name : put-dashboard.rst **To create a dashboard** The following ``put-dashboard`` example creates a dashboard named ``Dashboard-A`` in the specified account. :: aws cloudwatch put-dashboard \ --dashboard-name Dashboard-A \ --dashboard-body '{"widgets":[{"height":6,"width":6,"y":0,"x":0,"type":"metric","properties":{"view":"timeSeries","stacked":false,"metrics":[["Namespace","CPUUtilization","Environment","Prod","Type","App"]],"region":"us-east-1"}}]}' Output:: { "DashboardValidationMessages": [] } For more information, see `Creating a CloudWatch dashboard <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/create_dashboard.html>`__ in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.