name : create-service-level-objective.rst **To create a service level objective (SLO)** The following ``create-service-level-objective`` example creates a service level objective (SLO), which can help you ensure that your critical business operations are meeting customer expectations. :: aws application-signals create-service-level-objective \ --name "SLOName" \ --description "Description of your SLO" \ --sli-config file://sli-config.json Contents of ``sli-config.json``:: { "SliMetricConfig": { "MetricDataQueries": [ { "Id": "m1", "MetricStat": { "Metric": { "Namespace": "AWS/EC2", "MetricName": "CPUUtilization", "Dimensions": [ { "Name": "InstanceId", "Value": "i-0e5a1234561522" } ] }, "Period": 60, "Stat": "Average" }, "ReturnData": true } ] }, "MetricThreshold": 200, "ComparisonOperator": "LessThanOrEqualTo" } Output:: { "Slo": { "Arn": "arn:aws:application-signals:us-east-1:123456789101:slo/SLOName", "Name": "SLOName", "Description": "Description of your SLO", "CreatedTime": "2024-12-27T08:16:09.032000+05:30", "LastUpdatedTime": "2024-12-27T08:16:09.032000+05:30", "Sli": { "SliMetric": { "MetricDataQueries": [ { "Id": "m1", "MetricStat": { "Metric": { "Namespace": "AWS/EC2", "MetricName": "CPUUtilization", "Dimensions": [ { "Name": "InstanceId", "Value": "i-0e59876543234522" } ] }, "Period": 60, "Stat": "Average" }, "ReturnData": true } ] }, "MetricThreshold": 200.0, "ComparisonOperator": "LessThanOrEqualTo" }, "EvaluationType": "PeriodBased", "Goal": { "Interval": { "RollingInterval": { "DurationUnit": "DAY", "Duration": 7 } }, "AttainmentGoal": 99.0, "WarningThreshold": 50.0 } } } For more information, see `Application Signals <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Application-Monitoring-Sections.html>`__ in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.