# Adding an alarm from a different account to a CloudWatch cross-account dashboard
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1. Sign in to the monitoring account.

1. Open the CloudWatch console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/).

1. At the top of the page, choose the account where the alarm is located.

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Alarms**.

1. Select the check box next to the alarm that you want to add, and choose **Add to dashboard**.

1. Select the cross-account dashboard that you want to add it to, and choose **Add to dashboard**.