# Using live data for a CloudWatch dashboard
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**To choose whether to use live data on your entire dashboard**

1. Open the CloudWatch console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/cloudwatch/).

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

1. To permanently turn live data on or off for all widgets on the dashboard, do the following:

   1. Choose **Actions**, **Settings**, **Bulk update live data.**

   1. Choose **Live Data on** or **Live Data off**, and choose **Set**.

1. To temporarily override the live data settings of each widget, choose **Actions**. Then, under **Overrides**, next to **Live data**, do one of the following:
   + Choose **On** to temporarily turn on live data for all widgets. 
   + Choose **Off** to temporarily turn off live data for all widgets.
   + Choose **Do not override** to preserve each widget's live data setting.