TargetTrackingMetricStat
This structure defines the CloudWatch metric to return, along with the statistic and unit.
TargetTrackingMetricStat is a property of the
TargetTrackingMetricDataQuery
object.
For more information about the CloudWatch terminology below, see Amazon CloudWatch concepts in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.
Contents
- Metric
-
The metric to use.
Type: Metric object
Required: Yes
- Stat
-
The statistic to return. It can include any CloudWatch statistic or extended statistic. For a list of valid values, see the table in Statistics in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.
The most commonly used metric for scaling is
Average.Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.
Pattern:
[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*Required: Yes
- Period
-
The period of the metric in seconds. The default value is 60. Accepted values are 10, 30, and 60. For high resolution metric, set the value to less than 60. For more information, see Create a target tracking policy using high-resolution metrics for faster response.
Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.
Required: No
- Unit
-
The unit to use for the returned data points. For a complete list of the units that CloudWatch supports, see the MetricDatum data type in the Amazon CloudWatch API Reference.
Type: String
Required: No
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
