• The AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Setting up related services for Explorer
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AWS Systems Manager Explorer and AWS Systems Manager OpsCenter collect information from, or interact with, other AWS services and Systems Manager tools. We recommend that you set up and configure these other services or tools before you use Integrated Setup.

The following table includes tasks that allow Explorer and OpsCenter to collect information from, or interact with, other AWS services and Systems Manager tools. 


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| Task | Information | 
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|  Verify permissions in Systems Manager Automation  |  Explorer and OpsCenter allow you to remediate issues with AWS resources by using Systems Manager Automation runbooks. To use this remediation tool, you must have permission to run Systems Manager Automation runbooks. For more information, see [Setting up Automation](automation-setup.md).  | 
|  Set up and configure Systems Manager Patch Manager  |  Explorer includes a widget that provides information about patch compliance. To view this data in Explorer, you must configure patching. For more information, see [AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager](patch-manager.md).  | 
|  Set up and configure Systems Manager State Manager  |  Explorer includes a widget that provides information about Systems Manager State Manager association compliance. To view this data in Explorer, you must configure State Manager. For more information, see [AWS Systems Manager State Manager](systems-manager-state.md).  | 
|  Turn on AWS Config Configuration Recorder  |  Explorer uses data provided by AWS Config configuration recorder to populate widgets with information about your EC2 instances. To view this data in Explorer, turn on AWS Config configuration recorder. For more information, see [Managing the Configuration Recorder](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/config/latest/developerguide/stop-start-recorder.html).  After you allow configuration recorder, Systems Manager can take up to six hours to display data in Explorer widgets that display information about your EC2 instances.   | 
|  Turn on AWS Trusted Advisor  |  Explorer uses data provided by Trusted Advisor to display a status of best practice checks for Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances in the areas of cost optimization, security, fault tolerance, performance, and service limits. To view this data in Explorer, you must have a business or enterprise support plan. For more information, see [Support](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/).  | 
|  Turn on AWS Compute Optimizer  |  Explorer uses data provided by Compute Optimizer to display details a count of **Under provisioned** and **Over provisioned** EC2 instances, optimization findings, on-demand pricing details, and recommendations for instance type and price. To view this data in Explorer, turn on Compute Optimizer. For more information, see [Getting started with AWS Compute Optimizer](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/latest/ug/getting-started.html).  | 
|  Turn on AWS Security Hub CSPM  |  Explorer uses data provided by Security Hub CSPM to populate widgets with information about your security findings. To view this data in Explorer, turn on Security Hub CSPM integration. For more information, see [What is AWS Security Hub CSPM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/latest/userguide/what-is-securityhub.html).  |