• 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). 

# Monitoring your automations
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*Metrics* are the fundamental concept in Amazon CloudWatch. A metric represents a time-ordered set of data points that are published to CloudWatch. Think of a metric as a variable to monitor and the data points as representing the values of that variable over time.

Automation is a tool in AWS Systems Manager. Systems Manager publishes metrics about Automation usage to CloudWatch. This allows you to set alarms based on those metrics.

**To view Automation metrics in the CloudWatch console**

1. Open the CloudWatch console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Metrics**.

1. Choose **SSM**.

1. On the **Metrics** tab, choose **Usage**, and then choose **By AWS Resource**.

1. In the search box near the list of metrics, enter **SSM**.

**To view Automation metrics using the AWS CLI**  
Open a command prompt, and use the following command.

```
aws cloudwatch list-metrics \
    --namespace "AWS/Usage"
```

## Automation metrics
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Systems Manager sends the following Automation metrics to CloudWatch.


| Metric | Description | 
| --- | --- | 
| ConcurrentAutomationUsage  | The number of automations running at the same time in the current AWS account and AWS Region. | 
| QueuedAutomationUsage  | The number of automations currently queued that have not started and have a status of Pending. | 

For more information about working with CloudWatch metrics, see the following topics in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*:
+ [Metrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_concepts.html#Metric)
+ [Using Amazon CloudWatch metrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/working_with_metrics.html)
+ [Using Amazon CloudWatch alarms](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/AlarmThatSendsEmail.html)