Exporting Performance Insights metrics to CloudWatch - Amazon Aurora
Exporting Performance Insights metrics as a new dashboard to CloudWatchAdding Performance Insights metrics to an existing CloudWatch dashboardViewing a Performance Insights metric widget in CloudWatch
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Exporting Performance Insights metrics to CloudWatch

Performance Insights lets you export the preconfigured or custom metrics dashboard for your DB instance to Amazon CloudWatch. You can export the metrics dashboard as a new dashboard or add it to an existing CloudWatch dashboard. When you choose to add the dashboard to an existing CloudWatch dashboard, you can create a header label so that the metrics appear in a separate section in the CloudWatch dashboard.

You can view the exported metrics dashboard in the CloudWatch console. If you add new metrics to a Performance Insights metrics dashboard after you export it, you must export this dashboard again to view the new metrics in the CloudWatch console.

You can also select a metric widget in the Performance Insights dashboard and view the metrics data in the CloudWatch console.

For more information about viewing the metrics in the CloudWatch console, see Viewing DB cluster metrics in the CloudWatch console and Amazon CLI.

Exporting Performance Insights metrics as a new dashboard to CloudWatch

Choose a preconfigured or custom metrics dashboard from the Performance Insights dashboard and export it as a new dashboard to CloudWatch. You can view the exported dashboard in the CloudWatch console.

To export a Performance Insights metric dashboard as a new dashboard to CloudWatch

  1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Performance Insights.

  3. Choose a DB instance.

    The Performance Insights dashboard appears for the DB instance.

  4. Scroll down and choose Metrics.

    By default, the preconfigured dashboard with Performance Insights metrics appears.

  5. Choose a preconfigured or custom dashboard and then choose Export to CloudWatch.

    The Export to CloudWatch window appears.

    Performance Insights dashboard with export to CloudWatch button

  6. Choose Export as new dashboard.

    Export to CloudWatch window with export as new dashboard option selected

  7. Enter a name for the new dashboard in the Dashboard name field and choose Confirm.

    A banner displays a message after the dashboard export is successful.

    Banner with successful message

  8. Choose the link or View in CloudWatch in the banner to view the metrics dashboard in the CloudWatch console.

Adding Performance Insights metrics to an existing CloudWatch dashboard

Add a preconfigured or custom metrics dashboard to an existing CloudWatch dashboard. You can add a label to the metrics dashboard to appear in a separate section in the CloudWatch dashboard.

To export the metrics to an existing CloudWatch dashboard

  1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Performance Insights.

  3. Choose a DB instance.

    The Performance Insights dashboard appears for the DB instance.

  4. Scroll down and choose Metrics.

    By default, the preconfigured dashboard with Performance Insights metrics appears.

  5. Choose the preconfigured or custom dashboard and then choose Export to CloudWatch.

    The Export to CloudWatch window appears.

  6. Choose Add to existing dashboard.

    Export to CloudWatch window with add to existing dashboard option selected

  7. Specify the dashboard destination and label, and then choose Confirm.

    • CloudWatch dashboard destination - Choose an existing CloudWatch dashboard.

    • CloudWatch dashboard section label - optional - Enter a name for the Performance Insights metrics to appear in this section in the CloudWatch dashboard.

    A banner displays a message after the dashboard export is successful.

  8. Choose the link or View in CloudWatch in the banner to view the metrics dashboard in the CloudWatch console.

Viewing a Performance Insights metric widget in CloudWatch

Select a Performance Insights metric widget in the Amazon RDS Performance Insights dashboard and view the metric data in the CloudWatch console.

To export a metric widget and view the metrics data in the CloudWatch console

  1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/rds/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Performance Insights.

  3. Choose a DB instance.

    The Performance Insights dashboard appears for the DB instance.

  4. Scroll down to Metrics.

    By default, the preconfigured dashboard with Performance Insights metrics appears.

  5. Choose a metric widget and then choose View in CloudWatch in the menu.

    Selected widget with menu to view in CloudWatch

    The metric data appears in the CloudWatch console.