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