# Viewing Metrics

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner, select a region and project.
3. Click Service List in the upper left corner, and select Cloud Eye.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Cloud Service Monitoring and select the cloud service whose resources you want to view.
5. Locate the target cloud service resource, in the Operation column, click View Metric.
   - You can sort graphs by dragging them based on service requirements.
   - If Auto Refresh is enabled, data is automatically refreshed every minute.
   - Some cloud services allow you to view resource details. You can click View Resource Details in the upper part of the page to view details about monitored resources.
   - You can search for a specific metric in the search box.
   - To export monitoring data, see How Can I Export Collected Data?.
6. Near the top right corner of the page, click Select Metric.

   The Select Metric dialog box is displayed.

   Select at least one metric. Drag and drop the selected metrics at desired locations to sort them. This helps you customize metrics to be viewed.

7. Hover your mouse over a graph. In the upper right corner, click to view monitoring details on an enlarged graph. You can select a time period or customize a time range to view the metric trend in a specific monitoring interval.
   - If you select 1h, 3h, 12h, or 1d, raw data is displayed by default. Near the top left corner of the page, you can click Settings to change the rollup period of the monitoring data. For details about rollup periods, see What Is Rollup?.
   - If you select 7d or 30d, aggregated data is displayed by default. Near the top left corner of the page, you can click Settings to change the rollup period of the monitoring data.
8. In the upper right corner of the monitoring graph, click to create alarm rules for the metric. For details about the parameters, see Creating an Alarm Rule for a Specific Metric.

Parent topic: Cloud Service Monitoring