# Amazon CloudWatch dimensions for Amazon RDS
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You can filter Amazon RDS metrics data by using any dimension in the following table.


|  Dimension  |  Filters the requested data for . . .  | 
| --- | --- | 
|  DBInstanceIdentifier  |  A specific DB instance.  | 
|  DatabaseClass  |  All instances in a database class. For example, you can aggregate metrics for all instances that belong to the database class `db.r5.large`.  | 
|  EngineName  |  The identified engine name only. For example, you can aggregate metrics for all instances that have the engine name `postgres`.  | 
|  SourceRegion  |  The specified Region only. For example, you can aggregate metrics for all DB instances in the `us-east-1` Region.  | 
|  DbInstanceIdentifier, VolumeName  |  The metrics per-volume for a single instance. RDS captures metrics for multiple storage volumes.  | 

**Note**  
If you are using additional storage volumes, you can see aggregate storage metrics under the `DBInstanceIdentifier` dimension. To see per-volume storage metrics, use the `DbInstanceIdentifier, VolumeName` dimensions.