• 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). 

# Managing your application logs
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In Application Manager, a component of AWS Systems Manager, the **Logs** tab displays a list of log groups from Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

**Actions you can perform on this tab**  
You can perform the following actions on this page:
+ Choose a log group name to open it in CloudWatch Logs. You can then choose a log stream to view logs for a resource in the context of an application.
+ Choose **Create log groups** to create a log group in CloudWatch Logs.

**To open the **Logs** tab**

1. Open the AWS Systems Manager console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Application Manager**.

1. In the **Applications** section, choose a category. If you want to open an application you created manually in Application Manager, choose **Custom applications**.

1. Choose the application in the list. Application Manager opens the **Overview** tab.

1. Choose the **Logs** tab.