# Enabling CloudWatch metrics, alarms, and dashboard
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There are four CloudFormation template parameters for CloudWatch functionality.

![CloudWatch Metric template parameters.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/solutions/latest/automated-security-response-on-aws/images/cloudwatch-metrics.png)


1.  **UseCloudWatchMetrics** - Setting this to `yes` enables the collection of operational metrics and creates a CloudWatch dashboard to view these metrics.

1.  **UseCloudWatchAlarms** - Setting this to `yes` enables the solution’s default alarms.

1.  **RemediationFailureAlarmThreshold** - The percentage of failing remediations in a period to raise an alarm.

1.  **EnableEnhancedCloudWatchMetrics** - Set this parameter to `yes` to collect individual metrics per control ID. By default, this parameter is set to `no`, so that only metrics on the total number of remediations across all control IDs are collected. Individual metrics and alarms per control ID incur additional cost.