• The AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Creating change templates
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**Change Manager availability change**  
AWS Systems Manager Change Manager will no longer be open to new customers starting November 7, 2025. If you would like to use Change Manager, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Systems Manager Change Manager availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/change-manager-availability-change.html). 

A change template is a collection of configuration settings in Change Manager that define such things as required approvals, available runbooks, and notification options for change requests.

You can create change templates for your operations in Change Manager, a tool in AWS Systems Manager, using the console, which includes Builder and Editor options, or command line tools.

**Topics**
+ [About approvals in your change templates](cm-approvals-templates.md)
+ [Creating change templates using Builder](change-templates-custom-builder.md)
+ [Creating change templates using Editor](change-templates-custom-editor.md)
+ [Creating change templates using command line tools](change-templates-tools.md)

**Topics**
+ [About approvals in your change templates](cm-approvals-templates.md)
+ [Creating change templates using Builder](change-templates-custom-builder.md)
+ [Creating change templates using Editor](change-templates-custom-editor.md)
+ [Creating change templates using command line tools](change-templates-tools.md)