If the default Elastic Compute Service (ECS) dashboard of Cloud Monitor cannot meet your business needs, you can create a dashboard and add monitoring charts to view custom monitoring data.

Create a dashboard

  1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Dashboard > Custom Dashboard.
  3. On the Dashboards page, click Create Dashboard in the upper-right corner.
  4. In the Create Dashboard dialog box, enter a dashboard name.
  5. Click Create.
    You are redirected to the newly created dashboard. You can then add monitoring charts to the dashboard as needed. For more information, see Add a monitoring chart.

Add a monitoring chart

  1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Dashboard > Custom Dashboard.
  3. Select a dashboard from the Dashboards drop-down list.
  4. In the upper-right corner, click Add View.
  5. In the Add View panel, select a chart type and metrics.
    Parameter Description
    Chart Type Supported types include line charts, area charts, tables, heat maps, and pie charts.
    Select Metrics
    You can select cloud service metrics, log monitoring metrics, or custom metrics.
  6. Click Save.

View monitoring charts

  1. Log on to the Cloud Monitor console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Dashboard > Custom Dashboard.
  3. Select a dashboard from the Dashboards drop-down list.
  4. Select the time range to display monitoring data on the monitoring charts.
    Note You can query only the monitoring data of the last 30 days.
  5. View the monitoring charts.
    • Click Full Screen in the upper-right corner. You can view all the monitoring charts on the dashboard in full-screen mode.
    • Click Refresh in the upper-right corner. You can refresh all monitoring charts on the dashboard in real time.