Add or remove a number widget from a CloudWatch dashboard - Amazon CloudWatch
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Add or remove a number widget from a CloudWatch dashboard

With the number widget, you can look at the latest metric values and trends as soon as they appear. Because the number widget includes the sparkline feature, you can visualize the top and bottom halves of metric trends in a single graph. The procedures in this section describe how to add and remove a number widget from a CloudWatch dashboard.

A screenshot of the number widget that focuses on the sparkline feature
Note

Only the new interface supports the sparkline feature. When you create a number widget, the sparkline feature is automatically included.

To add a number widget to a dashboard

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboards, and then choose a dashboard.

  3. Choose the + symbol, and select Number.

  4. In the Browse tab, search or browse for the metric that you want to display.

  5. (Optional) To change the color of the sparkline feature, choose Graphed metrics, and select the color box next to the metric label. A menu appears where you can choose a different color or enter a six-digit hex color code to specify a color.

  6. (Optional) To turn off the sparkline feature, choose Options. Under Sparkline, the check box.

  7. (Optional) To change your number widget's time range, select one of the predefined time ranges in the upper area of the widget. The time ranges span from 1 hour to 1 week (1h, 3h, 12h, 1d, 3d, or 1w).

    To set your own time range, choose Custom.

    1. (Optional) To have this widget keep using this time range that you select, even if the time range for the rest of the dashboard is later changed, choose Persist time range.

  8. (Optional) To have the number widget display an aggregate (1h, 3h, 12h, 1d, 3d, or 1w).

    To set your own time range, choose Custom.

    1. (Optional) To have this widget display an average of the metric value over the entire time range, instead of the most recent value, choose Options, Time range value shows the value from the entire time range.

  9. Choose Create widget, and choose Save dashboard.

Tip

You can turn off the sparkline feature from the number widget on the dashboard screen. In the upper-right corner of the number widget that you want to modify, choose Widget actions. Select Sparkline, and then choose Hide sparkline.

To remove a number widget from a dashboard

  1. Open the CloudWatch console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Dashboards, and then choose the dashboard that contains the number widget that you want to delete.

  3. In the upper-right corner of the number widget that you want to remove, choose Widget actions, and then choose Delete.

  4. Choose Save dashboard.