For a specific time period, retrieve the top N
dimension keys for a metric.
See also: AWS API Documentation
See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.
describe-dimension-keys
--service-type <value>
--identifier <value>
--start-time <value>
--end-time <value>
--metric <value>
[--period-in-seconds <value>]
--group-by <value>
[--partition-by <value>]
[--filter <value>]
[--max-results <value>]
[--next-token <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--cli-auto-prompt <value>]
--service-type
(string)
The AWS service for which Performance Insights will return metrics. The only valid value for ServiceType is:
RDS
Possible values:
RDS
--identifier
(string)
An immutable, AWS Region-unique identifier for a data source. Performance Insights gathers metrics from this data source.
To use an Amazon RDS instance as a data source, you specify its
DbiResourceId
value - for example:db-FAIHNTYBKTGAUSUZQYPDS2GW4A
--start-time
(timestamp)
The date and time specifying the beginning of the requested time series data. You can’t specify a
StartTime
that’s earlier than 7 days ago. The value specified is inclusive - data points equal to or greater thanStartTime
will be returned.The value for
StartTime
must be earlier than the value forEndTime
.
--end-time
(timestamp)
The date and time specifying the end of the requested time series data. The value specified is exclusive - data points less than (but not equal to)
EndTime
will be returned.The value for
EndTime
must be later than the value forStartTime
.
--metric
(string)
The name of a Performance Insights metric to be measured.
Valid values for
Metric
are:
db.load.avg
- a scaled representation of the number of active sessions for the database engine.
db.sampledload.avg
- the raw number of active sessions for the database engine.
--period-in-seconds
(integer)
The granularity, in seconds, of the data points returned from Performance Insights. A period can be as short as one second, or as long as one day (86400 seconds). Valid values are:
1
(one second)
60
(one minute)
300
(five minutes)
3600
(one hour)
86400
(twenty-four hours)If you don’t specify
PeriodInSeconds
, then Performance Insights will choose a value for you, with a goal of returning roughly 100-200 data points in the response.
--group-by
(structure)
A specification for how to aggregate the data points from a query result. You must specify a valid dimension group. Performance Insights will return all of the dimensions within that group, unless you provide the names of specific dimensions within that group. You can also request that Performance Insights return a limited number of values for a dimension.
Group -> (string)
The name of the dimension group. Valid values are:
db.user
db.host
db.sql
db.sql_tokenized
db.wait_event
db.wait_event_type
Dimensions -> (list)
A list of specific dimensions from a dimension group. If this parameter is not present, then it signifies that all of the dimensions in the group were requested, or are present in the response.
Valid values for elements in the
Dimensions
array are:
db.user.id
db.user.name
db.host.id
db.host.name
db.sql.id
db.sql.db_id
db.sql.statement
db.sql.tokenized_id
db.sql_tokenized.id
db.sql_tokenized.db_id
db.sql_tokenized.statement
db.wait_event.name
db.wait_event.type
db.wait_event_type.name
(string)
Limit -> (integer)
The maximum number of items to fetch for this dimension group.
Shorthand Syntax:
Group=string,Dimensions=string,string,Limit=integer
JSON Syntax:
{
"Group": "string",
"Dimensions": ["string", ...],
"Limit": integer
}
--partition-by
(structure)
For each dimension specified in
GroupBy
, specify a secondary dimension to further subdivide the partition keys in the response.Group -> (string)
The name of the dimension group. Valid values are:
db.user
db.host
db.sql
db.sql_tokenized
db.wait_event
db.wait_event_type
Dimensions -> (list)
A list of specific dimensions from a dimension group. If this parameter is not present, then it signifies that all of the dimensions in the group were requested, or are present in the response.
Valid values for elements in the
Dimensions
array are:
db.user.id
db.user.name
db.host.id
db.host.name
db.sql.id
db.sql.db_id
db.sql.statement
db.sql.tokenized_id
db.sql_tokenized.id
db.sql_tokenized.db_id
db.sql_tokenized.statement
db.wait_event.name
db.wait_event.type
db.wait_event_type.name
(string)
Limit -> (integer)
The maximum number of items to fetch for this dimension group.
Shorthand Syntax:
Group=string,Dimensions=string,string,Limit=integer
JSON Syntax:
{
"Group": "string",
"Dimensions": ["string", ...],
"Limit": integer
}
--filter
(map)
One or more filters to apply in the request. Restrictions:
Any number of filters by the same dimension, as specified in the
GroupBy
orPartition
parameters.A single filter for any other dimension in this dimension group.
key -> (string)
value -> (string)
Shorthand Syntax:
KeyName1=string,KeyName2=string
JSON Syntax:
{"string": "string"
...}
--max-results
(integer)
The maximum number of items to return in the response. If more items exist than the specified
MaxRecords
value, a pagination token is included in the response so that the remaining results can be retrieved.
--next-token
(string)
An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the token, up to the value specified by
MaxRecords
.
--cli-input-json
| --cli-input-yaml
(string)
Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton
. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml
.
--generate-cli-skeleton
(string)
Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input
, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json
. Similarly, if provided yaml-input
it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml
. If provided with the value output
, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.
--cli-auto-prompt
(boolean)
Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.
See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.
To describe dimension keys
This example requests the names of all wait events. The data is summarized by event name, and the aggregate values of those events over the specified time period.
Command:
aws pi describe-dimension-keys --service-type RDS --identifier db-LKCGOBK26374TPTDFXOIWVCPPM --start-time 1527026400 --end-time 1527080400 --metric db.load.avg --group-by '{"Group":"db.wait_event"}'
Output:
{
"AlignedEndTime": 1.5270804E9,
"AlignedStartTime": 1.5270264E9,
"Keys": [
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/synch/mutex/innodb/aurora_lock_thread_slot_futex"},
"Total": 0.05906906851195666
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/io/aurora_redo_log_flush"},
"Total": 0.015824722186149193
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "CPU"},
"Total": 0.008014396230265477
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/io/aurora_respond_to_client"},
"Total": 0.0036361612526204477
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/io/table/sql/handler"},
"Total": 0.0019108398419382965
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/synch/cond/mysys/my_thread_var::suspend"},
"Total": 8.533847837782684E-4
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/io/file/csv/data"},
"Total": 6.864181956477376E-4
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "Unknown"},
"Total": 3.895887056379051E-4
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/synch/mutex/sql/FILE_AS_TABLE::LOCK_shim_lists"},
"Total": 3.710368625122906E-5
},
{
"Dimensions": {"db.wait_event.name": "wait/lock/table/sql/handler"},
"Total": 0
}
]
}
AlignedStartTime -> (timestamp)
The start time for the returned dimension keys, after alignment to a granular boundary (as specified by
PeriodInSeconds
).AlignedStartTime
will be less than or equal to the value of the user-specifiedStartTime
.
AlignedEndTime -> (timestamp)
The end time for the returned dimension keys, after alignment to a granular boundary (as specified by
PeriodInSeconds
).AlignedEndTime
will be greater than or equal to the value of the user-specifiedEndtime
.
PartitionKeys -> (list)
If
PartitionBy
was present in the request,PartitionKeys
contains the breakdown of dimension keys by the specified partitions.(structure)
If
PartitionBy
was specified in aDescribeDimensionKeys
request, the dimensions are returned in an array. Each element in the array specifies one dimension.Dimensions -> (map)
A dimension map that contains the dimension(s) for this partition.
key -> (string)
value -> (string)
Keys -> (list)
The dimension keys that were requested.
(structure)
An array of descriptions and aggregated values for each dimension within a dimension group.
Dimensions -> (map)
A map of name-value pairs for the dimensions in the group.
key -> (string)
value -> (string)
Total -> (double)
The aggregated metric value for the dimension(s), over the requested time range.
Partitions -> (list)
If
PartitionBy
was specified,PartitionKeys
contains the dimensions that were.(double)
NextToken -> (string)
An optional pagination token provided by a previous request. If this parameter is specified, the response includes only records beyond the token, up to the value specified by
MaxRecords
.