# CloudWatchMetricsDetail
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 Information about an Amazon CloudWatch metric. 

## Contents
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 ** Dimensions **   <a name="DevOpsGuru-Type-CloudWatchMetricsDetail-Dimensions"></a>
 An array of CloudWatch dimensions associated with   
Type: Array of [CloudWatchMetricsDimension](API_CloudWatchMetricsDimension.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** MetricDataSummary **   <a name="DevOpsGuru-Type-CloudWatchMetricsDetail-MetricDataSummary"></a>
This object returns anomaly metric data.  
Type: [CloudWatchMetricsDataSummary](API_CloudWatchMetricsDataSummary.md) object  
Required: No

 ** MetricName **   <a name="DevOpsGuru-Type-CloudWatchMetricsDetail-MetricName"></a>
 The name of the CloudWatch metric.   
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Namespace **   <a name="DevOpsGuru-Type-CloudWatchMetricsDetail-Namespace"></a>
 The namespace of the CloudWatch metric. A namespace is a container for CloudWatch metrics.   
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Period **   <a name="DevOpsGuru-Type-CloudWatchMetricsDetail-Period"></a>
 The length of time associated with the CloudWatch metric in number of seconds.   
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** Stat **   <a name="DevOpsGuru-Type-CloudWatchMetricsDetail-Stat"></a>
 The type of statistic associated with the CloudWatch metric. For more information, see [Statistics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_concepts.html#Statistic) in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `Sum | Average | SampleCount | Minimum | Maximum | p99 | p90 | p50`   
Required: No

 ** Unit **   <a name="DevOpsGuru-Type-CloudWatchMetricsDetail-Unit"></a>
 The unit of measure used for the CloudWatch metric. For example, `Bytes`, `Seconds`, `Count`, and `Percent`.   
Type: String  
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/devops-guru-2020-12-01/CloudWatchMetricsDetail) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/devops-guru-2020-12-01/CloudWatchMetricsDetail) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/devops-guru-2020-12-01/CloudWatchMetricsDetail)