You can use Poll Now to troubleshoot CloudWatch data collection similar to troubleshooting traditional, local Collector-based LogicModules. Poll Now provides visibility to identify potential issues in data collection, such as permission issues or DataSource mis-configurations.  Examples of when you may find Poll Now useful include the following:

• Troubleshooting DataSources configured to collect custom CloudWatch metrics
• Troubleshooting a lack of non-custom CloudWatch metrics

The Poll Now icon displays on the Raw Data tab of the selected cloud DataSource.

When selected, it will poll AWS CloudWatch and display the following:

• Data returned
• Complex datapoint expressions
• CloudWatch GetMetricStatistics Request details (including values for tokens present in datapoint metric paths)
• HTTP Status returned by AWS API
• Error message/code returned by AWS API