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# CloudWatch Metrics for Amazon Forecast
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This section contains information about the Amazon CloudWatch metrics available for Amazon Forecast. 

The following table lists the Amazon Forecast metrics.


| Metric | Dimension | Unit | Statistics | Description | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| DatasetSize |  | Kilobytes | Average, Sum, Min, Max | The total size of the datasets imported by Amazon Forecast into the customer's account. | 
| DatasetSize | DatasetArn<br />DatasetImportJobArn | Kilobytes | Average, Sum | The size of the dataset imported by the [CreateDatasetImportJob](API_CreateDatasetImportJob.md) operation. | 
| CreatePredictorEvaluationTime | PredictorArn | Seconds | Average, Sum | The time taken for training, inference, and metrics for a specific predictor. Amazon Forecast normalizes the compute costs to a c5.xlarge instance to arrive at the number of hours consumed by the training job. | 
| CreateForecastEvaluationTime | ForecastArn | Seconds | Average, Sum | The time taken for training and inference during forecast generation. Amazon Forecast normalizes the compute costs to a c5.xlarge instance to arrive at the number of hours consumed by the training job. | 
| TimeSeriesForecastsGenerated |  | Count | Average, Sum, Min, Max | The number of unique time series forecasts generated for each quantile across all predictors in the account. Forecasts are billed to the nearest 1000 and charged on a per 1,000 basis. | 
| TimeSeriesForecastsGenerated | PredictorArn | Count | Average, Sum, Min, Max | The number of unique time series forecasts generated for each quantile across all predictors in the account. Forecasts are billed to the nearest 1,000 and charged on a per 1,000 basis. | 
| TimeSeriesForecastsGenerated | PredictorArn<br />ForecastArn | Count | Average, Sum, Min, Max | The number of unique time series forecasts generated for each quantile across all predictors in the account. Forecasts are billed to the nearest 1,000 and charged on a per 1,000 basis. | 
| ForecastDataPointsGenerated | PredictorArn<br />ForecastArn | Count | Average, Sum, Min, Max | The number of unique datapoints generated for each forecast across all predictors in the account. Forecasts are billed to the nearest 1,000 and charged on a per 1,000 basis. |