Create a Dashboard

In this step, we will create a monitoring dashboard, allowing us to observe key metrics at the time of creation.

1. Go to the CloudWatch Console
   • Click on Dashboards
   • Click on Create dashboard

2. The Create new dashboard screen will appear:

• Enter the dashboard name: ProcessingTime
• Click Create dashboard

3. The Add widget screen will appear:

• For Data source type, select CloudWatch
• For Data type, select Metrics
• For Widget type, choose Line
• Click Next

4. The Add metric graph dialog will appear:

• Select your desired service as shown
• Click Create widget

5. Once the dashboard is created, return to the dashboard management page to view the dashboards you’ve created:

That’s it! You’ve created a dashboard to monitor key metrics. Next, we’ll move on to setting up an alert system.