• 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). # Creating change templates using Editor **Change Manager availability change** AWS Systems Manager Change Manager will no longer be open to new customers starting November 7, 2025. If you would like to use Change Manager, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Systems Manager Change Manager availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/change-manager-availability-change.html). Use the steps in this topic to configure a change template in Change Manager, a tool in AWS Systems Manager, by entering JSON or YAML instead of using the console controls. **To create a change template using Editor** 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Change Manager**. 1. Choose **Create template**. 1. For **Name**, enter a name for the template that makes its purpose easy to identify, such as **RestartEC2LinuxInstance**. 1. Above **Change template details**, choose **Editor**. 1. In the **Document editor** section, choose **Edit**, and then enter the JSON or YAML content for your change template. The following is an example. **Note** The parameter `minRequiredApprovals` is used to specify how many reviewers at a specified level must approve a change request that is created using this template. This example demonstrates two levels of approvals. You can specify up to five levels of approvals, but only one level is required. In the first level, the specific user "John-Doe" must approve each change request. After that, any three members of the IAM role `Admin` must approve the change request. For more information about approvals for change templates, see [About approvals in your change templates](cm-approvals-templates.md). ------ #### [ YAML ] ``` description: >- This change template demonstrates the feature set available for creating change templates for Change Manager. This template starts a Runbook workflow for the Automation runbook called AWS-HelloWorld. templateInformation: > ### Document Name: HelloWorldChangeTemplate ## What does this document do? This change template demonstrates the feature set available for creating change templates for Change Manager. This template starts a Runbook workflow for the Automation runbook called AWS-HelloWorld. ## Input Parameters * ApproverSnsTopicArn: (Required) Amazon Simple Notification Service ARN for approvers. * Approver: (Required) The name of the approver to send this request to. * ApproverType: (Required) The type of reviewer. * Allowed Values: IamUser, IamGroup, IamRole, SSOGroup, SSOUser ## Output Parameters This document has no outputs schemaVersion: '0.3' parameters: ApproverSnsTopicArn: type: String description: Amazon Simple Notification Service ARN for approvers. Approver: type: String description: IAM approver ApproverType: type: String description: >- Approver types for the request. Allowed values include IamUser, IamGroup, IamRole, SSOGroup, and SSOUser. executableRunBooks: - name: AWS-HelloWorld version: '1' emergencyChange: false autoApprovable: false mainSteps: - name: ApproveAction1 action: 'aws:approve' timeoutSeconds: 3600 inputs: Message: >- A sample change request has been submitted for your review in Change Manager. You can approve or reject this request. EnhancedApprovals: NotificationArn: '{{ ApproverSnsTopicArn }}' Approvers: - approver: John-Doe type: IamUser minRequiredApprovals: 1 - name: ApproveAction2 action: 'aws:approve' timeoutSeconds: 3600 inputs: Message: >- A sample change request has been submitted for your review in Change Manager. You can approve or reject this request. EnhancedApprovals: NotificationArn: '{{ ApproverSnsTopicArn }}' Approvers: - approver: Admin type: IamRole minRequiredApprovals: 3 ``` ------ #### [ JSON ] ``` { "description": "This change template demonstrates the feature set available for creating change templates for Change Manager. This template starts a Runbook workflow for the Automation runbook called AWS-HelloWorld", "templateInformation": "### Document Name: HelloWorldChangeTemplate\n\n ## What does this document do?\n This change template demonstrates the feature set available for creating change templates for Change Manager. This template starts a Runbook workflow for the Automation runbook called AWS-HelloWorld.\n\n ## Input Parameters\n* ApproverSnsTopicArn: (Required) Amazon Simple Notification Service ARN for approvers.\n * Approver: (Required) The name of the approver to send this request to.\n * ApproverType: (Required) The type of reviewer. * Allowed Values: IamUser, IamGroup, IamRole, SSOGroup, SSOUser\n\n ## Output Parameters\nThis document has no outputs\n", "schemaVersion": "0.3", "parameters": { "ApproverSnsTopicArn": { "type": "String", "description": "Amazon Simple Notification Service ARN for approvers." }, "Approver": { "type": "String", "description": "IAM approver" }, "ApproverType": { "type": "String", "description": "Approver types for the request. Allowed values include IamUser, IamGroup, IamRole, SSOGroup, and SSOUser." } }, "executableRunBooks": [ { "name": "AWS-HelloWorld", "version": "1" } ], "emergencyChange": false, "autoApprovable": false, "mainSteps": [ { "name": "ApproveAction1", "action": "aws:approve", "timeoutSeconds": 3600, "inputs": { "Message": "A sample change request has been submitted for your review in Change Manager. You can approve or reject this request.", "EnhancedApprovals": { "NotificationArn": "{{ ApproverSnsTopicArn }}", "Approvers": [ { "approver": "John-Doe", "type": "IamUser", "minRequiredApprovals": 1 } ] } } }, { "name": "ApproveAction2", "action": "aws:approve", "timeoutSeconds": 3600, "inputs": { "Message": "A sample change request has been submitted for your review in Change Manager. You can approve or reject this request.", "EnhancedApprovals": { "NotificationArn": "{{ ApproverSnsTopicArn }}", "Approvers": [ { "approver": "Admin", "type": "IamRole", "minRequiredApprovals": 3 } ] } } } ] } ``` ------ 1. Choose **Save and preview**. 1. Review the details of the change template you're creating. If you want to make change to the change template before submitting it for review, choose **Actions, Edit**. If you're satisfied with the contents of the change template, choose **Submit for review**. The users in your organization or account who have been specified as template reviewers on the **Settings** tab in Change Manager are notified that a new change template is pending their review. If an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic has been specified for change templates, notifications are sent when the change template is rejected or approved. If you don't receive notifications related to this change template, you can return to Change Manager later to check on its status.