Amazon Web Services dashboard

The dashboard on Amazon Web Services (AWS) displays the following information:

  • Log volume statistics from various regions, groups, and streams
  • Top 5 regions, log groups, and streams by log volume

For instructions about creating or editing dashboards, see Configuring-dashboards-with-additional-customizations. For information about dashboard concepts, see Creating-and-customizing-dashboards.

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Modifying-date-and-time-format-in-dashboards

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The following image shows the analysis of the logs collected from the integrations set up for AWS log collection with sample data:

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For a list of icons and operations that are common across dashboards, see Product-overview.

To view the dashboard

  1. From the navigation menu menu_icon.png, click Dashboards.

  2. Click the Log Analytics folder and then click AWS.

    Tip: Quick access from the home page

    To quickly open the dashboard from the home page, mark it as a favorite by using the star icon. Additionally, after you open a dashboard, it is available under Recently viewed dashboards on the home page.

Panels in the AWS dashboard

The following table describes the panels in the AWS dashboard:

Panel

Description

Example

Dashboard filters

Displays the following filters to view the information on the dashboard:

  • Regions
  • Log group
  • Log stream

By default, the dashboard displays the data for the last 24 hours. You can filter the data by using the time range global filter.

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Log volume statistics

Displays sources in an AWS account from where logs are being collected:

  • Total log volume
  • Number of regions
  • Number of log groups
  • Number of log streams

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Top 5 regions by log volume

Displays the top 5 regions by log volume from where you are collecting logs.

AWS_Dashboard_Top5_Regions_23.1.02.png

Top 5 log groups by log volume

Displays the top 5 log groups by log volume from where you are collecting logs. 

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Top 5 streams by log volume

Displays the top 5 streams by log volume from where you are collecting logs.

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