# Amazon Recommended Actions in the Amazon Web Services Management Console
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Amazon Recommended Actions helps you work more efficiently in the Amazon Web Services Management Console by providing contextual suggestions for completing tasks and implementing best practices. When relevant recommendations are available, a dynamic button appears that you can use to quickly take action based on these suggestions.

**Note**  
Amazon Recommended Actions analyzes resource state to provide suggestions but doesn't process user data.

**Topics**
+ [Features of Amazon Recommended Actions](#key-features)
+ [Using recommended actions](#using-recommended-actions)
+ [Logging Amazon Recommended Actions API calls using Amazon CloudTrail](log-using-cloudtrail-rec-actions.md)

## Features of Amazon Recommended Actions
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+ **Action recommendations** — Get relevant suggestions based on resource state, best practices, and common usage patterns
+ **One-click actions** — Complete recommended actions directly from success messages or resource views
+ **Integrated right side panel** — Access an integrated side panel to implement suggestions without disrupting your workflow
+ **Multi-service support** — Get recommendations across multiple Amazon services

## Using recommended actions
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**To use recommended actions**

1. Sign in to the [Amazon Web Services Management Console](https://console.amazonaws.cn/)

1. Look for the **⚡ Recommended actions** button.
**Note**  
The recommended actions button can appear anywhere in the Amazon Web Services Management Console and is only accessible when recommended actions are available.

1. Choose the button to view available actions.

1. Run recommendations directly or through the side panel.