cloudwatch:GetMetricData is a Read access-level action in the cloudwatch service. Grants permission to retrieve batch amounts of CloudWatch classic metric data and perform metric math on retrieved data; and grants permission to retrieve OTLP metric data using PromQL
ARNs that cloudwatch:GetMetricData can be scoped to in an IAM policy.
Keys you can use in the Condition block of a policy that grants cloudwatch:GetMetricData.
Filters access by tags associated with the resource
A minimal policy that allows cloudwatch:GetMetricData. Replace "Resource": "*" with a specific ARN to follow least privilege.
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "AllowCloudwatchGetMetricData",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}