# UtilizationPreference
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 The preference to control the resource’s CPU utilization threshold, CPU utilization headroom, and memory utilization headroom. 

**Note**  
This preference is only available for the Amazon EC2 instance resource type.

## Contents
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 ** metricName **   <a name="computeoptimizer-Type-UtilizationPreference-metricName"></a>
 The name of the resource utilization metric name to customize.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `CpuUtilization | MemoryUtilization`   
Required: No

 ** metricParameters **   <a name="computeoptimizer-Type-UtilizationPreference-metricParameters"></a>
 The parameters to set when customizing the resource utilization thresholds.   
Type: [CustomizableMetricParameters](API_CustomizableMetricParameters.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/compute-optimizer-2019-11-01/UtilizationPreference) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/compute-optimizer-2019-11-01/UtilizationPreference) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/compute-optimizer-2019-11-01/UtilizationPreference)