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Exporting Performance Insights metrics as a new dashboard to CloudWatch

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Exporting Performance Insights metrics as a new dashboard to CloudWatch - Amazon Relational Database Service

Choose a preconfigured or custom metrics dashboard from the Performance Insights dashboard and export it as a new dashboard to CloudWatch. You can view the exported dashboard in the CloudWatch console.

To export a Performance Insights metric dashboard as a new dashboard to CloudWatch
  1. Open the Amazon RDS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Performance Insights.

  3. Choose a DB instance.

    The Performance Insights dashboard appears for the DB instance.

  4. Scroll down and choose Metrics.

    By default, the preconfigured dashboard with Performance Insights metrics appears.

  5. Choose a preconfigured or custom dashboard and then choose Export to CloudWatch.

    The Export to CloudWatch window appears.

    Performance Insights dashboard with export to CloudWatch button
  6. Choose Export as new dashboard.

    Export to CloudWatch window with export as new dashboard option selected
  7. Enter a name for the new dashboard in the Dashboard name field and choose Confirm.

    A banner displays a message after the dashboard export is successful.

    Banner with successful message
  8. Choose the link or View in CloudWatch in the banner to view the metrics dashboard in the CloudWatch console.

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