AWS CloudWatch · Schema

MetricDataQuery

This structure is used in both GetMetricData and PutMetricAlarm. The supported use of this structure is different for those two operations.

AlarmsAwsDashboardsLogsMetricsMonitoringObservability

Name	Type	Description
Id	string	A short name used to tie this object to the results in the response.
Expression	string	This field can contain a Metrics Insights query, or a metric math expression.
Label	string	A human-readable label for this metric or expression.
ReturnData	boolean	When used in GetMetricData, this option indicates whether to return the timestamps and raw data values of this metric.
Period	integer	The granularity, in seconds, of the returned data points.
AccountId	string	The ID of the account where the metrics are located.