Using the query editor

The CloudWatch data source in Amazon Managed Grafana provides a powerful query editor that allows you to retrieve and analyze metrics and logs from various AWS services that send data to CloudWatch. The query editor supports two distinct query modes: Metric Search and CloudWatch Logs.

The query editor mode for metrics uses the CloudWatch API to find metrics uploaded to CloudWatch. The mode for logs uses the CloudWatch Logs APIs to find log records. Each mode has its own specialized query editor. You select which API you want to query with by using the query mode switch at the top of the editor.