Understanding resource data syncs for Explorer
Resource data sync for Explorer offers two aggregation options:
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Single-account/Multiple-regions: You can configure Explorer to aggregate OpsItems and OpsData data from multiple Amazon Web Services Regions, but the data set is limited to the current Amazon Web Services account.
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Multiple-accounts/Multiple-regions: You can configure Explorer to aggregate data from multiple Amazon Web Services Regions and accounts. This option requires that you set up and configure Amazon Organizations. After you set up and configure Amazon Organizations, you can aggregate data in Explorer by organizational unit (OU) or for an entire organization. Systems Manager aggregates the data into the Amazon Organizations management account before displaying it in Explorer. For more information, see What is Amazon Organizations? in the Amazon Organizations User Guide.
Warning
If you configure Explorer to aggregate data from an organization in Amazon Organizations, the system enables OpsData in all member accounts in the organization. Enabling OpsData sources in all member accounts increases the number of calls to OpsCenter APIs like CreateOpsItem and GetOpsSummary. You are charged for calls to these API actions.
The following diagram shows a resource data sync configured to work with Amazon Organizations. In this scenario, the user has two accounts defined in Amazon Organizations. Resource data sync aggregates data from both accounts and multiple Amazon Web Services Regions into the Amazon Organizations management account where it's then displayed in Explorer.
