---
title: AWS dynamodb metricset
description: The dynamodb metricset of aws module allows you to monitor your AWS DynamoDB database. dynamodb metricset fetches a set of values from Amazon DynamoDB...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-aws-dynamodb
products:
  - Beats
  - Metricbeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Beta
---

# AWS dynamodb metricset
<warning>
  This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
</warning>

The `dynamodb` metricset of aws module allows you to monitor your AWS DynamoDB database. `dynamodb` metricset fetches a set of values from [Amazon DynamoDB Metrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/metrics-dimensions.html). For all other DynamoDB metrics, the aggregation granularity is five minutes.

## Configuration example

```yaml
- module: aws
  period: 300s
  metricsets:
    - dynamodb
  # This module uses the aws cloudwatch metricset, all
  # the options for this metricset are also available here.
```


## Dashboard

The aws dynamodb metricset comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
![metricbeat aws dynamodb overview](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/images/metricbeat-aws-dynamodb-overview.png)

## Metrics

Please see more details for each metric in [Amazon DynamoDB Metrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/metrics-dimensions.html).

| Metric Name                                 | Statistic Method |
|---------------------------------------------|------------------|
| SuccessfulRequestLatency                    | Average          |
| OnlineIndexPercentageProgress               | Average          |
| ProvisionedWriteCapacityUnits               | Average          |
| ProvisionedReadCapacityUnits                | Average          |
| ConsumedReadCapacityUnits                   | Average          |
| ConsumedWriteCapacityUnits                  | Average          |
| ReplicationLatency                          | Average          |
| TransactionConflict                         | Average          |
| AccountProvisionedReadCapacityUtilization   | Average          |
| AccountProvisionedWriteCapacityUtilization  | Average          |
| SystemErrors                                | Sum              |
| ConsumedReadCapacityUnits                   | Sum              |
| ConsumedWriteCapacityUnits                  | Sum              |
| ConditionalCheckFailedRequests              | Sum              |
| PendingReplicationCount                     | Sum              |
| TransactionConflict                         | Sum              |
| ReadThrottleEvents                          | Sum              |
| ThrottledRequests                           | Sum              |
| WriteThrottleEvents                         | Sum              |
| SuccessfulRequestLatency                    | Maximum          |
| ReplicationLatency                          | Maximum          |
| AccountMaxReads                             | Maximum          |
| AccountMaxTableLevelReads                   | Maximum          |
| AccountMaxTableLevelWrites                  | Maximum          |
| AccountMaxWrites                            | Maximum          |
| MaxProvisionedTableReadCapacityUtilization  | Maximum          |
| MaxProvisionedTableWriteCapacityUtilization | Maximum          |

This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.

## Fields

For a description of each field in the metricset, see the [exported fields](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/metricbeat/exported-fields-aws) section.
Here is an example document generated by this metricset:
```json
{
    "@timestamp": "2020-01-10T11:01:22.612Z",
    "@metadata": {
        "beat": "metricbeat",
        "type": "_doc",
        "version": "8.0.0"
    },
    "host": {
        "id": "883134FF-0EC4-5E1B-9F9E-FD06FB681D84",
        "hostname": "vm1",
        "architecture": "x86_64",
        "name": "vm1",
        "os": {
            "family": "darwin",
            "name": "Mac OS X",
            "kernel": "18.7.0",
            "build": "18G95",
            "platform": "darwin",
            "version": "10.14.6"
        }
    },
    "agent": {
        "hostname": "vm1",
        "id": "fbaf40e4-c9f2-4d9f-840f-b3d8de51b42c",
        "version": "8.0.0",
        "type": "metricbeat",
        "ephemeral_id": "ccb69319-4fbd-4881-996a-4c710322da8b"
    },
    "cloud": {
        "region": "eu-central-1",
        "account": {
            "name": "elastic-beats",
            "id": "428152502467"
        },
        "provider": "aws"
    },
    "aws": {
        "dimensions": {
            "TableName": "TryDaxTable",
            "Operation": "Query"
        },
        "dynamodb": {
            "metrics": {
                "SuccessfulRequestLatency": {
                    "avg": 1.6592021822660081,
                    "max": 2.883089
                },
                "ThrottledRequests": {
                    "sum": 112
                }
            }
        },
        "cloudwatch": {
            "namespace": "AWS/DynamoDB"
        }
    },
    "event": {
        "duration": 1447079629,
        "dataset": "aws.dynamodb",
        "module": "aws"
    },
    "metricset": {
        "name": "dynamodb",
        "period": 60000
    },
    "service": {
        "type": "aws"
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "1.2.0"
    }
}
```