AWS CloudWatch · Schema
MetricAlarm
The details about a metric alarm.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AlarmName | string | The name of the alarm. |
| AlarmArn | string | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the alarm. |
| AlarmDescription | string | The description of the alarm. |
| AlarmConfigurationUpdatedTimestamp | string | The time stamp of the last update to the alarm configuration. |
| ActionsEnabled | boolean | Indicates whether actions should be executed during any changes to the alarm state. |
| OKActions | array | The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to the OK state. |
| AlarmActions | array | The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to the ALARM state. |
| InsufficientDataActions | array | The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to the INSUFFICIENT_DATA state. |
| StateValue | object | |
| StateReason | string | An explanation for the alarm state, in text format. |
| StateReasonData | string | An explanation for the alarm state, in JSON format. |
| StateUpdatedTimestamp | string | The time stamp of the last update to the value of either the StateValue or StateReasonData. |
| MetricName | string | The name of the metric associated with the alarm. |
| Namespace | string | The namespace of the metric associated with the alarm. |
| Statistic | object | |
| ExtendedStatistic | string | The percentile statistic for the metric associated with the alarm. |
| Dimensions | array | The dimensions for the metric associated with the alarm. |
| Period | integer | The period, in seconds, over which the statistic is applied. |
| Unit | object | |
| EvaluationPeriods | integer | The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold. |
| DatapointsToAlarm | integer | The number of data points that must be breaching to trigger the alarm. |
| Threshold | number | The value to compare with the specified statistic. |
| ComparisonOperator | object | |
| TreatMissingData | string | Sets how this alarm is to handle missing data points. |
| EvaluateLowSampleCountPercentile | string | Used only for alarms based on percentiles. |
| Metrics | array | An array of MetricDataQuery structures for metric math expressions. |
| ThresholdMetricId | string | If the value of this field is set to an alarm metric ID, the alarm is based on an anomaly detection model. |
| StateTransitionedTimestamp | string | The date and time that the alarm's StateValue most recently changed. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "#/components/schemas/MetricAlarm",
"title": "MetricAlarm",
"type": "object",
"description": "The details about a metric alarm.",
"properties": {
"AlarmName": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 255,
"description": "The name of the alarm.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"AlarmArn": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 1600,
"description": "The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the alarm.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"AlarmDescription": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1024,
"description": "The description of the alarm.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"AlarmConfigurationUpdatedTimestamp": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "The time stamp of the last update to the alarm configuration.",
"example": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
},
"ActionsEnabled": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Indicates whether actions should be executed during any changes to the alarm state.",
"example": true
},
"OKActions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 5,
"description": "The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to the OK state.",
"example": []
},
"AlarmActions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 5,
"description": "The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to the ALARM state.",
"example": []
},
"InsufficientDataActions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 5,
"description": "The actions to execute when this alarm transitions to the INSUFFICIENT_DATA state.",
"example": []
},
"StateValue": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/StateValue"
},
"StateReason": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1023,
"description": "An explanation for the alarm state, in text format.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"StateReasonData": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 4000,
"description": "An explanation for the alarm state, in JSON format.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"StateUpdatedTimestamp": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "The time stamp of the last update to the value of either the StateValue or StateReasonData.",
"example": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
},
"MetricName": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 255,
"description": "The name of the metric associated with the alarm.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"Namespace": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 255,
"description": "The namespace of the metric associated with the alarm.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"Statistic": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Statistic"
},
"ExtendedStatistic": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The percentile statistic for the metric associated with the alarm.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"Dimensions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Dimension"
},
"maxItems": 30,
"description": "The dimensions for the metric associated with the alarm.",
"example": []
},
"Period": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "The period, in seconds, over which the statistic is applied.",
"example": 10
},
"Unit": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/StandardUnit"
},
"EvaluationPeriods": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold.",
"example": 10
},
"DatapointsToAlarm": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "The number of data points that must be breaching to trigger the alarm.",
"example": 10
},
"Threshold": {
"type": "number",
"format": "double",
"description": "The value to compare with the specified statistic.",
"example": 42.5
},
"ComparisonOperator": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ComparisonOperator"
},
"TreatMissingData": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"breaching",
"notBreaching",
"ignore",
"missing"
],
"description": "Sets how this alarm is to handle missing data points.",
"example": "breaching"
},
"EvaluateLowSampleCountPercentile": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Used only for alarms based on percentiles.",
"example": "example_value"
},
"Metrics": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/MetricDataQuery"
},
"description": "An array of MetricDataQuery structures for metric math expressions.",
"example": []
},
"ThresholdMetricId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "If the value of this field is set to an alarm metric ID, the alarm is based on an anomaly detection model.",
"example": "500123"
},
"StateTransitionedTimestamp": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date-time",
"description": "The date and time that the alarm's StateValue most recently changed.",
"example": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z"
}
}
}