• Dashboard is used to access the CloudWatch console  and are customizable home pages
  • Dashboard provides a single view for all resources
  • Resources may be spread across various regions.
  • Dashboard is used to make custom metric views and alarms for AWS resources.
  • Create single view for selected metrics
  • Create alarms to check health of resources and applications across regions.
  • Metrics on graph can also have user assigned color
  • Dashboards can be created by the console, the AWS CLI, or the PutDashboard API.
  • Following tasks can be done
    • Create a Dashboard
    • Add or Remove a Graph
    • Move or Resize a Graph
    • Edit a Graph
    • Add Graph Metrics Manually on a CloudWatch Dashboard
    • Rename a Graph
    • Add or Remove a Text Widget
    • Add or Remove an Alarm
    • Monitor Resources in Multiple Regions
    • Link and Unlink Graphs
    • Add a Dashboard to Favorites List
    • Change the Period Override Setting or Refresh Interval
    • Change the Time Range or Time Zone Format
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