# Activating enhanced infrastructure metrics at the resource level
Activating EIM at the resource level

This section provides you with instructions on how to activate or deactivate enhanced infrastructure metrics at the resource level. Recommendation preferences activated at the resource level apply only to the individual resource.

## Prerequisites


Make sure that you have the appropriate permissions to activate and deactivate enhanced infrastructure metrics. For more information, see [Policies to grant access to manage Compute Optimizer recommendation preferences](security-iam.md#enhanced-infrastructure-metrics-permissions).

## Procedure


**To activate or deactivate enhanced infrastructure metrics at the resource level**

1. Open the Compute Optimizer console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/).

1. In the left navigation pane under **Recommendations** and **Rightsizing**, choose the resource type that you want to activate or deactivate enhanced infrastructure metrics.
**Note**  
For an EC2 instance that's part of an EC2 Auto Scaling group, the EC2 Auto Scaling group recommendation preference overrides the preference of the individual instance.

1. In the resource recommendations page, select the resource for which you want to activate or deactivate enhanced infrastructure metrics. Then, choose **View details**.

1. In the **Recommendation preferences** section of the **Resource details** page, choose **Enhanced infrastructure metrics**.

1. In the prompt that appears, select the **Enhanced infrastructure metrics - paid feature** checkbox. Then, choose **Save** to activate enhanced infrastructure metrics for the resource.

1. (Optional) If you want to deactivate the the enhanced infrastructure metrics, unselect the **Enhanced infrastructure metrics - paid feature** checkbox. Then, choose **Save**.
**Note**  
Saving the preference initiates metering for enhanced infrastructure metrics for the individual resource. For more information about pricing for this feature, see [Compute Optimizer pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/pricing/).

Compute Optimizer considers updated preferences the next time that it generates recommendations. Until then, a **pending** status is affixed to your updated preference (for example, **Active-pending** or **Inactive-pending**). To confirm if your resource recommendations are taking enhanced infrastructure metrics into consideration, see [Confirming the status of enhanced infrastructure metrics](enhanced-infrastructure-metrics.md#confirm-eim-status).

## Additional resources

+ Troubleshooting — [Failed to get or update enhanced infrastructure metrics recommendation preferences](troubleshooting-account-opt-in.md#accounts-eim-missing-permissions)
+ [Activating enhanced infrastructure metrics at the organization or account level](activating-eim-level.md)