AWS Simple Workflow metrics

Once you’ve integrated with AWS CloudWatch, you have access to all metrics for Simple Workflow, a managed service for coordinating work across distributed components.

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The following table shows the Simple Workflow metrics ingested by Cloud Observability.

Metric Name Unit Description
aws.swf.decision_task_start_to_close_time milliseconds The total time the start of the decision task to when it's in a closed state.
aws.swf.decision_tasks_completed count The number of completed tasks.
aws.swf.pending_tasks count The number of pending tasks in a 1 minute interval per a specific Task List.
aws.swf.started_decision_tasks_timed_out_on_close count The number of timed out tasks.
aws.swf.workflow_start_to_close_time milliseconds The time interval, from the time the workflow started and when it closed.
aws.swf.workflows_canceled count The number of cancelled workflows.
aws.swf.workflows_completed count The number of completed workflows.
aws.swf.workflows_continued_as_new count The number of continued as new workflows.
aws.swf.workflows_failed count The number of failed workflows.
aws.swf.workflows_terminated count The number of terminated workflows.
aws.swf.workflows_timed_out count The number of all timed out workflows.
aws.swf.activity_task_schedule_to_close_time milliseconds The time interval, from the time when the activity was scheduled and when it closed.
aws.swf.activity_task_schedule_to_start_time milliseconds The time interval, between the time when the activity task was scheduled and when it started.
aws.swf.activity_task_start_to_close_time milliseconds The time interval, from the time when the activity task started and when it closed.
aws.swf.activity_tasks_canceled count The number of canceled activity tasks.
aws.swf.activity_tasks_completed count The number of completed activity tasks.
aws.swf.activity_tasks_failed count The number of failed activity tasks.
aws.swf.scheduled_activity_tasks_timed_out_on_close count The number of timed outed on close activity tasks.
aws.swf.scheduled_activity_tasks_timed_out_on_start count The number of timed out on start activity tasks.
aws.swf.started_activity_tasks_timed_out_on_close count The number of timed out on close activity tasks.
aws.swf.started_activity_tasks_timed_out_on_heartbeat count The number of started and timed out due to a heartbeat timeout activity tasks.
aws.swf.throttled_events count The number of throttled requests.
aws.swf.provisioned_bucket_size count The number of available requests per second.
aws.swf.consumed_capacity count The number of requests per second.
aws.swf.consumed_limit count The amount of general limit that has been consumed.
aws.swf.provisioned_refill_rate count The number of allowed into the bucket requests per second.
aws.swf.provisioned_limit count The provisioned to the account general limit.

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Updated Dec 13, 2022