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Cloud Monitor:Appendix 1: Metrics for Alibaba Cloud products

Last Updated:May 27, 2026

An index of metrics for Alibaba Cloud products in Cloud Monitor, with guidance on querying them through API operations.

Note

Using metrics

To query monitoring data through Cloud Monitor API operations, use the index table links to find the required Namespace, MetricName, Dimensions, and Period values.

Parameter

Value source

Namespace

The part after the / in the metric name on the product's Metric List page. For example, in ECS/acs_ecs_dashboard, the namespace is acs_ecs_dashboard.

MetricName

The value from the Metric ID column on the product's Metric List page.

Dimensions

The value from the Dimensions column on the product's Metric List page.

You do not need to specify userId in Dimensions. Cloud Monitor automatically uses the current account ID.

Period

The value from the Min Periods column on the product's Metric List page.

Index of metrics

Category

Alibaba Cloud product

Elastic Computing

Analytics

Message Queue

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Database

Others

Storage & CDN

Cloud Communication

Monitoring & Management

Video Services

Big Data

Networking

Application Services

Security