# Scenarios for CloudWatch using Amazon SDKs
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The following code examples show you how to implement common scenarios in CloudWatch with Amazon SDKs. These scenarios show you how to accomplish specific tasks by calling multiple functions within CloudWatch or combined with other Amazon Web Services services. Each scenario includes a link to the complete source code, where you can find instructions on how to set up and run the code. 

Scenarios target an intermediate level of experience to help you understand service actions in context.

**Topics**
+ [Creating a monitoring dashboard with function name as a variable](example_cloudwatch_GettingStarted_031_section.md)
+ [Get started with alarms](example_cloudwatch_Scenario_GettingStarted_section.md)
+ [Manage metrics and alarms](example_cloudwatch_Usage_MetricsAlarms_section.md)
+ [Monitor DynamoDB performance](example_cross_MonitorDynamoDB_section.md)
+ [Run CPU stress tests on virtual machine instances using fault injection](example_iam_GettingStarted_069_section.md)
+ [Using property variables in monitoring dashboards to monitor multiple serverless functions](example_iam_GettingStarted_032_section.md)