Dimension

The value to use in an Amazon CloudWatch custom metric dimension. This is used in the PublishMetrics CustomAction. A CloudWatch custom metric dimension is a name/value pair that's part of the identity of a metric.

Network Firewall sets the dimension name to CustomAction and you provide the dimension value.

For more information about CloudWatch custom metric dimensions, see Publishing Custom Metrics in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.

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Properties

Name Type Description
Value object
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

openapi-dimension-schema.json Raw ↑
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  "title": "Dimension",
  "description": "<p>The value to use in an Amazon CloudWatch custom metric dimension. This is used in the <code>PublishMetrics</code> <a>CustomAction</a>. A CloudWatch custom metric dimension is a name/value pair that's part of the identity of a metric. </p> <p>Network Firewall sets the dimension name to <code>CustomAction</code> and you provide the dimension value. </p> <p>For more information about CloudWatch custom metric dimensions, see <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/publishingMetrics.html#usingDimensions\">Publishing Custom Metrics</a> in the <a href=\"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/WhatIsCloudWatch.html\">Amazon CloudWatch User Guide</a>.</p>",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "Value": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DimensionValue"
        },
        {
          "description": "The value to use in the custom metric dimension."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "Value"
  ]
}